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Compass Minerals Names its Next COO, Transferred From U.K. Operations

Gordon Dunn is the chief operations officer of Compass Minerals. Photo credit: Google Maps

Posted February 26, 2024

Overland Park-based Compass Minerals International Inc. has named Gordon Dunn as the company’s next chief operations officer. He previously led the company’s operations in the United Kingdom.

Dunn will be responsible for managing global operations across the company’s Salt and Plant Nutrition businesses, according to a release.

COO of Compass Minerals, Gordon Dunn. Photo credit: Compass Minerals.

He also brings nearly 40 years of operations expertise with him. Before his role as COO, Dunn served as managing director of Compass Minerals’ U.K. operations, including Winsford mine and DeepStore records management. Dunn first joined Compass Minerals in 2007 as mine manager. Prior to joining Compass Minerals, he spent over 25 years in the gas and energy industry.

Dunn succeeds George J. Schuller Jr. who had served as the company’s COO since September 2019. Schuller has left Compass Minerals, according to the release.

Dunn earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Hull and a Bachelor of Science in mining and mining engineering from Nottingham Trent University.

In January, the company announced Edward C. Dowling Jr. as the next chief executive officer and succeeded Kevin Crutchfield. The company also named Jeffrey Cathey as its new chief accounting officer in December.