Alico changes the guard

FORT MYERS — Mining industry executive Henry Slack was named chairman of the board of Alico, the landowner and agriculture company once controlled by the family of Florida citrus baron Ben Hill Griffin Jr.

Most recently, Slack was chairman of Terra Industries, a publicly traded nitrogen-fertilizer company that was acquired in 2010 by CF Industries. Slack currently is senior partner of financial-advisory firm Quarterwatch in New Jersey where he lives.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Slack attended secondary school in Switzerland and earned a history degree from Princeton University. He started his career as a trainee in the finance division of gold miner Anglo American in Johannesburg, South Africa.