We're ready to boom, says Incitec Pivot's Jeanne Johns

The CEO of the explosives and fertiliser company has had a turbulent first two years in the job. Now it's time to deliver on her big strategic plan.

Jeanne Johns is ready to deliver after a tough two years. Arsineh Houspian

James ThomsonColumnist

Oct 11, 2019 – 12.00am

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For a chief executive who has just delivered her sixth earnings downgrade for the financial year, Jeanne Johns is looking remarkably calm.

We’re sitting in her light-filled office in Incitec Pivot’s Melbourne headquarters, just a week after the $5.6 billion explosives and fertiliser giant told investors it would report earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of between $285 million and $295 million for the 12 months ended September 30, down from $557 million in 2018.