High profile people from large companies bring credibility to small juniors when they join the board. I think Allana has moved beyond the stage where they need to add a director to give them credibility. The ICL deal gave them all the credibility they need.

Mr Doyle won't need the money.

February 2014, company filings to shareholders indicate show Doyle and his family held 8,307,871 PotashCorp shares "deemed to be beneficially owned". Some observers note that if the Doyles chose to cash every share in simultaneously, based on yesterday's closing TSX price of $37.11/share, that would total just over $308 million US dollars.