Former CFO of Adecoagro, a South American agro-industrial company founded in 2002 with backing from George Soros. During his five years as CFO the company grew to become one of the largest food and renewable energy companies in the region. As CFO, Julio was responsible for managing finance, M&A, administration, legal and planning in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Julio previously worked for Citibank in Buenos Aires and Salomon Brothers in New York and is also co founder of Genagro. He holds an MBA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BSc in Economics, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires, and sits on the International Board of Advisors of Kennan-Flagler Business School.

CEO and Founder of RARO, a Brazilian agricultural consultancy acquired by Agrifirma in March 2008. The company has provided management and technical advice to Brazilian farmers since 2003. Rodrigo owns and manages his own farms in three states, growing sugar cane, soybeans, corn, rice and peanuts,  and holds degrees in Agronomy and Business Administration from Sao Paulo University in Brazil.

After working for twelve years in law firms, among which two years working at Dewey Ballantine LLP, now named Dewey LeBouef LLP, located in New York, USA, Mariana joined Agrifirma in June 2008. She holds an LL.M from Duke University.

One of Brazil’s leading agricultural consultancies, founded by Rodrigo Rodrigues, and now a wholly owned subsidiary of Agrifirma. The company provides management and technical advice to farms in several Brazilian states and supervises the planning and management of all the farms that Agrifirma acquires. RARO has a team of eight agronomists and agricultural economists with specialist expertise in soil analysis, crop planning and transformation. Currently providing advice on more than 62,000 ha of farmland. RARO was named by AgreExame, a leading business magazine in Brazil, as one of the top five agricultural service companies in Brazil, and participates as a crop consultant in the annual Crop Rally survey of Brazilian crop activity.

On the Farms