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Board of Directors
The board of Agrifirma Brazil Limited brings together a range of relevant expertise for a farmland operating and development company.
| Ian Watson | Non-Executive Chairman |
Member of the Executive Committee and responsible for European business of Burns Fry (now BMO Nesbitt), an investment banking and brokerage firm in Canada 1974-1980. Chairman of Galahad Gold 2003-2008. | |
| Julio Bestani | Chief Executive Officer |
| Joined Agrifirma after five years as CFO and co-founder of Adecoagro, a farmland development business backed by George Soros. As CFO, Julio was responsible for managing finance, M&A, administration, legal and planning in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. | |
| Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale | Non-Executive Director |
| A past Chairman of Next, Great Universal Stores and Alexon Group, and a former non-executive director of Stewart Wrightson plc. Non-Executive Director, Galahad Gold plc 2003-08. | |
| Peter Stormonth Darling | Non-Executive Director |
| Former Chairman of Mercury Asset Management Group; current Chairman of Welbeck Land and Director of Soditic, Howard de Walden Estates, Advent Capital (Holdings), and Guardian Capital Group (Canada). Non-Executive Director, Galahad Gold plc 2003–08. | |
| Roberto Rodrigues | Non-Executive Director |
| Brazilian Minister of Agriculture in President Lula da Silva’s Government 2003-2006. Professor of Rural Economics at Sao Paulo State University. Former President of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association. |
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| Carlos Ortiz | Non-Executive Director |
| Head of Rural Banking Rabobank International, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Responsible for management of a portfolio of $500 million in assets (300 farmer clients). Formally Head of Corporate Banking and Food Advisory Department. Joined Rabobank 1997. MSc in Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, Indiana USA (Fulbright Scholar). |
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| Charles Brown | Non-Executive Director |
| Third generation of a Hong Kong family, owns a number of rail and infrastructure companies in Asia. Also manages family property and other interests. Has degrees from Cambridge University, where he studied architecture and law. Chairman of the UN Peace & Development Foundation in China.
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| Graeme Ross | Non-Executive Director |
| Partner in Rawlinson Hunter (Jersey).
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