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Board of Directors
The board of Agrifirma Brazil Limited brings together a range of relevant expertise for a farmland 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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| Graeme Ross | Non-Executive Director |
| Partner in Rawlinson Hunter (Jersey).
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