Board of Directors

Federico Trucco is Chief Executive Officer of Bioceres and a member of the company’s Board of Directions, positions he has held since 2011 and December 2014, respectively. Prior to joining Bioceres, he was General Manager of INDEAR from 2009 to 2011, was Director of Product Development at INDEAR from 2008 to 2009, and originally joined INDEAR as Team Leader of the Amaranth project, a position he held from 2005 to 2009. Dr. Trucco has served as President of Bioceres Inc. and S&W Semillas, Manager of Verdeca, a director of RASA Holdings, Heritas and Rizobacter Argentina, and Vice President of SEMYA and AGBM. He holds a Ph.D. in crop sciences and a CBA from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in plant pathology and weed science from Colorado State University, and a Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Louisiana State University.

Enrique López Lecube Enrique López Lecube has served as Bioceres’ Chief Financial Officer since December 2017. Mr. Lopez Lecube has over 12 years of experience in agri-business, having held several commercial and corporate positions at leading ag-industry players. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Manager for M&A and Corporate Development at Lartirigoyen y Cia S.A., a Glencore subsidiary, directing investment transactions across the food, chemical, ag-services, and digital technologies sectors, and overseeing the integration of target companies. In December 2016, he was appointed as an executive member of the Board of Directors of Chemotécnica, a crop protection products formulation company. From 2011 to 2014 he was Head Trader for agriculture commodities at Lartirigoyen & Cia S.A, and between 2008 and 2011 he had a commercial role in ag-inputs retailing and grains origination at Cargill. Mr. López Lecube received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and an Industrial Engineering degree from ITBA (Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires).

Gloria Montaron Estrada has served as our general counsel since March 2014. She previously served as an attorney at Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal in Buenos Aires for 16 years, where her practice as centered around intellectual property, corporate and banking matters. Ms. Montaron also serves as legal director and secretary of Bioceres, Inc., as secretary of RASA Holding, and as a director of INDEAR and AGBM. She received an LLM in intellectual property from the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires and a degree in Law from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Natalia Zang is a business leader with 20 years of experience in private equity and corporate finance, both in Latin America, Europe and Australia. She held C-level positions in several industries, including mining, retail, and real estate. In late 2015, Natalia joined the Macri administration in Argentina, initially as Undersecretary for the Chief of Staff and then as General Coordinator of the G20. Natalia is a sought-after lecturer on business and women leadership issues.

Carlos Ivan Camargo de Colón is the President of Sulgás, a gas distribution company in Brazil and is a former director of Bioceres S.A., the parent Company of BIOX. Carlos has extensive experience in both the agriculture and energy sectors, and has held executive and non-executive positions in Argentina, Brazil, the US, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at UBS Investment Bank and Morgan Stanley. He received a bachelor´s degree in history from Columbia University in the City of New York. Carlos is also a board member of Fundação Cruz de Malta, a Brazilian based charity that assists disadvantaged children and young mothers, and a board member of British Friends of Campos, a UK based charity with a focus on education.

Ari Freisinger was a Principal at Highfields Capital from 2010-2018. Prior to that, he served as an investment banker at Barclays Capital in the mergers & acquisitions group. Mr. Freisinger received a master’s of science degree in economics and social history from Oxford University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Columbia University. He currently serves on the board of the Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, a philanthropic organization in the greater Boston area.

Kyle P. Bransfield was formerly CEO and Director of Union Acquisition Corp. Mr. Bransfield is also a Partner of Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Inc. and has lead the firm’s global direct private placement and structured investment activities since 2015. Mr. Bransfield has over 12 years of experience in direct equity and debt private markets principal investing, capital raising, and investment banking. Prior to joining Atlantic-Pacific, Kyle was an investment banker in Sagent Advisors’ Private Financing Solutions Group. Prior to Sagent, Mr. Bransfield spent over six years as a Principal and General Partner at CS Capital Partners, a Philadelphia-based multi-family office focused on alternatives. In his role he co-managed a portfolio of direct investments, served as an observer to several boards of directors, and fulfilled operating roles within portfolio companies. Kyle began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Stifel Nicolaus Weisel and earned a B.S. in Business Administration from American University.