Governance | Board Directors | Bioceres

Federico Trucco was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1977. The son of Víctor Trucco and María Cristina Fossaroli, both first generation university graduates descending from Italian immigrants that settled as farmers in the central-south region of Santa Fe province. Federico is a biochemist with a Ph.D. degree in Crop Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Since a teenager, he was fascinated by the advancement of biotechnology and its impact on agriculture, a fascination he shared with his father – an influential farmer who championed technological advancements in the sector. While Federico was initiating his graduate studies, Víctor Trucco together with Gustavo Grobocopatel, Rogelio Fogante and some other friends started Bioceres, then a project management firm in the ag-biotech space. Federico joined Bioceres immediately out of school, in 2005. He originally joined the group as a research leader for one of its R&D projects. He then helped organize and initially run Bioceres’ biotech center, a state-of-the-art technology incubator called INDEAR. In 2011 he became the first formal CEO of Bioceres.

Bioceres is today an ag-biotech Flag Carrier for the Latin America region, operating as a business platform across multiple technology segments, with BIOX listed in the New York Stock Exchange, its main subsidiary. Federico is the CEO of BIOX since March 2019. In 2018 Federico was recognized with the Konex award for business innovation for the period 2008-2018, one of Argentina´s most prestigious leadership awards. He was also recognized with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Argentina in 2019.

Yogesh Mago has served as our non-executive director since July 12, 2022. He has been a senior advisor for Ospraie Ag Science LLC, following the closing of the Pro Farm Merger one of our shareholders, since October 2016 and has over 15 years of experience in investing across a variety of industries globally, including agriculture, travel, consumer, transportation, industrials and real estate. Mr. Mago is the president and co-founder of Operation Water Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to deliver sustainable access to clean water in impoverished countries through the development of scalable infrastructure projects. In addition, he is on the Advisory Board of Girl Rising, the nonprofit organization behind the worldwide social action campaign for girls’ education and empowerment. Mr. Mago has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and International Business from New York University.  

Mr. Narain has served as a non-executive director of RiceTec, Inc. since 2025 and as an independent non-executive director of Medi Assist Healthcare Services Ltd. since 2024. Mr. Narain is also a founding partner of AgVaya an organisation that collaborates with agri businesses, food companies and developmental organizations to create sustainable opportunities and drive growth in smallholder agricultural markets. Mr. Narain served as vice chairman, managing director and chief executive officer of Bayer CropScience Limited from December 2018 to October 2023, and concurrently as president at Bayer South Asia and global head of smallholder farming at Bayer. He previously served as vice president and treasurer of Monsanto Company from November 2015 to October 2018, and held various senior finance and commercial roles at Monsanto from 1998, including chief executive officer of Monsanto’s India region.

Mr. Narain received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Madras.

Mr. Vumbaca specializes in high-stakes strategies, focused on cross-border structuring, geopolitical maneuvering, and crisis arbitration. He advises sovereigns, ultra-high-net-worth families, and global enterprises. He chairs AIG’s Board and serves as non-executive director of Elemental Altus (ELE). A multi-jurisdictional lawyer, he delivers precision-driven leadership in governance and strategic resilience.