Executive Management

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 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 was 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.

Gerónimo Watson has served as our chief technology officer since June 2014. He previously served in several positions at INDEAR, including as director of product development from 2011 to 2014, head of technology testing and field operations until 2011 and as a member of the Amaranth project starting in 2005. Mr. Watson also serves as a director of Trigall and Verdeca and as chief technology officer of Bioceres, Inc. Mr. Watson received a master’s degree in agronomy from the Kansas State University and a degree in agronomy from the Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina.

Jorge Wagner has served as our chief operating officer since October 2016. He has also served as chief financial officer of Rizobacter since 2013. Prior to that, he served as regional chief financial officer (Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Bolivia) of Syngenta Agro S.A. from 2010 to 2013. He received a CPA and an MBA from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ricardo Yapur has served as Managing Director of Rizobacter since November 2013, and was appointed Vice-chairman of Rizobacter board of directors in October 2016. He previously served in various positions at Rizobacter. Mr. Yapur received a degree in agronomy from the National University of La Plata, Argentina.