Executive Management

Federico Trucco, Ph.D., has served as our chief executive officer since June 2011 and was appointed as a member of Bioceres S.A.’s board of directors in December 2014. He previously served in various positions at INDEAR including as general manager from 2009 to 2011, director of product development from 2008 to 2009 and research team leader of the Amaranth project from 2005 to 2009. Dr. Trucco also serves as president of Bioceres, Inc. and S&W Semillas, manager of Verdeca, a director of RASA Holding, Heritas and Rizobacter Argentina, and vice president of SEMYA and AGBM. Dr. Trucco received a Ph.D. in crop sciences and a CBA from the University of Illinois, a master of science degree in plant pathology and weed science from the Colorado State University and a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the Louisiana State University.

Enrique López Lecube has served as our chief financial officer since December 2017. He was appointed as executive member of the board of directors of Chemotécnica in December 2016. He has served as Manager for M&A and Corporate Finance at Lartirigoyen & Cia S.A. – a Glencore subsidiary – since 2016, where he has led transactions in the food, chemical and service industries and worked in the finance department to oversee 10 group entities. Previously, he worked as head trader from 2010 to 2016 at Lartirigoyen & Cia S.A. From 2008 to 2010, he worked at Cargill focusing on grain and oilseed. Mr. López Lecube received an MBA from Kellogg of School of Management of Northwestern University and a degree as an industrial engineer 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.

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.