Executives | 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.

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).

María Lucila Escriña joined Bioceres in October 2019. Previously she was a Senior Associate in the Corporate/ M&A department Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal In prior roles Ms. Lucila Escriña served as a Foreign Associate at Zuber & Taillieu LLP in Los Angeles, as an Associate and Junior Partner and at at Negri & Tejeiro Abogados, and as a Partner at Busso & Fariña Abogados. In 1999, she graduated with honors from the Universidad de Buenos Aires with a law degree and later completed a Master’s in Law & Economy at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a Postgraduate Course in Securitization, Trusts and Capital Markets at the Universidad Austral. Ms. Lucila Escriña has been a teaching assistant at various universities and has written many articles in her practice area. She is also a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires.

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.