Grupo Los Grobo

Chairman

Gustavo Grobocopatel is Chairman of Grupo Los Grobo and Member of the Board of Bioceres S.A. – a Biotechnology Company based in Argentina-, Endeavor Argentina and Escuelas del Bicentenario, a nonprofit organization that promotes access to education.

Also, he integrates the Committee of Management of the Asociación Empresaria Argentina (AEA), the Economic and Social Council of the Di Tella University and the Experts Advisory Commission of the Argentine Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation.

He belongs to several international organizations such as Fundación DON CABRAL of Brazil and the EGADE – TEC of Monterrey, in both cases as a member of the International Advisory Council.

He received important distinctions both in Argentina and overseas such as the Domingo F. Sarmiento Award, issued by the Honorable Senate of Argentina, for his continued contribution to the community and its institutions, the Prize of the Círculo de Creativos de la República Argentina Platinum Award of the Konex Foundation, as agribusiness entrepreneur of the decade.

He was granted by Ernst & Young with the Entrepreneur of the Year Prize, and was distinguished as leader businessman of the decade in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives by ComunicaRSE, and as Leader by the AVINA Foundation.

Internationally speaking, he received the América Economía Award as best Businessman of the region (Latin America).

CEO

He has a wide professional experience in global corporations, after occupying regional and international positions at top agribusiness industries in Argentina, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Horacio Busanello followed graduate and postgraduate studies in prestigious universities around the world such as Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), INSEAD (France), Harvard and Columbia. He has joined Grupo Los Grobo with the aim of enhancing the company’s food and energy production potential.

CFO

He had worked for 13 years in corporate finance before joining Vinci Partners in 2008. He was named CFO for Grupo Los Grobo's  project in central Brazil and then became CFO of the whole company. He graduated as an economist at PUC-RJ and received a MBA in Corporate Finance at IBMEC-RJ.

Director and General Manager of adp Agronegocios del Plata

As an Agronomic Engineer, he has excelled in a new way of performing agriculture in Uruguay, with optimal results particularly in the last decade.

Founding Member of Ceagro, current CEO Brazilian Division

He earned a Degree in Business Management. He is widely experienced in the agricultural production area, with a strong commercial and strategic orientation.