Airton Silva

Industrial Consultant, DATAGRO High Performance

COMING SOON.

Alberto Gomes

Agronomist Engineer, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Agronomist – Moura Lacerda University Center – Ribeirão Preto, SP

Working at DATAGRO since 2014 on national and international projects

Technical responsible for the agricultural part of the Crop Survey project and agricultural partnerships in more than 58 production units in the Center-South of Brazil, producing daily reports on the situation of sugarcane plantations in the Center-South.

Experience in consulting and agricultural management at CTT, implementing a high-yield harvesting system of approximately 40 mm tons in the last 4 years.

Participation in various national and international agro-industrial due diligences.

Alexandre Pedroso

Consultant in Agroindustrial Project Management and Engineering, Tecnored

Alexandre Pedroso is a consultant in Project Management and Engineering in Agro-industrial Solutions.

He currently a member of the BBMDATAGRO Sugarcane Bagasse Advisory Board.

He is also working in the mining and steelmaking sector for Tecnored / Vale in the development of solutions to reduce Carbon Footprint within the production chain.

Alexandre has more than 20 years of experience in the sugar and ethanol sector and in the last 15 years, he has developed and implemented numerous projects such as Green Fields, Energy Cogeneration, Process Optimization, Digital Engineering, Automation Master Plan as well as projects to increase energy efficiency.

Prior to his current position as a consultant, he worked in major companies such as UISA, Hill International, Millenium Bioenergy, Bunge, Raízen and Cosan in the development of the business management strategy and overall supervision of maintenance and industrial processes

André Lins Albuquerque

CEO, Pentagro

As a Co-founder and CEO of Pentagro, André Lins is a prominent figure in Agroindustry, leading the forefront of Industry 4.0. His journey is marked by a passion for innovation and technological solutions that drive digital transformation in the sector. With a solid academic background, André holds a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD in Engineering from USP-EESC. His experience and leadership at Pentagro have contributed to the company’s success, making it a leader in implementing Industry 4.0 in Agroindustry. In addition to his role as CEO of Pentagro, André is recognized as an expert in areas such as Digital Twin, Management 4.0, Advanced Process Control, and Intelligent Systems, establishing himself as a reference through publications, lectures, and innovative projects.

Ângela Castro

Head of ALL In, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy, Deloitte

COMING SOON.

Antônio Duarte Nogueira Júnior

Mayor of Ribeirão Preto

Antônio Luiz Gazon

President Director, Algazon Consultoria e Assessoria Ltda

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
POSTGRADUATE – GRADUATION – BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
By F G V – Fundação Getulio Vargas – Conclusion: September /2001
GRADUATION – ENGINEERING OF SURVEYING
Pela – Escola Superior de Agrimensura de Araraquara – SP – Conclusion: December 1983.
PROFESSIONAL COURSE – TECNICO AGRICOLA
By CTAE JB – State Technical Agricultural College “José Bonifácio” of Jaboticabal SP.
Conclusion: December 1975.
AL GAZON Consulting and advisory Ltda.
Partner Owner
Iturama/MG – June 2005 – Currently.
Preparation Conservation and Systematization of the Soil aiming
Mechanized Harvesting.

Aris Toharisman

President Director, Sinergi Gula Nusantara

Arlélio Leite dos Santos

Professor, UniUDOP

COMING SOON.

Arlindo Aprobatto

Partner, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Arnaldo Jardim

Federal Deputy, Chamber of Deputies, Brasilia, Brazil.

COMING SOON

Caroline Perestrelo

Sr Head Agro Corporate, Santander Brasil

César Henrique Costa

Executive Director, BBM – Brazilian Mercantile Exchange

Coming Soon.

Cid Jorge Caldas

Coordinator of Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol, MAPA

COMING SOON.

Danilo Blanco

Operational Manager, Peterson

Agronomist graduated from the University of Marília, with postgraduates in Soil Management and Conservation from the University of São Paulo and Occupational Safety Engineering from the same university. He has extensive experience in Project Management, from the planning of activities to the preparation of reports for presentation of results. In addition, he has extensive experience with legislation and compliance audits in the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social and economic). He currently serves as Operational Manager at Peterson Consultoria and has expertise with 2BSVS, Globalgap, ISCC, Bonsucro, UTZ and RTRS standards.

Denis Arroyo Alves

President Director, Grunner

Denis Arroyo Alves, graduated in Animal Science from UNESP de Botucatu (1996), MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2006), Specialization in Advanced Management from Fundação Dom Cabral / Insead – France (2016) and Specialization in Mentoring from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2019).

With experience in executive positions in agribusiness for 20 years, he was Business Director in a multinational animal nutrition branch, Director of Partnerships and Agriculture in the Sugar and Ethanol sector conducting an innovative sugarcane production outsourcing model and today acts as President Director at Grunner, Organization of Associations of Sugarcane Producers in Brazil, which brings together more than 10 thousand producers whose annual production is 60 million tons of cane.

Dionas Silva

Operations Manager, Casa do Drone

COMING SOON

Douglas Mariani

Senior Engineer, Soteica

“I hold a degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Maringá (2005), a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Maringá (2007), and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the State University of Maringá (2011). Currently, I work as a Business Consultant at Soteica do Brasil Aplicação de Computadores na Simulação de Processos Ltda. I have expertise in Team Management, Project Management, and Implementation of Real-Time Optimization Projects, as well as Technology in Chemical Engineering with a focus on mathematical modeling, simulation of chemical and petrochemical processes, operational optimization, oil and gas, heat exchanger network, pinch analysis, reactor synthesis, and biofuels.”

Eder Silvestrini

Application Specialist, Fermentec and Creator and Head of Content, Strix.One

COMING SOON.

Eduardo Calichman

Partner, DATAGRO Alta Performance

Eduardo Romão

Director, ORPLANA

COMING SOON.

Elder Risso

Trader, Sucden

COMING SOON.

Elke Meirelles

Industrial Executive Manager, São Martinho

Professional Background :
Petroquímica União e Cia. Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga
Process Areas, New Business Development.
Cia. Brahma Brewery – Ambev
• Industrial Operations
Saint Martin Group – Saint Martin Unit
• Industrial Executive Manager, 21 years in the company, 17 years in charge
by the industrial operation of the Pradópolis unit
Academic Training :
1985 to 1990 – Chemical Production Engineering
Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar
1992 to 1993 – Specialization in Industrial Biotechnology MSc
Université Catholique de Louvain la Neuve – Belgium
2002 to 2004 – Specialization in Business Management (MBA)
Getúlio Vargas Foundation – EBAP

Ernani Judice

Founder & CEO, Agrion

Academic Training

• Business Administration – PUC Rio de Janeiro (1995 – 2000 drop out to follow international racing career)

Business Professional Experience

Sales Manager – MONY Life Insurance Company (Brazil / USA 1997 – 1999)
• Life Insurance Company and Variable Income Funds, with headquarters in the USA;
• Focus on selling income-based life insurance in the US and approach of the company with funds in Brazil (e.g. Banco Itaú, Banco
Multiplic).

Partner & General Manager – Holding of Brazil Insurance Broker
Performance Insurance (United States 1997 – 1999)
• Development and management of life insurance wallet with servers of the State of São Paulo, from the bank Nossa Caixa Nosso Banco;
• Insurance in general.
• Representation in the state of Rio de Janeiro of COSESP (Companhia de
Insurance of the State of São Paulo)
• Insurance Platform South America Insurance

Executive Director & Partner – Two Arches Waste Treatment Center
Other enterprises (managing partner) (United States 2005 – 2009)
• Landfill planning, implementation, licensing and management private and solutions for urban and health waste in the northern region of state of Rio de Janeiro. Contracts with 12 municipalities in the region.
• Leadership in project implementation and management of:
• Street lighting,
• Collection of garbage,
• Management of hospitals and health points,
• Works, Cleaning and maintenance of public places,

Founder (CEO 2009 – 2014 and 2106 – 2018) – Geocycle Biotechnology S/A (Brazil 2009 – currently)
Business Model Formation, Preparation of Business Plans,
Executive Management;
• Development of technology, production process (bench, plant pilot, Ramp up), and sales;
• Funding, relationship with financial institutions, entities of the sector, M&A processes, etc.
• Open Innovation R&D laboratories;
• Leadership in the company’s extensive restructuring process;

Founding Partner – VENTINNO Capital (Brazil 2009 – currently)
Investment holding company and participation in business, mentoring and consulting,
such as:
• Prepark: technology company for technology mobility and management of parking lots;
• Pay Via Fone: joint venture with Pay By Phone, the world’s largest company to electronic parking payment platform;
• Joint venture with US Specialty Minerals Inc in PCC project (Precipitated Calcium Carbonate) with Klabin;
• Be Green: largest urban farms company in Latin America
• Aroma Selezione: beverage production company;

CEO & Founder – AGRION Agrisolutions (Brazil / USA 2020 – currently)
• Agrion Agrisolutions: company that develops sustainable agriculture projects for large waste generators and fertilizer consumers.

Fábio Rezende Barbosa

Partner, RRB

Graduated in Economics from UFSC – Federal University of Santa Catarina. His specializations are in “The Essence of Leadership and the Consumer” at Harvard and “Strategic Market Planning and Implementation Strategies” at Michigan Business School and in Brazil participated in the specialization in “Brand Building” at ESPM. He began his career as a Trainee at Novamérica, going through all areas of the company, went through some commercial areas of other family businesses and today is ahead of Novamérica Agrícola. He is on the advisory board of Lambarin, board of Datamarkets, board of Fomenta Vale, board of Cyns.

Flavio Castellari

Specialist in Access to International Markets

Gabriela Bosquetti

Business Analyst, Usina Aroeira

COMING SOON.

Gilberto Duarte de Abreu Filho

Vice President Corporate Banking, Santander

A key element of our strategy is our talent and leadership
– it has never been more important to have the right people in the right positions, valuing our internal talent, our surname Santander. As part of this focus, I am happy to announce that Gilberto Abreu, our Giba, will be the new executive vice president of Corporate from 16.May.22, succeeding João de Biase – who after 2 years of Santander follows for new personal and professional projects.
Giba’s trajectory in Santander begins in 2004, when we started the area of digital channels. Since then, Giba has led and structured several of our businesses, such as insurance, real estate, consortium, credit, investments, and a stint at PJ. He is also a leading professional in our ecosystem, having been responsible for Santander Asset for almost 2 years, as well as a member of the board of Zurich Santander, Pi (current Toro) and Olé Consignado. Over the past 7 months, he has been Director of Strategy, successfully supporting the design of our new ambition. Graduated in production engineering from the Polytechnic School of USP, with an MBA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Giba will join the Committee
Santander executive from May 16.

Gustavo Herrmann

Commercial Director, Koppert

Gustavo Leda Minetto

Global Process Engineering Manager, Grupo Zilor

A confident and highly organized Director & Process Engineer with an extensive experience of more than 20 years mainly in projects, process and monitoring of operations having worked with multinational companies within multicultural environment. Deep knowledge of international Tropicalization technologies to convert Cellulosic Sugars. Expertise in Process Balances Calculations, Design Equipment and Cogenaration Projects with an excellent track record of providing 100% results. Strong people / team oriented, analytical skills, excellent organizational, time management, managerial strategic decision-making skills with good communication skills. Founded BTZ Technology in Engineering Technology Firm in 2015. Developed a Customer Portfolio of R$ 25MM in 4 years meeting the important groups like: Usimat, Delta, Cofco, Zilor, Raizen, Pitangueiras, Granbio, Santo Angelo, Bunge, Biosev. Seeking company requiring bold and competent leadership, bringing years of international professional experience to facilitate operations, maximize revenue and ensure growth.

Hernane Santiago Ignácio

Manager Cultural Tracts, Usina Vertente

COMING SOON.

Hugo Cagno Filho

President, UDOP

Ingo Kalder

Partner, DATAGRO Financial

Itamar Borges

State Deputy, State of São Paulo

José Emílio

Former Professor of Agronomy, Federal University of Uberlândia

Coming Soon.

Josias Messias

Director, PROCANA

COMING SOON.

Livia Kosaka

Strategic Consulting Manager, DATAGRO

Luiz Carlos Dalben

Partner, DMS Consulting in Motomechanization. Partner, Agrícola Rio

COMING SOON.

Luís Gustavo Teixeira

Agricultural Director, São Martinho S.A

Luís Gustavo Teixeira, 38, Agricultural and Technology Director of São Martinho

– Agronomist by FCAV UNESP JABOTICABAL
– Master in Plant Production
– PhD in Soil Science

– 16 years of Saint Martin

– Agricultural Manager of the São Martinho Mill for 8 years

– Current Agricultural and Technology Director, responsible for the corporate performance of the agricultural and technology area of São Martinho SA, representing more than 300 thousand hectares of crops and 24 million tons of sugarcane.

Luiz Paulo Sant’Anna

CEO, LUPA Gestão e Governança Empresarial, Consultant, Grupo Serquímica

Summary of Qualifications
▪ Executive with 39 years of career who is at the forefront of strategic business, having challenges in positions such as: General Manager | General Manager | Superintendent Director | Industrial and Production Director always focused on business growth in large and medium-sized national companies in the Agribusiness Industry segment such as: Grupo Serquimica, Cevasa (Cargill Group), Atvos, Renuka do Brasil, Equipav Group, Zanin Group and Zilor Group;
▪ Great experience in training and developing high performance teams with individual recognition of employees;
▪ Experience with various results obtained throughout the career in the planning and execution of strategies aligned to the business culture that aims to promote change, reduce costs and increase business profitability, in addition to forming teams capable of generating significant results and enhancing growth in the markets for Agribusiness;
▪ Ability to develop innovative agribusiness market strategies in the direction of companies in the phase of change, growth, reorganization with excellent relationship with Boards and Shareholders;
▪ Easy relationship with multiple internal and external stakeholders: customers, suppliers, various entities;
▪ Leadership in innovation using agricultural technology (Agrotech) of autopilot systems of harvesters, where the conditions of the cane field are relevant, and soil compensation; Implementation of the diesel fuel consumption monitoring program to reduce deviations and optimize consumption in order to reach the market benchmark, especially for sugarcane harvesters;
▪ Implementation of good agricultural practices to increase productivity of existing sugarcane plantations; Development and implementation of the concept of agricultural check-up (Chemical, Physical and Biological); Introduction of agricultural planning aimed at improving the sense of varieties;
▪ Development of the concept “owner’s vision” in the leadership of the company  using principles of planned delegation of their activities and developing a sense of ownership so that they assume greater responsibilities and deliver the desired and promised results to shareholders;
Academic Training
▪ Body Psychotherapy – Instituto Lumen- Ribeirão Preto-SP-2022
▪ MBA in Industrial Management in the Sugar and Alcohol Sector – USP/ESALQ, 2005
▪ MBA in Business Management – FGV, 2003
▪ Graduation in Industrial Chemistry, FAL, Lins – SP, 2002
▪ Bachelor of Engineering, LOGATTI – Araraquara – SP, 1995

Marcelo Escorel

Entrepreneur, Estratégia Agro

COMING SOON

Marcelo Morandi

Researcher, EMBRAPA

Marco Alasmar

Technical Director, RAM Automação e Controle and Director of Sugar, Ethanol and Bioenergy, ISA.

Marcos Donegá

President, ISA Campinas

Marcos Landell

Director and Scientific Researcher, IAC

Maria do Carmo Ferrante

Senior Banker, Rabobank

Mário Sérgio Salani

Senior Corporate Agricultural Mechanization Manager, BP Bioenergy

Agronomist by Centro Universitário Moura Lacerda – Ribeirão Preto, with specializations in agricultural mechanization management by ESALQ and people management by FGV, Mario also has postgraduate degree in team leadership and mentoring by PUC-RS.

He started his career in 2009, accumulating experience in the management of CTT processes, crop training, fire brigade and other mechanized processes.

Since 2014 works with high performance concepts in agricultural mechanization, leveraging the indicators of safety, quality and yield of mechanized activities.

In his professional career, he served as coordinator, specialist and technical consultant in companies such as Grupo Moreno, Usina Caçu, SJC Bioenergia and Bunge Brasil.

Mark Lyra

Senior Director - Energy Innovation, Sumitomo Corporation

Coming Soon.

Marlon Arraes

Ethanol General Coordinator, MME

Mechanical Engineer from the Federal University of Brasilia. Specialization in Public Policy and Government Management at the National School of Public Administration. Specialist in Political Science from the Federal University of Brasilia. MBA in Oil and Gas Business Management at the Brazilian Institute of Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels.
He is a member of the career of Specialists in Public Policy and Government Management of the Federal Government since 2004 and General Coordinator of Ethanol at the Ministry of Mines and Energy since 2005.
In 2014, he coordinated the High Ethanol Mixture Studies Testing Program with Petrobras, the National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (ANFAVEA) and the Brazilian Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ABRACICLO).
In 2018, he coordinated the elaboration of the Economic Model for the definition of the goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the RenovaBio Committee, within the scope of this Program.
He is currently Deputy Director of the Biofuels Department.

Marta Schuh

Director of Cyber Risk, Marsh

Bachelor of Business from the University of Arts London. Bachelor of Finance
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments UK. Certificate in
Economics of Cybersecurity By Delft University of Technology.
Specialist in Digital Law By Insper, Cybersecurity for Insurance By
UCLA and Cyber Attacks by NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Currently Leader in Cyber Risk at Marsh Brazil

Martin Franzini

Business Director for Sugar and Alcohol, Ledesma

Coming Soon.

Nilson Leitão

President, Instituto Pensar Agro (IPA)

COMING SOON.

Orlando Editore

Associate, DATAGRO Financial

I am a Business Administrator graduated from EAESP/ FGV specialized in
Agribusiness and structuring of financial operations including negotiation with
public, private and development institutions, national and international. Wide performance
in agribusiness companies especially the coffee and Agroenergy sectors having
participated in several financial transactions, including IPO of Latinoamericana company on the NY Stock Exchange. In recent years I have been dedicated to the ESG market and
Sustainable Finance, consulting companies and financial institutions.
I participate in several initiatives such as LAB – Financial Innovation Laboratory where it is
member of the Financial Instruments WG and Verdes, and as a member
of the Agriculture Sub-Committee of the CBI – Climate Bonds Initiative, in Brazil.
I have 45 years of professional experience. I was, for 24 years, a collaborator and director of
Regional Cooperative of Coffee Growers in Guaxupé, Ltda – COOXUPÉ having acted
in several sectors of which the activities of the financial area stand out, where I
responsible throughout my career. I was Elected Director for 4 years and Director
Executive for more than 15 years. I quit in 2001 and was Managing Director of
COOPARAISO for 2 years. I followed as a consultant where I supported the development of
other cooperatives of coffee growers and the National Coffee Council, main
organization of coffee producers in Brazil. I joined ADECOAGRO in 2006,
sugar, ethanol, and energy producing company in Brazil, grains and milk in Argentina and
Uruguay. I organized the entire administrative and financial area of the company, in Brazil,
structured all credit lines for the implementation of 2 sugar, alcohol and
energy, with grinding capacity of 10 million tons, as well as all the
working capital operations with local and external resources. In addition I was the
responsible, in Brazil, for organizing all the work of the administrative and
financial for the IPO of the Holding, in the bols
from NY. I hung up in 2013 to be the CEO
of the RVM Group, a family business with various activities such as distribution of
fuel, coffee production in southern MG, and soybean and livestock production in the MS,
remaining until 2018. In 2018 I took over the coordination of the Coffee Department of
Brazilian Rural Society and, in 2019, I joined PROACTIVA, consultancy
specialized in ESG, Sustainability and Human Rights with the mission of
develop the Sustainable Finance area. In May 2022 I joined the
DATAGRO, the largest agricultural consulting company in Brazil, where I work in the
development of activities in the coffee sector and structuring of operations
capital market finance, in particular for FIAGRO VECTIS DATAGRO
(VCRA11). Over the years I participated in several “pro bono” activities such as
Presidency of the Educational Foundation of Guaxupé and the Brotherhood of the
Guaxupé. I graduated in Business Administration from FGV in SP.

Otávio Tufi

Agricultural Coordinator and Auditor, BENRI Ratings

Forming

Degree in Agronomic Engineering from UNESP Jaboticabal.

Postgraduate MBA in Agribusiness Management from FUNDACE-USP.

Professional Experience

BENRI Rating – August 2011 until now.

Coordinator and Agricultural Auditor. Responsible for implementing and coordinating the BENRI Rating agricultural audit process. In summary, the activities are summarized in performing technical visits and auditing data of agricultural production of sugarcane, sugar and ethanol producing units.

Datagro Alta Performance – August 2011 to December 2015.

Agricultural area consultant for sugarcane, sugar and ethanol production units. Responsible for providing consultancy in the areas of: asset valuation – farms, equipment and operation; Agricultural due diligence; Project Finance; sizing and adequacy of the agro-industrial relationship; expansion, mechanization and automation projects; crop and varietal planning; advice for superior performance in agricultural operations; planting and mechanical cutting; logistics, transportation and automotive maintenance; and crop estimation.

Cerradão Plant – May 2011 to August 2011

Agricultural Manager. Responsible for the following activities: harvest and planting planning, preparation of the annual budget with the respective operational goals to be achieved, preparation of investment plans, mechanized and manual harvesting, sugarcane transport logistics, manual and mechanized planting, agricultural mechanization, automotive maintenance, technical specifications for acquisition of new equipment, agricultural control and cultural tracts.

Usina Santa Elisa e Jardest (now LDCSEV) – 2007 until May 2011

Agricultural Manager. Responsible for the activities: harvest and planting planning, preparation of the annual budget with the respective operational goals to be achieved, preparation of investment plans, mechanized and manual harvesting, sugarcane transport logistics, manual and mechanized planting, agricultural mechanization,

automotive maintenance, technical specifications for acquisition of new equipment, agricultural control and cultural tracts.

Active participation in the implementation of Cevasa, Continental and CNAA (National Sugar and Alcohol Company) units.

Usina Santa Elisa/Usina São Geraldo – 1997 to 2007

Manager of Agricultural Production. Responsible for agricultural labor, automotive maintenance, sugarcane transport, agricultural mechanization, harvesting and mechanized planting.

Santa Elisa Plant – 1986 to 1996

Coordinator of the Technical/ Operational Department of Cultural Tracts. Responsible for the technical recommendation of inputs (fertilizers, correctives, vinasse, filter cake, soot, herbicide and insecticide), besides the sizing and specifications of equipment and execution of operations.

Paulo Ferreira

Senior Trader, LDC

Pedro Carnaúba

Agricultural Manager, Usina Coruripe

Company: S.A. Usina Coruripe Sugar and Alcohol

Professional Position: Agricultural Manager of the Coruripe Plant Alagoas.

He started his professional career in 1987 as coordinator of the irrigation and drainage department, responsible for the development of the department. In 2013, during the professionalization process of Coruripe assumes the Agricultural Management of the Parent Unit, being responsible for the areas of Planning, Operation, Irrigation, Automotive Maintenance .
Agronomist from the Federal University of Paraíba.
Global Executive MBA in Business Management – Realization – FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro and ICTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa – Portugal , February 20 / 2018. In addition to Executive MBA in Economics and Management: Agribusiness (FGV-2013) and International Executive MBA, with emphasis on Business Management (FGV-2005)

Technical trips abroad with emphasis on the following countries:

1 – Visits the areas irrigated with fruit crops and sugar cane in South Africa and Swaziland in 1998.

2 – Visit to irrigated projects through drip and spray technique in agricultural production areas. Visit to the agricultural equipment plant, Netafim, in Israel in 1998.

3 – Visit to irrigated projects through drip technique in areas cultivated with sugar cane, in Costa Rica, in 2000.

4 – Visit to the irrigation equipment factory. Visit to irrigated projects through drip technique in the horticultural and fruit growing areas in Spain in 2000.

5 – Visit to BBS – Bureau Of Schugar Experiment Station. Visit to irrigated projects through drip technique in areas cultivated with sugar cane in Australia in 2000.

6 – Visits the areas irrigated with fruit crops and sugar cane in South Africa in 2000.

Plinio Nastari

President, DATAGRO

Dr. Nastari holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics, from Iowa State University.
Phi Kappa Phi (1983), Gamma Sigma Delta (1983).

Was Professor of Economics at FGV – The Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in São Paulo, in undergraduate and graduate level courses (MBA, Masters and Doctoral programs) from 1984 to 2001.

Member of PAPSAC, the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic and Consumer Food Policy Group, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA, USA, since 2012.

Professor at the MBA in Agribusiness Joint Programme established between ESPM in São Paulo and Université de Nantes, France, since 2015.

Former Executive Director and President of the Board of the Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineers (AEA), from 2000 to 2002, during the 1980s he helped the design of ethanol specifications which enabled the use of ethanol in fuel injected engines.

He has served as member of the Technical Committees of Brazil’s Interministerial Council on Sugar and Alcohol, National Energy Commission, and Commission for Reexam of the Energy Matrix. He has assisted the Brazilian government in Energy Planning (1984-86 and 1991-93), industry deregulation (1997-1999), trade negotiations (1991-2004), and trade disputes.

Representative of the Civil Society Specialist in Energy at the National Council on Energy Policy, at the Federal Government of Brazil, designated for the period of 2016 to 2018, and reassigned until 2020.

With extensive experience in trade negotiations and trade disputes at the International Trade Commission and the World Trade Organization, Dr. Nastari has acted before the Brazilian Government as Chief Economist in the trade disputes involving ethanol exports to the United States (US ITC), and subsidized sugar exports from the European Union, European Union bananas import regime, and Brazilian regime for the import of used and retreaded tires (WTO).

He is Arbitrator at the “Camara FGV de Arbitragem” (Arbitration Chamber of the Getulio Vargas Foundation), and at “Camara de Conciliação e Arbitragem da Sociedade Rural Brasileira”) and has acted as Expert Testimony in many cases, at this Chamber and at ICC, the International Chamber of Commerce, in Paris.

Lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Second Assessment Report (2AR), and Consultant for Biomass Energy other than Wood, to the World Energy Council.

Co-founder and Member of the Sustainable Biofuels Consensus (Bellagio Consensus), Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2008, and Participant of the Bled Strategic Forum, since 2008 in Bled, Slovenia.
Dr. Nastari is Member of the World Sugar Committee, at ICE Futures (Intercontinental Exchange) in New York, where recommendations are made for improvements in contract rules and other matters related to the world trade of sugar.

Member of the Council on Infrastructure of ACSP – Commerce Association of São Paulo, in São Paulo, since 2012.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, National Laboratory for Science and Technology of Bioethanol, National Research Center on Energy and Materials, Brazil´s Ministry of Science, Technology, Inovation and Communication, Federative Republico f Brazil, since 2018.

President and CEO of DATAGRO Consulting Ltd., one of the world’s leading consulting company specialized in agricultural markets, serving clients in 41 countries, since 1984.

He leads a team of 97 collaborators at Datagro, housed in seven offices (Alphaville, Sao Paulo/Capital, Ribeirao Preto, Santos, Recife, Piracicaba, and New York), assisting a host of companies in market analysis, investments in production and logistics assets related to sugar, ethanol and other agrindustrial activities, in countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Throughout the years, Dr. Nastari established a fruitful cooperation between Datagro and the International Sugar Organization (ISO), jointly organizing the prestigious Sugar & Ethanol Conference that precedes the Person of the Year Award (BrazilCham) and the New York Sugar Dinner for the last ten years. He was Chairman of the 19th ISO Annual Seminar in London.

Organizer of the Sugar & Ethanol Summit – Brazil Day, for five consecutive years in London, in cooperation with Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations. Organizer for seventeen consecutive years of the traditional Datagro International Conference in São Paulo that precedes the São Paulo Sugar Dinner, and the Datagro Ceise Br Fenasucro Conference in Sertãozinho, SP, the largest equipment fair for sugar & ethanol in the world. Organizer of the Global Agribusiness Forum, in partnership with the Brazilian Rural Society (SRB), ABRAMILHO (corn producers), ABCZ (cattle producers),Citrus BR (orange juice producers) and Forum Nacional Sucroenergetico (sugar & ethanol producers) a biannual venue which has the official support of the USDA, the European Commission, and the governments of France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Turkey and Cuba.

Dr. Nastari is a frequent speaker at energy, biofuels and agribusiness conferences around the globe, with frequent attendance in London, Paris, Brussels, New York, Washington, Delhi, Bangkok, Tokyo, Barcelona, Kyoto, Johannesburg, Bled, Orlando, São Paulo, Singapore, Amsterdam and Dubai.

Honorary Citizen of the State of Nebraska, State Assembly of the State of Nebraska, USA (1998).
Honorary Citizen of the State of Pernambuco, State Assembly of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil (2016).
Scholarship President Ernesto Geisel, by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (1978)

Prize Canassauro Rex (2002).

Keynote Speaker, New York Sugar Dinner 2013, New York, NY, USA (2013).

Prize Top Ethanol (2014), Unica, Union of the Sugar Cane Industry.

Prize Merit of Agroenergy (2018), UDOP, União dos Produtores de Bioenergia.

100 Most Influential in Energy, Full Energy (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).

Ethanol Man of the Year, Mastercana International (2019).

Keynote Speaker, Sugar & Ethanol Dinner Brazil 2019, Bienal Pavillion Sao Paulo (2019).

Grand Official of the Order of Merit of Anhanguera, State Government of Goiás, 2017.

Commander, Order of Rio Branco, Brazilian Government, 2018.

From his contribution to the development of biofuels in the US Dr. Nastari was awarded and recognized at the White House for his contribution to the development of biofuels use in aviation (2003).

Married to Rute, the couple has three children, Francisco Guilherme (36), Louise (34) and Luiz Felipe (33), and four grandchildren, Carolina (6), José (5), Anna Sophie (4) and Francisco Luiz (3).

Rafael Bassetto

Industrial Manager, Usina São Manoel

COMING SOON.

Redson Vieira

Sugarcane Commercial Lider, Corteva Agriscience

Agronomist with a degree from the Federal University of Alagoas, with a specialization in Marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Business Management of Agribusiness from Fundação Dom Cabral. With over 25 years of professional experience in the Agricultural Chemicals sector, having worked in various crops and areas including Product and Market Development, Sales, Marketing, Institutional Relations, and Sustainability. Responsible for the development and introduction of new products, creation and implementation of marketing strategies, and management of commercial and marketing teams.

Experience in various sectoral actions, with a highlight on sustainability initiatives related to the sector, including the “Projeto Agora,” an integrated communication initiative in the sugar-energy sector that won two significant awards: the Aberje National Award in the Integrated Communication category and the Aberje Business Journalism Award, both granted by the Brazilian Association of Corporate Communication (Aberje).

3 years of professional experience in the Sugar and Ethanol Industry in the Northeast region, in the areas of Agricultural Planning, irrigation, and implementation of agricultural control systems.

Renato Pontes Cunha

President, Sindaçúcar-PE

Ricardo Alves

Senior Trader of Origination, Raízen

COMING SOON.

Rogério Bremm

Agricultural Director, BP Bunge

Rogério Augusto Bremm Soares is Agricultural Director at BP Bunge Bioenergy.

Graduated in Agronomic Engineering and master in plant production from the Federal University of Goiás, Rogério also has an Executive MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral.

In his professional career, he has worked in research and development, planning and agricultural production, acting as supervisor, manager and director in companies such as Jalles Machado and Bunge Brasil.

Rosana Amadeu Silva

President, CEISE

COMING SOON.

Ruy Toledo Piza

Associate, DATAGRO Financial

Member of DATAGRO Financial since 2022
• Bachelor in Law and Public Administration, with postgraduate degree in Banking Law in England.
• More than 15 years of experience in the financial market and in
law firms, focusing on structured and active products
stressed.
• Experience in Agribusiness, including farm management and
constant action in land and environmental regularization processes
of rural real estate.

Thiago Duarte

Marketing Manager, IHARA

COMING SOON.

Valmir Barbosa

Partner, DATAGRO High Performance

Zé Vitor

Federal Deputy, President of the Parliamentary Front of Ethanol, Chamber of Deputies

Coming Soon.