OUR  TEAM

Sergio Prendone Pita

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CEO & Founder

Lawyer, Human Resource executive with over 25 years’ experience in Legal & HR International matters. As a member of the Executive team of the different International Companies he designed, decided and led Strategic Org and Business decisions & Plans

Carlos Magan

I accumulated a deep experience in the food industry in Latin America, after having worked for more than 30 years in several food companies, in the three major countries in the region (Argentina, Brasil and Mexico), which went thru severe economic and financial crisis during that time.
Additionally, I lived thru very different cultural environments, leading acquisitions and integration of family owned-businesses, and transformation of business models.

Pablo H. Pla

Global Executive with experience in B2C and B2B companies -- In-depth expertise in the Latin American Market (LATAM): Its nuances, culture, and opportunities

Clauido F. Chiaramonte

Currently a businessman and entrepreneur, holding businesses in Mexico, Argentina and Spain that scope in Agricultural, Hospitality, Tourism, Real Estate and Education industries.Former Latin America EVP & Managing Director for the Walt Disney Company Latin America leading since March 2009 all Disney's line of businesses (15) in the region until April 2018.

Flavio Cannilla

Journalist with over 25 years experience in European and Latin America media. Post-Graduated degree in International Relations and Security. Passionate about global innovation and entrepreneurship.Hands on expertise in leading transformational projects on both sides of Athlantic.

Manuel Tanoira

Lawyer, 1996 graduate from the Facultad de Derecho de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Postgraduate degrees in Business Administration from Berkeley University (1997) and in Market Capital from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (2000).

Lino Barañao

PhD in Chemical Biology frm the Buenos Aires University.  Post Doctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich (Germany), the National Institutes of Health and the MS Hershey Medical Center (USA)

Diego Fernandez

Serial Entrepreneur, Thinker, Doer, and highly skilled Strategist, with several years of experience in technology startups (3 exits). I also sit on the Executive Board of various international Startups & VC funds and as an Advisor. I'm a connector, strategy advisor, and investment strategist for several international startups and a deal flow scouter and evaluator for Investment funds and Corporations.

Mario Esquerdo

Mario Esquerdo is a well-rounded executive and consultant with over 25 years of experience on a range of strategic, technology and digital transformational issues, including merger integration, Business/IT strategy, ecommerce, enterprise restructuring, customer relationship management, and shared services

Steve Boutell

Steve has more than 25 years’ experience in sales and business development at a global scale, and +10 years’ experience in the food industry. Steve joins BeBord to expand the business network to the Pacific realm region. He holds a Master’s in business administration from Victoria University of Wellington.

Ricardo Hara

Consultant and advisor for business between Japan and Latin American countries (wineries of Molinos Rio de la Plata, Salta and Jujuy; Tealosophy; Yerba Mate Amanda; Las Quinas Honey; Gheragro; Hilanderia Warmi, among others).
Co-founder of NEXT (Nikkei Executives Team).
Director of JAME (Japanese Management Experience).

Michael Frohlich

Frohlich Michael, Agricultural Engineer, M.A., with specialization in  irrigation and a long experience in management of socio economic projects in Latin America and in the field of international cooperation, as Director, Consultant, Advisor and Lecturer on these issues and use of new technologies.

Ed Monteagudo

General Management and Sales Executive with 30 Years of CPG Experience in North and Latin America working for companies such as Pepsico, Kraft Foods, and Mondelez International. 

Miguel Ratto

Engineer graduate in La Plata University and Master of Business Administration (focus in Finance & Strategy) in UCA.
More than 30 years of experience in Engineering and Manufacturing areas, leading local and regional operations in Ingredion (ex Refinerias de Maiz), B2B International Company that produce ingredients for food, beverage, paper, health & personal care and animal nutrition industries.

​Tanya Singh

Backed by a progressive career of 10 years servicing and expanding multiple International markets, for turnkey projects at now Unicorn startups; my industry interaction initiated with Coca-Cola India's first CSR project " Support my School".

Luisa Bernadó

Luisa has 25 years of business and organization in Health Care successful experiences, starting in Knoll BASF-Pharma in Sales and Marketing positions. Joining Sanofi later on, she rounded her Marketing, Commercial and Business Leadership background, including the leadership of various Organization Transformations at Country and Multicountry level.

Ranga Manavalan

Over 33 years’ experience as Entrepreneur

Founded & CEO successfully for 9 years a Company of shoes manufacturing in India with 4000 employees.

Santiago Fernandez Valenti

Supply Chain and Procurement leader with +20 years experience (mainly in beverages and food industry), in global companies such as Ab-Inbev and Nestlé. I also have experience in leading roles in SME companies such as Freddo and Consorlimp, were I was able to develop my entrepreneurial mindset and strategic view to accomplish business transformation.
 Advisory Board member at BeBord, were I collaborate with entrepreneurs in business development and strategic planning with local and regional scopes.

Jack Yin

Jack has more than 25 years finance advisory and investment management experience; Jack takes an active interest in the promotion of strong China/New Zealand business relations and he has developed a strong network of influential contacts.

Vanesa Carceller

Dynamic and entrepreneurial leader with 20+ years’ experience leading global and Spanish organizations. Specialized in growth, business transformation and development. Versatile, creative, selfdriven and strategic thinker, with demonstrated capacity to articulate and implement business strategy, as well as manage teams, customers and P&Ls.Excellent interpersonal skills with strong capacity to communicate, influence and lead in fast changing environments. Suited to senior executive roles with high growth and innovative businesses.

Gerardo Kabbache

With more than 20 years of experience as Audit Senior Manager at PwC, I
currently act as Director of Nexia International.

Julián Suárez

Excecutive director at software busines company, with of experience in artificial intelligent and cybersecurity With large experience in cryptocurrency financial areas and startups Entrepreneur Integral vision of businesses. Strategy & management.

Florentino Arce

Accounting, Finance and Administration advisory.Specialist in IFRS, US GAAP and Argentinean GAAP. Financial Reporting, Internal Control and Treasury

Luis Amrry Cardona Romero 

Contributing positively to the success of the organizations to which I render my services as Certified Public Accountant

Fields of expertise: Services, Construction, Retail, Manufacturing

Marcelo Thorne

Management and creation of leading companies in the industrial and financial sector. Oriented to business development from startups to ongoing companies through constant innovation.

Juan Houlin

Professional career Gazprom Marketing and Trading , London Head of Global Coal Trading desk, from 2015 to may 2018.
Teacher at the University of Belgrano, leading Econometrics and price discovery Mercuria Energy Trading SA

Esteban Calvente

Bachelor in International CommerceUniversidad Argentina de la EmpresaPostgraduate Studies in Human Resources ManagementIAE - Universidad AustralEmployment HistoryPratt Executive Search1996 – to dateFounder and Managing Director ArgentinaBoard member Pratt Miami

Martin Cortabarria

Bachelor in business administration from Universidad de Belgrano (BA, Argentina), and MBA in I.A.E (BA, Argentina).
Business and Marketing leader with more than 25 years experience, at local and regional level in Latino America adquired in global CPG companies, as PepsiCo, Mondelez, and Anheuser Bush Imbev.

Sergio Postigo

Prof. in New Venture Creation at the Business School at San Andrés University (UdeSA).Former Director of the Entrepreneurship Center (UdeSA). PhD in Business Management and Administration (European Doctoral Program in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management University Autónoma de Barcelona-Växjö University).

Fernando Martinez Ferro

Supply Chain Professional with
solid experience in leading
multinational retail and
agroindustry companies. High
commercial profile with vast
experience in multi task
management, team work,
leadership skills, oriented
towards obtaining results.

Philippe del Piano

With more than 25 years working for The Coca- Cola Company in different countries, Philippe is an influential thinker and experienced professional in leading multicultural teams operating in a global environment.

Jorge Ceballos

​Design, Packaging, Technology and Innovation ConsultantRelational thinker oriented to innovation, gives uncommon solutions to hard to solve problems, has a good balance between engineering, business and emotive and friendly design.

Alejandro Mashad

Alejandro Mashad is the Director of the Centre of Entrepreneurship of the Univesity of San Andres. He is the CEO and co-founder of TESSA, brand that designs, manufactures and sells leather bags and shoes for women.

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Rodrigo Cordoba

CEO & Founder at Tigoût agosto de 2016 - Present Investor. Leading Tigoût: Project in innovation and technology in patisserie. We are creating a new premium gourmet consumption experience. Formed by a solid and interdisciplinary team of professionals with vast experience in the different areas that involve entrepreneurship.

Gustavo Gutman

SAS Institute: Country Manager South Cone Management & Sales Experience in Latin America South Cone Region after holding positions ranging from Account Execute to Country Manager in various multinational information technology companies.

Princess

Sanyogita Atrey

Woman Entrepreneur: The role of social enterprise in supporting women’s empowerment: Princess Sanyogita Atrey.

Well known in her work in the South Asia, Africa, Europe and USA empowering all women and girls and achieving gender equality are not only moral imperatives, they are crucial to creating inclusive, open and prosperous societies.

Silvio Heimann

 

Senior Business leader with more than 25 international experience and an outstanding record of driving substantial commercial growth for leading FMCG / consumer - focused business.

Fernando Ferre

25 years combining entrepreneurship and international corporate experience in business development, marketing and sales with The Gillette Co, L´Oreal, 3M among others. Expertise in providing hands-on leadership for multiple creative, media, technological and start-up operations including Real Estate and Parking Apps, Gluten-Free products and Media.

Alan Whamond

Cablevision holding (CVH), Director

Managing Partner, Co-Founder

Manage firms focused on strategic, M&A, financial, restructuring and

PE investmes advisory.

Desarrolladores del Norte - Co-Founder, Managing Director

 Developed and manage real estate firm which purchased, refurbished and manages more than 15,000 m2.

Ramiro Núñez Palacios

​Summary Advertising & Influencer Marketing expert with +25 years experience in the Marketing & Communication market, focused in Latam.

Developed hundreds of communication strategies for different companies in many markets

Ricardo Parra

A professional with more than 20 years of experience leading projects and teams focused on results

With large experience in financial areas and startups

Entrepreneur & multinational corporations profile

Integral vision of businesses. Strategy & management. 

Flexibility to adapt to changes

Andres Vadji

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Senior Advisor for Textile Boards

Financial Planning Advisor

Commercial Senior Advisor for the Textile Industry

Senior Independent Entrepreneur

Partner and Founder of Textile Companies

Education

Business Administration Degree

Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales

Fernando Portero Castro

Acting Director of Human Capital and Corporate Affairs at Molinos Agro S.A., was born in Buenos Aires in 1964 and graduated with a degree in Human Resources at Universidad del Salvador. Formerly developed as HR Manager at Startel, member of the Telefonica group.
Portero Castro served as Manager of Human Resources for Molinos Río de la Plata from August 2004 until the split of Molinos Río de la Plata and Molinos Agro in June 2016 (both Companies part of the Perez Companc Group). He is also a member of the Joint Commissions for several federal and state union associations.

Fabricio Lacabanne

Fabricio is a Lawyer from the University of Belgrano (Universidad de Belgrano, “UB”, Buenos Aires, Argentina). His professional career has seen both an entrepreneur side such as a corporate one, added to almost 30 years of experience.

Ricardo Zamponi

PHD in Biochemistry, strategic and versatile business leader offering over 20 years of experience in the food industry with demonstrated success in science & technology exploration, problem analysis, crisis resolution, and quality production

Alessandro Giambiasi

​Finance Director with wide and consistent experience, working in multinational and multicultural environments . Significant knowledge of the manufacturing sector , as well of the textile and the chemical. With a strong  background in auditing, both external and internal. I developed my professional career in Italy , Spain and Switzerland .

Eduardo Lopez Sandre

Co-founder Action Executives Consulting – jan/16 – focus on strategy and finance.
Finance Executive, with more than 20 years of experience (VP Finance and Strategy – Ingredion South America, CFO of Cinemark Brazil, FP&A and Corporate Controller at Suzano Pulp and Paper, CFO of Foods division – Unilever Brazil, CFO Kibon Ice Cream).

German de Elizalde

Business Administration degree from Universidad de San Andrés.
With more than twenty five years of experience in the global financial markets, Germán worked at Lehman Brothers Inc. and Barclays before moving on to the Family Office space where he runs an independent firm that advises clients on wealth and estate planning and management.

Daniel Salvucci

Director of Cygnus Capital Angel Club and Associate at Draper Cygnus VC Fund.
Hybrid professional and entrepreneur with experience in Technology, Marketing, Business Dev. and Finance through Corporations, SMEs and startups.

Luis Carlos Lima

Co-founder of Action Executives Consulting – jan/16 – focus on strategy, finance and training.
Board Member at WWF (non-profitable organization)
Project Leader – Boston Consulting Group.
Certified Coach by Eco Social Institute
Professor at Insper – SP.

Joan Planella

Executive director with more than 20 years in Multinational, Mid-Market, Private Equity Funds and Consultancy companies (Zurich Insurance, Group CaixaBank, Accenture, TPG) in different countries in Europe and in Latam.
His more recent experience was as Corporate Executive Director of a Real Estate Company leading corporate and strategy areas.

Pedro Muntaner Riera

General Manager with 20 years of international experience in a broad range of sectors (public services, construction, logistics, consultancy) and in both multinational and family-owned companies
 
Expert in professionalising, transforming and growing businesses, while making them highly profitable, thanks to the ability for building high-performance teams, a constant focus on business goals, and a strong customer orientation, in both B2C and B2B markets.
 

Diego Sanchez

Financial executive with more than 20 years working in national and multinational companies from different sectors of activity. Analytical, proactive and goal&business oriented, has wide  experience in strategic planning, operational management, cross-departments projects, and Corporate Finance (due diligence, M & A processes, corporate funding, etc)”

Armando Schenkel

Industrial Engineer graduated in the Buenos Aires University
He has complete his education in other areas, Finance for Senior Executives, Harvard Business School and Managing People, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Martin Paillot

Global executive leading complex businesses in world-class companies. International experience Nestle Latin America (21 years) and family Agro business companies in Argentina.

Luis Salmain

Professional with more than 20 years of experience in Multinational Companies of mass consumption with Master in Business Management (CEMA), leading commercial teams in the areas of marketing, sales and trade marketing, always managing leading brands in their category.

Guillermo Lella

Senior global executive with an extensive record of accomplishments in general management, strategy, marketing and sales, in B2B and B2C businesses across the Americas. Business Administration degree from Universidad de Belgrano.

Miguel Premoli

Miguel is currently the Talent Management Director for Revlon Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Previously he was Vice President Talent Management for PepsiCo Europe/Africa, PepsiCo’s largest international Division with more than 60.000 employees.
With PepsiCo he has worked in Regional and Headquarters settings, in Senior HR Business Partner and Talent Management roles.

Carlos Young

Seasoned finance professional with over 20 years experience in the FMCG sector across South America, Australia and Asia. Executive leadership skills demonstrating business and commercial acumen with prominent experience across competitive analysis, commercial and financial planning, budgeting, accounting. 

Fernando Ricardo Groppi

A professional with solid education and expertise in comprehensive management of Human Resources area acquired in the country and abroad, in operative and corporative global and regional positions. Lawyer. M.B.A.& other post grades. Ability to understand and support the business. Trend to results. Flexibility. Resiliance. Self motivation. Speed. English & Italian.

Marcelo Iglesias

Senior executive with more than 25 years of experience, mainly with multinational companies in the construction and real estate development business in Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica. Currently founder and CEO of Vilanova, a Costa Rican Real Estate company developing housing projects in San Jose.

Nicolas Moyano

Marketing Bachelor University of Congress – Mendoza, Argentina. - Post Degree in Advertising. EAE Business School University of Barcelona – España.

 Alltruck – Regional Commercial Director August 2019 - Present Commercial Director of a logistics startup company, with operations in Costa Rica, México, El Salvador y Honduras.

Andres Bulgach

I am a Professional with 35 years of experience in the Development and implementation of New Business.

With a strategic vision and focus on the Results, I was developing commercial ideas that with a Leadership in managing committed and motivated people, we have put, on the Commercial Arena of different countries, a variety of businesses that have been Successful over the years .

Federico Alonso

MAMUT Studio/ 2010-Present / Fundador & Director Creativo.

Educación

1994-1998 / USAL Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina Licenciado en Comunicación Social y Publicidad. 1994-1998 / Bachiller, Analista Técnico en Medios de Comunicación y Publicidad. 1989-1993 / Instituto Cardenal Copello, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ignacio Mammolino

Comercial Manager for financial entities regarding postal, logistics, distribution and custody services. Management and control of the strategic sales plan based on the assigned budget.

Dr. Claudio Plá

Medicine (University of Buenos Aires, 1978) - License Number 52474 – Specialization in Medical Psychiatry

Organizational Analyst - Master in SME Business Management (IAE Business School, 2004)

Coach and trainer at Larriera y Asociados consulting company

Former member of the board of directors of Noblex Argentina S.A.

Vistage speaker

Eduardo López Rivarola

Master en Economía y Administración  Diploma de Honor.

Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ingeniería.

Buenos Aires, Argentina.    Ingeniero Civil      

Vicens Gasol

Business-oriented IT executive with +25 years of experience as CIO in Multinational and Family-owned Companies of different sectors (Pharma, Chemical, Industrial, Distribution) aligning business strategy / corporate priorities with technology. Previous experiences as Director of QA/QC, Organization and R&D.