Argentina 2016
Global Business Assignment
3-8 April 2016
Tuesday 5 April
Breakfast At Hotel
8.40 Walk To The Naval Club
9.00 Maizar, Argentine Corn and Sorghum Association
MartÃn FraguÃo
Director
MartÃn FraguÃo is the Executive Director of Maizar, the Argentine Corn and Sorghum Association, from its foundation in 2004. He represents the Argentine Corn and Sorghum value chain as member of roundtables and boards to different public and private institutions. He is furthermore Graduate School professor teaching Agribusiness value chains at the main Universities in Argentina. Speaker at national and international events related to value chain organization, biofuels and agribusiness. He worked for ten years for Agip Petroli SpA as head of Argentina’s agricultural division. He graduated as Engineer in Agricultural Production in 1984 and holds a Master of Business Administration. Mr. Fraguio has studied in Argentina, Japan, France, Chile and Brazil.
10:15 Iván Ordoñez
Economist Specialized In Agribusiness
Iván Ordoñez holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires and a Graduate Degree in Agribusiness. After working several years in Los Grobo’s leading Strategy Planning Area, Ordoñez founded Dactylis, which advises USA farmers on how to develop efficient production networks inspired by the Argentinian farming model. He also worked as a consultant at Value Partners based in Buenos Aires where he has collaborated on projects in Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico. Currently he is an independent consultant specializing in agribusiness.
Lunch On Your Own
Group 1
15.00 HSBC
Kevin Ball, Chief Operating Officer
In Hotel Meeting Room Matiz
Mr. Ball has been the COO of HSBC Bank Argentina in Argentina since 2010. He holds a MBA from Tulane University.
Group 2
14.20 Bus departs
15:00 Grupo ClarÃn
Alejandro Morales
CFO​
Mr. Morales joined Grupo ClarÃn in 2007 and since then he has been the CFO of Clarin AGEA. Prior to that, he held different positions at Honeywell and Honeywell Process Solutions in Argentina, USA and the United Kingdom. Mr. Morales is a Certified Public Accountant graduated from Universidad de Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) and hold a MBA from University of Houston-Victoria (USA).