Us

ABOUT US

Our Story

History Experience in Action

Knowledge, experience, and intensity to build a company that expands with the opportunities and dynamics of agriculture in the region.
Ceibos Group grows from a family business that focused in the early 1990s on the administration of own and third-party fields and on rental management in Argentina, expanding operations from 2003 to Uruguay and later to Bolivia and Paraguay.

Focus and Evolution

The Ceibos Group team combines operational, commercial, financial and administrative experience, aligned with results. The focus is on the administration of own fields, the transformation of acquisitions into optimized productive units and the use of these capacities for the management of rented fields.

In all cases, geographic distribution and cyclical opportunities in the markets and between different countries are taken into account by a multidisciplinary and flexible team capable of covering a broad geography with a culture of efficiency and permanent evolution.

Our Team

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Ciro Echesortu

Executive Director

Ciro Echesortu has recently left behind an extensive career of 30 years working for Louis Dreyfus Commodities. In his work at Louis Dreyfus, he worked as regional officer for Latin America, Director of strategy for LDC and CEO of LDC global. Ciro is the Executive director of TLG, an administrator of investment funds with lines of work in energy, farmaceuticals, finance, real estate, and Ceibos Group. He is the founder of Irradia and NGO dedicated to promoting homegrown initiatives in Latin America; Director of Pearson College UWC of the Pacific in Canada; Member of the development council of Biomedical Sciences in Austral University. He has funded various startups in the digital sector. He has worked in Cresud (Soros/IRSA), in charge of new developments and also as a consultant for Deloitte. He has been a president of CIARA-CEC as well as United world Colleges. He graduated from the University of Guelph with a bachelors in Agricultural Economics. He is married and has four kids.

Sarah Dingle

Executive Director

Sarah Dingle in the Management Director of Ceibos Group. She has been the General Manager from 1989 to 2004. She is responsible for the direction and strategy of production. Her previous work was in Citibank group from 1985 to 1989, being part of executive training for credit, financial control, export finance and debt refinancing of Argentine sovereign debt (Plan Brady). She studied Agricultural Economics at the University of Guelph Canada. (1980-1984).

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Matías Mackinlay

Operations Manager

Matias Mackinlay is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Ceibos Group. Previously he has worked in an Agricultural Consulting firm SEA Consultors S.R.L which focused on production systems and economic dynamics of production for Agro-Industrial companies. He is an Agronomist graduated from Universidad Catolica Argentina (1991-1995). He is also a Masters in Agribusiness and Finance from UCEMA. (2001-2003).

Eduardo Legorburu

Administration and Financial Manager

Eduardo M. Mujica works as Administrative Manager for Ceibos Group. He has been a manager for Administration and Finance in El Tejar Uruguay, with 6 years of experience. He also worked in the financial sector for (Soxedo) a company focused on vouchers, food, and transport. He graduated as Public accountant in UDELAR, Uruguay. Currently, he is going an MBA in Administration and strategy from the University of Concepcion, Uruguay. 

 

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Miguel Alexander

Martín Carmona

Agricultural Technology (Argentine Coastline)

Martín Carmona is our Manager for new technologies and product development for Argentina and Uruguay. Previously he was responsible for Agricultural Production and Administration in MSU S.A for Buenos Aires and Santa Fe (2001 – 2007). He is an Agronomist graduated from University of Buenos Aires (1996 – 2001) he also has a postgraduate degree in Agribusiness and Food, from FAUBA (2011 – 2012).

 

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Mario Casas

CFO

Mario Casas joined Ceibos in 2011, he is our CFO. He is a professional with a proven record in Corporate Finance and Capital Markets.

Before joining, he worked as a consultant in Insurance and Capital Markets. Compania del Sur (2004- Sep 2011), MetLife (2000-2004), AIG (1997-2000), Banco de Galicia (1994-1997). He studied Business (UBA-1984-1989) and has an MBA (George Washington University -1991)

Fabián de Paul

Investment

Fabian is focused on our investment portfolio. He has worked as an independent consultant since 2009 when he left LDC, where he worked as Executive Director of South American Region. He’s currently an Independent Director in Banco Macro. 

Previously, he worked for CEI Citicorp Holdings, Merrill Lynch & Co. y Citibank, N.A. Fabian has an MBA from Wharton (1989) and graduated in Business Administration and Accounting UCA.

 

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Agustín Premrou

From 2002 to 2018, he worked in different positions for LDC, including leading New Bussiness and Senior Trading in Oilsead and Grains, Europe, and South America. From 2018 he was head of Global Food Innovation For LDC. 

Previously, Agustin worked for CEI Citicorp Holdings, Merrill Lynch & Co. y Citibank, N.A. He has a bachelor in Economics (UCA), MBA Wharton (2001). He was a professor in Corporate Finance in Di Tella and UCA.