Jacinto Peralta Ramos joined
GIC in July 2002 as Director of Financial Services. His main responsibilities
include serving as Deputy Trustee for Bayer/Aventis; advising clients in
relation to financial services, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures
and private placements; and developing new business, such as a distressed
assets investment vehicle for Latin America.
Mr. Peralta Ramos, an Argentine
citizen, has solid experience in both agribusiness and the financial services
industry. He has formerly served in the Investor Relations group
at Banco Galicia, Argentina’s largest private sector bank, and in the Equity
Research group at Santander Central Hispano Investment Securities, the
New York-based investment banking division of Spain's largest bank.
He has also worked in his family ranch for over ten years, as well as in
the Business Development group at Monsanto Company.
EDUCATION:
MBA, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 2002
Post Graduate: Investment Projects and Risk Appraisal, Harvard University, 1998
Master in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires-Argentina, 1995
Licentiate in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires-Argentina, 1994
Investor Relations and Corporate
Business Development
Mr. Secondi is GIC's
Senior Financial Analyst and Director of Business Development for Latin
America. His current responsibilities include mergers and acquisitions,
joint ventures, private placements, financial analysis, due diligence,
and commercial intelligence for GIC's projects in Latin America and the
U.S. As senior analyst and marketing specialist for Latin America, Mr.
Secondi is also part of the management team for GIC's 21st Century Agribusiness
and Ag Biotech Private Equity Fund, Latin America.
Previously, Mr.
Secondi was a Regional Manager of an Agricultural Investment Fund for GIC's
partner, Cazenave y Asociados, S.A., the largest agribusiness consulting
firm in Argentina. He also worked for Cazenave for nine years as a consultant
in agribusiness, financial analysis, fund management and supervision, strategic
planning, and task coordination. He has a Master's Degree in Agricultural
Economics from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
EDUCATION:
Postgraduate
Studies - Strategic and Operative Marketing, Escuela Argentina de Negocios,
Buenos Aires., Argentina, 2000.
M.S., - Magister
Scientiae in Agricultural Economics. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Agronomy
Faculty, Argentina, 1996.
Agronomic Engineer.
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Agronomy Faculty, May 1991.
Mr.
Winogrond is a senior agribusiness management executive with 35 years of
experience in agroenterprise management and development in North America,
Asia, and Latin America.
Mr.
Winogrond's work experience includes serving as Controller/Operations Manager
for Castle & Cooke/Dole in Latin America and Managing Director in the
Philippines. He was Executive Vice President of Natural Pak Produce and
President of Southern Rainbow Corporation. Previous responsibilities included
management and finance, agricultural investment promotion, production systems,
agricultural marketing, crop diversification, logistics/distribution, ag-specific
IT, and postharvest operations.
EDUCATION:
MBA,
Stanford University.
Rob
Floyd
Marketing and Research
Mr. Fromme brings extensive experience in Research, production, and the
business of agriculture to The GIC Group. A long association with input
suppliers and producers in the U.S. and Latin America serves as a basis for
market and industry assessments, economic and trade analysis, commercial
intelligence, and financial analysis for GIC clients. Recent activities
include a study of Identity Preservation (IP) and value-added aspects of
commodity production.
EDUCATION:
MBA, Food and Agriculture, Purdue University, 2002
B.S., Plant and Soil Science, Southern Illinois University, 1981
Mr.
Tisch is the Project Director of Export Promotion Services for the Virginia
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. He has had 35 years of
experience in the Horticultural & Tropical Products Division of the
Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA, working with the U.S. horticultural
product industry (fruit, vegetable, wine, tree nut, and nursery products)
in the areas of market development, strategic planning, evaluation, and
supply demand analysis.
As
Deputy Director of Marketing with FAS, he oversaw the development of the
Strategic Plan, Unified Export Strategy, and the evaluation of horticultural
product industry market development proposals. He was instrumental in helping
create the California Agricultural Export Council, an organization that
helped small agricultural companies identify and develop overseas markets
for their products and obtain MAP funds for export promotion. As a marketing
specialist he identified foreign markets for U.S. horticultural product
exports. As a commodity analyst he evaluated competitive developments in
the world horticultural product market. He has traveled to more than 35
countries on behalf of the horticultural product industry.
EDUCATION:
M.S.
Program for International Trade, University of Maryland, 1965-1967.
B.S.,
Agribusiness, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963.
Juan Solana
is GIC's Director of Market Research. Dr. Solana has extensive experience
in consulting in international business strategy, industry analysis, growth
strategy for food, agribusiness, biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
He has been involved with The GIC Group since 1998 as project director
for key international projects related to investment in the food and agribusiness
industries and the marketing and promotion of the 21st Century Private
Equity Fund.
Dr. Solana
received a Ph.D. in International Trade, Industrial Organization and Competitive
Analysis and an M.S. in International Economics from Purdue University,
as well as a B.S. from Universidad Complutense in Madrid (Spain). He has
consulted for several companies on international growth strategy in the
biotechnology and beverage industries and has worked for such global companies
as Louis Dreyfus and Quintiles Transnational.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Applied Economics,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1997
M.S., International
Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1993
B.S., International
Economics, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, 1988
William W. Prewitt, Research Analyst
Mr. Prewitt is a Research Analyst for The GIC Group. His responsibilities include market and industry assessments, economic and trade analysis, and commercial intelligence, as well as financial analysis for GIC investment services/products.
A native Texan, Mr. Prewitt is also responsible for GIC's marketing and promotional activities in Texas. He works on GIC's Export Promotion projects, and is currently involved in facilitating the sale of U.S. Agricultural Products to Cuba. Mr. Prewitt's recently completed work includes The U.S. Tofu Market, a Market Analysis.
EDUCATION:
B.A., Economics and Political Science, AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003.
BBA, Finance and Accounting, M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003.
Ms.
Sansbury serves as Administrator for The GIC Group where her responsibilities
include project management, and liaison and billing activities for public
and private sector projects. She also assists with technical editing and
preparation of project documents, including investment proposals to the
International Finance Corporation and the World Bank, and USAID reports.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.
Program, Psychology, University of Maryland, 1967-1969.
B.S.,
Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1965.
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