Warc

The West African Rice Company

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Jorge Lopez Menendez

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Jorge Lopez Menendez

Jorge Lopez Menendez

Founder & COO

Jorge is an agricultural entrepreneur and founder of JTF, a company managing 27,000ha of land in Argentina. He holds an engineering degree in agronomy from Universidad de Buenos Aires, and has over a decade of experience managing large-scale farms. Jorge is one of the early adopters of no-till farming in Argentina, and was instrumental in introducing environmentally friendly models there. He has produced seeds and commodities for large multinationals such as Glencore, Bunge and Nidera. Jorge and his wife moved to Sierra Leone in 2015 and are based at the farm full-time.

Cristián Cardoner

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Cristián Cardoner

Cristián Cardoner

Chairman of the Board

Cristián is an equity investor in Warc and sits on the Board of Directors. He is a long-time supporter of Warc and provides strategic advice. He is also a seasoned social entrepreneur, having founded DAP – a 20,000ha farm in Paraguay – and holds a group of telco companies in Chile and France. He is a member of the Board of Directors at the International Food Bank, a partner at Acumen and member of the BritDoc. Previously, he held different senior banking positions in New York and Buenos Aires

Brent Kessel

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Brent Kessel

Brent Kessel

Member of the Board

Brent is the Founder and CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners and CEO of Align Impact, both Santa Monica-based financial planning and investment firms. Brent is also a Partner at Acumen and the author of “It’s Not About the Money”. His book was named one of Kiplinger’s Top Five Business Books of the Year, and was named by FastCompany as one of the five most generous people on Wall Street.Brent is the Founder and CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners and CEO of Align Impact, both Santa Monica-based financial planning and investment firms. Brent is also a Partner at Acumen and the author of “It’s Not About the Money”. His book was named one of Kiplinger’s Top Five Business Books of the Year, and was named by FastCompany as one of the five most generous people on Wall Street.

Pedro Sanchez

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Dr. Pedro Sanchez

Pedro Sanchez

Advisor to the Board

Dr. Sanchez is the Director of the Agriculture & Food Security Center, Senior Research Scholar, and Director of the Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He was previously the Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre, and served as co-chair of the UN Millennium Project Hunger Task Force. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Soil Science and Forestry at North Carolina State Univeristy. Dr. Sanchez is a 2002 World Food Prize laureate and a 2004 MacArthur Fellow.

Pilu Giraudo

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Pilu Giraudo

Pilu Giraudo

Advisor to the Board

Pilu is the Founder of the Global Conservation Agriculture Network, Policy Coordinator for Sustainable Development and Planning at the Argentine Ministry of Agro-industries, and member of the council for the Argentine Ministry of Production. She is also the former president of AAPRESID, the Argentine association of no-till producers.

Fernando Vega Olmos

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Fernando Vega Olmos

Fernando Vega Olmos

Advisor to the Board

Fernando was the Executive Creative Director of Gowland Publicidad, the Executive Creative Director of Ratto/BBDO.