Warc

The West African Rice Company

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Martin Burt

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Martin Burt

Martin Burt

Advisor to the Board

Dr. Burt is a pioneer in applying microfinance, microfranchise, youth entrepreneurship, financial literacy and technical vocational methodologies to address chronic poverty around the world. He is the CEO of Fundacion Paraguaya, co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish, with over 23 million beneficiaries. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum and of the Global Food Banking Network. In public service, he served as Chief of Staff to the President of Paraguay, Mayor of Asunción, and Vice Minister of Commerce.

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

Advisor to the Board

Ignacio is an Advisor to Warc’s Board of Directors, bringing a wealth of knowledge from his own experience as the President and Co-Founder of Lartirigoyen, a leading agribusiness in Argentina. Additionally, Ignacio is a former chairman of the Argentine Association for Sunflowers and director of several agricultural companies. Ignacio holds a degree in Agronomy from the University of Buenos Aires.

Christopher Zaw

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Christopher Zaw

Christopher Zaw

Partner

Chris leads the development of Warc Ghana; establishing project strategic direction, implementation and business development. With 10 years of experience, 7 years of which as a management consultant at Big 4 firm, and 1 year as COO of a Berlin-based startup, he has working experience in 10 countries. He loves to explore and travel, having visited 55 countries, and is constantly undertaking new adventures.

Mireia Romañach

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Mireia Romañach

Mireia Romañach

Program Manager

Mireia is an agricultural economist and project manager. She works on Warc’s agricultural consulting projects in Sierra Leone, as well as internal projects based in Warc’s farm in Tormabum. Previously she worked as a project and financial analyst both in the private and public sector in Argentina. She has a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economy at the University of Buenos Aires.

Estefania Ramirez

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Estefania Ramirez

Brima Sesay

Procurement and Logistics Manager

Estefania is in charge of the procurement and logistics operations of Warc, she has over 6 years of experience in international trade in the US, Colombia and Sierra leone, previously worked as a product manager in one of the top five largest freight forwarders in the world. She is in charge of both local and international purchases, RFQs, imports, inventory and other logistics involved in the companys operations.

Faustina Nherera

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Faustina Nherera

Faustina Nherera

Finance Manager

Faustina supports the Finance Director with the implementation of internal control systems and the day to day administration of the finance functions of Warc Freetown. She holds a Masters in Business Administration and a BTech in Accountancy, both from the University of Zimbabwe.