Warc
The West African Rice Company
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 was the Executive Creative Director of Gowland Publicidad, the Executive Creative Director of Ratto/BBDO.
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 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.
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 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.
