Keynote Speakers
Ivo Sarjanovic
Academic Background:
● B.A. in Economic Sciences, major in Accounting Faculty of Economics Sciences, National University of Rosario, Argentina Graduated March 1988
● Master in Economics Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Spain March 2019
● Diploma in Theology Universidad de Navarra, February 2021
● Executive Studies:
● "Investment Projects Evaluation" Catholic University of Chile, December 1988
● "Managing Corporate Resources" IMD, Lausanne (Equivalent to 1/3 of Executive MBA), November 2002
● "Scenario Planning" Said Business School, Oxford University, May 2011
● "Agribusiness Seminar" Harvard Business School, January 2016
● "High Performance Boards", "Strategic Finances", and "Digital Transformation" IMD, Lausanne, February to November 2018
● Various courses on Trading, Risk Management, Leadership, and General Management organized by Cargill from 1989 to 2014
Professional Activity:
● Grains and Oilseeds Analyst, Department of Economic Studies Rosario Grain Exchange, November 1987 - June 1989
● Trader of Grains and Oilseeds Cargill, July 1989 - May 2000 (Various roles in Rosario, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and Geneva)
● Vice President, Cargill Geneva, and Global Trading Manager of Oilseeds June 2000 - December 2011
● Africa and Middle East Manager of Agriculture, Cargill June 2007 - December 2011
● Vice President, Cargill Geneva, World Manager of Cargill Sugar December 2011 - September 2014
● CEO, Alvean (50-50% j/v by Cargill and Copersucar) October 2014 - November 2017
● Non-Executive Director
● Adecoagro (since April 2018)
● Sucafina (since March 2019)
● Minerva Foods (since June 2024)
● Arab Bank of Switzerland (external advisor of the Board on commodities issues since September 2018)
Teaching Activities:
● Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Law Catholic University of Rosario, 1988-1990
● Assistant Professor of Economics, ESEADE, Buenos Aires 1991-1993
● Lecturer on "Risk Management" in MBA Corporate Training, 2007-2009
● Lecturer on "Agriculture Commodities Trading" Master of Trading and Shipping, University of Geneva, since 2008
● Visiting Professor of "Agricultural Commodities Trading" Master of Agribusiness, Austral University, Rosario, Argentina, since March 2018
● Professor of "Commodities Trading" Master of Finances, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, since March 2019
● Lecturer of “Market Intelligence” Diploma of Commodity Trading, University of Geneva, since 2021
● Guest speaker, San Telmo Business School, Sevilla, Spain, since March 2022
● Associate Fellow, Erasmus Commodity & Trade Centre - Rotterdam, since January 2023
● Organizer, Cargill Trading Academy
Publications:
● Interviewed in chapter 8 of “Out of the Shadows: The New Merchants of Grain” by Jonathan Kingsman, 2019, Independently Published
● "En desequilibrio- Ensayos sobre procesos de mercado", March 2020, Unión Editorial, Madrid
● Article in the Financial Times, May 31st 2021: “What the battle between gold bugs and crypto bros tells us about commodities”
● Co-author with Alan Futerman of “Commodities as an Asset Class: Essays in Inflation, the Paradox of Gold and the Impact of Crypto”, MacMillan Palgrave, November 2022
● Interviews in the blog “Commodity Conversations” about “Commodities and Inflation” in January 2023 and "Beginning 2024: Notes on Commodities and Inflation" in January 2024
Conferences:
● Lecturer in various conferences about agriculture commodities in Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Lorca, Santiago de Compostela, Roma, Bologna, Milano, París, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Casablanca, Bali, Nairobi, Riyadh, Miami, Guatemala, Buenos Aires, and Rosario
Languages:
● Spanish/English: speak, read, and write
● French: speak and read
● Portuguese: basic