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Senior Board Advisory · From Brazil to the World of Commodities

Board-as-a-Service for commodity-exposed businesses.

J.PACTA is not for everyone. Companies are assessed to ensure strategic alignment and maturity for the moment. The application is the first step to evaluate whether a dedicated Board makes sense for your growth moment.

An Ultra Senior Network

15+

Senior Board Advisors for Value Chains & Functions

Unique Value Proposition

5

Unique ways to access senior judgment — from one hour to a full strategic mandate.

Reach

Global

Served the Americas, EMEA and Asia customers

Conviction

O AGRO

pode e merece MAIS.

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BR Renders logo
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Celena Alimentos logo
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Fastmarkets logo
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The decision gap

Most strategic decisions in commodity businesses are often made: alone.

J.PACTA is not a program, a marketplace or a consulting service firm. It is a dedicated board-level structure built and curated for YEARS by the most relevant industry leaders globally.

The associated network operates from years of practice. Each of them know what it takes to build, run and improve commodity-exposed businesses. They also know leading Ag, Food, Energy or Commodity organizations are not something you learn in a classroom or operate in high performance out of theory.

Our Senior Board Advisors are ultra seasoned professionals who have carried the P&L, ran the assets and sat in the room when the decision was made and engage individually with investors, board of directors and c-level leadership teams, at the depth the decision requires.

  • Positioning & Direction

    Where the business strategy should compete, what it should stop doing, and how to build an attack stance or defensible position in a volatile chain.

  • Governance & Structure

    Board discipline, decision rights, risk policy and reporting that hold up under scrutiny from banks, partners and investors.

  • Markets & Risk

    Underlying commodities, from origination-to-pricing, physical-to-financial and exposure management judged by people who have run the books, not read about it.

  • Operations & Efficiency

    Industrial performance, feedstock, logistics and working capital — where margin is actually won or lost.

Self-selection

Is this for me?

A few honest signals: if they sound familiar, the next step is a confidential conversation about whether a dedicated advisory board makes sense for where your business is now.

This is for you if:

  • You invest or chair a commodity related business going through a critical decision period to invest, improve or transform its performance.
  • There is not enough experience, context and judgement in your Board, C-Level or Project Team and you need help bringing in a proven, experienced and referenced outside perspective.
  • You are facing a live decision as an executive that will move years of value — and you require outside-in seasoned inputs.
  • You want to do a major step up in performance, reduce the risk of being wrong and/or want to expedite getting it right.
  • You are willing to be challenged by people who have solved your issue before.

This is probably not for you if:

  • You are looking for a generic training program or consulting (diagnosis and action plans without commitment to end result).
  • You want a report only. Specially if you'd like one without the judgment that follows it from an ultra experienced professional.
  • You prefer advice that never contradicts the room.

Board-as-a-Service

Access senior board-level judgment at the depth your decision requires.

Flexible access to experienced Senior Board Advisors — without creating a permanent board structure or hiring another full-time executive.

  1. 011 Hour

    Senior Board Advisory Call

    One focused hour with a Senior Board Advisor on a specific decision in front of you.

    Hourly rate.

    Book an Advisory Call
  2. 02Package of Hours

    Executive Structured Advisory

    A pre-agreed package of senior hours offered to key executives, founders or key identified talents.

    Package of hours.

    Explore Executive Advisory
  3. 03Dedicated Advisor

    Dedicated Senior Board Advisor

    A recurring, independent strategic partner to the CEO, owner, board or executive team.

    Monthly retainer.

    Find the Right Senior Advisor
  4. 04Advisory Committee

    Senior Board Advisory Committee

    Two or more complementary Senior Board Advisors assembled around a strategic agenda.

    Monthly retainer.

    Build an Advisory Committee
  5. 05Strategic Engagement

    Strategic Senior Advisory Engagement

    A bespoke, outcome-oriented mandate for transformation, transaction or value creation.

    Fixed or deliverable fees, performance and value-capture fees, success fees, an equity component where appropriate, or hybrids.

    Discuss an Engagement

The network is the product

Senior Board Advisors

Senior people from the beginning — operators as well as advisors, curated rather than sourced from an open marketplace.

Ana Bastos, Senior Board Advisor at J.PACTA

Ana Bastos

Associate Senior Board Advisor

Value Chain Expertise

  • Pulp & Cellulose
  • Chemicals
  • Forestry
  • Biofuels

Function

  • Family Succession
  • Strategy
  • Transformation

Can help with: Pulp & cellulose, chemicals, forestry and biofuels value chains, family succession, strategy and transformation.

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Mariana Caetano, Senior Board Advisor at J.PACTA

Mariana Caetano

Associate Senior Board Advisor

Value Chain Expertise

  • Coffee
  • Carbon & Climate

Function

  • Agricultural Operations
  • Innovation
  • Ag Technology
  • Green Finance

Can help with: Coffee value chains, carbon & climate, agricultural operations, innovation, ag technology and green finance.

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Laerte Moraes, Senior Board Advisor at J.PACTA

Laerte Moraes

Associate Senior Board Advisor

Value Chain Expertise

  • Cocoa
  • Starches & Sweeteners

Function

  • General Management
  • Commercial
  • M&A

Can help with: Cocoa, starches & sweeteners, general management, commercial growth, portfolio strategy and M&A.

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Marcos Guirardello, Senior Board Advisor at J.PACTA

Marcos Guirardello

Associate Senior Board Advisor

Value Chain Expertise

  • Food & Ingredients
  • Branded Distribution

Function

  • R&D & Technology
  • Quality & Regulatory
  • Food Innovation

Can help with: Food & ingredients, branded distribution, R&D & technology, quality & regulatory, and food innovation.

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Joao P. Almeida, Senior Board Advisor at J.PACTA

Joao P. Almeida

Associate Senior Board Advisor | Managing Partner

Value Chain Expertise

  • Grains & Oilseeds
  • Vegetable Oils & Alternative Feedstocks
  • Legacy & Advanced Biofuels

Function

  • Trading & Risk Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Performance Transformation
  • Commercial

Can help with: Trading & Risk Management, Physical & Financial Assets, risk governance, commercial strategy, supply chain, renewable feedstocks and commodity business transformation.

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Shandrus Carvalho, Senior Board Advisor at J.PACTA

Shandrus Carvalho

Associate Senior Board Advisor

Value Chain Expertise

  • Citrus
  • Cooperatives
  • AgMachinery
  • Crop Input Distribution

Function

  • Strategy
  • Operations
  • General Management

Can help with: Citrus, cooperatives, agricultural machinery, crop input distribution, strategy, operations and general management.

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Additional information

Questions before applying.

What decision are you facing?

Start with the decision in front of you.

Tell us what is on the table. We will assess the fit in confidence and come back with a straight answer on the structure your business actually needs — an hour of senior judgment, an advisor alongside your leadership, or a standing committee.