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SENIOR BOARD ADVISORY MEMBERS · INVESTORS FOR IMPACT

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

We wish we could serve every company in the world. Our Senior Board Advisors must choose where they focus. Start by applying. We use a short onboarding process to connect you with the right Board Member faster.

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

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Why a Board of Advisors

Companies build a Board of Advisors to lower the cost of being wrong on decisions that shape years of value.

J.PACTA is a curated network of ultra senior professionals built for this.

We do not replace your Management or Board. We add an independent judgment and context layer that complex commodity decisions require.

Agribusiness and commodity companies deal with long cycles, volatile prices, complex supply chains and heavy capital needs. A strong advisory board gives what internal teams often cannot: experience, context and judgement from operators who have carried the P&L, ran the assets and lived through multiple cycles.

  • Positioning & Direction

    Decide where to compete, what to exit, and how to build an attack or defensive position in a volatile chain.

  • Governance & Structure

    Put board discipline, decision rights and risk policy in place so investors, banks and partners trust the room.

  • Markets & Risk

    Judge commodities end-to-end — origination to pricing, physical to financial — with operators who have run the books.

  • Operations & Efficiency

    Capture margin in industrial performance, feedstock, logistics and working capital instead of leaving it on the table.

  • Capital & Transactions

    Raise, allocate and return capital smarter on M&A, valuation and funding strategy with sector-tested judgment.

  • ESG & Sustainability

    Turn carbon, traceability and certification from a compliance cost into a market advantage.

  • Leadership & Succession

    Build executive team quality and succession readiness so strategy actually becomes execution.

  • Stakeholder & Investor Relations

    Win credibility with banks, funds, partners and shareholders through a clear story backed by evidence.

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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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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

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.

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.