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Senior Board Advisors.

Every associated member of J.PACTA is a Senior Board Advisor — senior from the first conversation, with careers spent inside the decisions our clients are facing now.

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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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Coverage we connect

Value chains, functions and geographies.

Beyond the advisors published here, J.PACTA connects clients with senior operators across a wider set of value chains and functions — and serves businesses across four regions.

Value chains

  • Grains & Oilseeds
  • Vegetable Oils & Fats
  • Cocoa & Chocolate
  • Coffee
  • Sugar & Ethanol
  • Citrus
  • Pulp, Paper & Cellulose
  • Oil & Gas
  • Biofuels & Renewable Feedstocks
  • Food & Ingredients
  • Animal Protein
  • Feed & Nutrition
  • Cotton & Fibres
  • Fertilizers & Inputs
  • Crop Input Distribution
  • AgMachinery
  • Cooperatives
  • Chemicals
  • Carbon & Environmental Assets
  • Logistics & Infrastructure

Functions

  • Supply Chain
  • Trading & Risk Management
  • Strategy
  • Commercial
  • Operations
  • R&D
  • Origination
  • Industrial & Asset Management
  • Finance & Capital Structure
  • M&A & Corporate Development
  • Governance & Board
  • Quality & Regulatory
  • Sustainability & ESG
  • Technology & Digital
  • People & Organisation

North America

United States · Canada · Mexico

Europe

Switzerland · Netherlands · United Kingdom · France · Italy · Spain · Portugal

Middle East

GCC · United Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia

Asia

Japan · Korea · Indonesia · Singapore · Malaysia · China · India

South America

Brazil · Argentina · Paraguay · Uruguay · Colombia

See the Strategic Advisors circle — a network in constant expansion.

Extended expertise network

Senior judgment. Specialized expertise. One network.

Beyond its associated Senior Board Advisors, J.PACTA collaborates with a broader ecosystem of experienced executives, specialists and professional-services firms. Additional expertise can be brought into selected engagements. These specialists are not named publicly and are not Senior Board Advisors.

  • Carbon & Environmental Markets

    Carbon markets, environmental assets, sustainability economics, decarbonisation and low-carbon business models.

  • Strategy & Innovation

    Corporate strategy, innovation systems, new-business development, transformation and strategic growth.

  • Oil, Gas & Ethanol

    Oil and gas markets, downstream energy, ethanol, fuels, energy transition and commercial strategy.

  • Cocoa

    Cocoa markets, sourcing, processing, sustainability and cocoa and chocolate value chains.

  • Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory

    Food safety, quality systems, regulatory compliance, technical governance and operational standards.

  • Corporate, Commercial & Transactional Law

    Corporate law, agreements, transactions, M&A, governance, contracts and legal structuring.

  • Tax & Fiscal Strategy

    Tax structuring, indirect taxes and the fiscal implications of commercial structures, commodity transactions and supply chains.

  • Supply Chain & Logistics

    Supply-chain strategy, logistics, planning, sourcing, distribution, resilience and network optimisation.

  • Commodity Trading & Risk Management Systems (CTRM)

    CTRM architecture, selection and implementation, trading workflows, positions, exposure, controls, P&L, MTM and data.

What decision are you facing?

Tell us the decision. We will propose the advisor.

Advisor matching is done by J.PACTA — considering the sector, the problem, the room and the cadence the decision requires.