Senior Board Advisor · Managing Partner
Joao P. Almeida
- Grains & Oilseeds
- Vegetable Oils & Alternative Feedstocks
- Legacy & Advanced Biofuels
- Trading & Risk Management
- Supply Chain
- Performance Transformation
- Commercial
Joao P. Almeida is the Founder and Managing Partner of J.PACTA and a Senior Board Advisor working with owners, boards and executive teams on decisions where commodity markets, commercial strategy, risk and capital intersect.
His career spans physical trading, derivatives, origination, industrial supply and the commercial leadership of global commodity businesses — from grains and oilseeds through edible oils, food ingredients and renewable feedstocks.
All engagements are contracted through J.PACTA.
Experience
- More than two decades of executive leadership in global commodity businesses
- Career at Cargill from Trainee to Regional Managing Director
- Global market experience across the Americas, EMEA and Asia; 75+ countries
- Exposure across CBOT, NYMEX, ICE and B3
- MIT Sloan School of Management, 2016–2018
- Universidade de Uberaba, 2003–2007
- Industry and public presence including Bloomberg, LSEG, Fastmarkets, Business Insider, World Commodity Forum, Gulfood, POC, ICIS, MAPA Palm Oil Chamber, ABRALOG, Intermodal and INBRASC
- Involvement with the World Agriculture Forum
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