Team
Team
Gabriel Amarante
CEO and Founder
Professional with a solid systemic view, developed through the creation and management of own businesses for over 15 years. Since 2000, I have been working in foreign trade, import and export, international trade, and international logistics.
Professional education focused on the area of International Marketing, international trading processes door to door, and with an MBA in Foreign Trade and International Logistics.
Extensive international experience focused on the export of grain and ore commodities in bulk ships and containers, with firsthand experience as the founder of a company in the USA.
Knowledge and experience gained through own businesses across the entire International Logistics chain, trading, and exporting grains and ores.
gabriel@southagri.com
Priscila Lima
Orlando Branch Director
Priscila Lima, live in USA FOR 18 years and I have been involved for several years in the commodity and international trade, space with a particular emphasis on trade between Brazil and USA. As well current working in Real Estate in Florida - USA for 10 years. Florida has been growing so much in this past years. Work with South Agri has been a great experience, current work directly in finance and accounting area.
southagriusa@southagri.com
Evandro Mayer
Grains Origination Director
Experienced entrepreneur with more than 25 years of solid career dedicated to the management and management of medium and large projects throughout Brazil. Specialized in environmental licenses Coordinated sea port projects in Belém do Pará, Barcarena, Manaus, Itajaí, São Paulo, among others.
evandro@southagri.com
Fernando N. Bacot
Latin America Director
An experienced International Business Development professional with more than 20 years of industry experience, he has held positions as a technical advisor and international business liaison in both private and public sectors. For more than a decade, he served as the Senior Commercial Advisor at the Brazilian Diplomatic Mission in Buenos Aires, where he garnered extensive experience in fostering international commercial and economic relations. Fluent in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, with a strong aptitude for networking, he excels in building commercial bridges between companies from Latin American countries and the global market.
fernando@southagri.com
Amit Yonay
Customer Relationship ASIA
Amit has been involved for several years in the commodity and international trade space with a particular emphasis on trade between Brazil and Africa. Successful trading has been accomplished in various vegetable-based oil markets. Amit represented ING Financial Markets in Israel as the Head Israeli Analyst (NYSE: ING, Euronext: INGA). His main focus was to recommend Israeli investments to major international institutional investors as well as accompanying ING’s investment banking business with rigorous company research.
amit@southagri.com
Michael Karkalis
Commercial Director USA and Europe
Decisive leader with extensive management experience in product and process development within the nutritional food industry. Demonstrated expertise in formulating nutritional products, fortification, and protein product development across various applications. My career also spans ten years of leading international sales organizations and multinational teams, consistently exceeding revenue and profit goals.
michael@southagri.com
Moshe Hershko
Europe Market Director
Dynamic and results-driven Chief Executive Officer with 15 years of demonstrated expertise in spearheading strategic initiatives and driving successful projects. Proficient in business development, international sales, and strategic sourcing, with a history of penetrating new markets and fostering robust client relationships. Experienced founder and owner of consulting firms, skilled in team leadership, budget management, and operational optimization.
moshe@southagri.com
Sergei Chakov
Russian Market
Entrepreneurial and managerial experience in leading trading and distribution Russian companies with 25 years of international business experience. Management of a major trading companies (500 employees, import and export, wholesale and distribution of meat, food products) with annual turnover of more than 500 mln USD dollars. Whole range of work: international sales and purchasing, marketing, finance, logistics, personnel, GR, Regional sales development. Organization of distribution network.
sergei@southagri.com
Sérgio Ribeiro
Farm-Producer Origination
Farm-Producer Origination
Experienced agronomist with more than 30 years of solid career dedicated to the management of medium and large agronomy throughout Brazil. Specialized in agribusiness products, soybean farms, grains and timber in general, she has coordinated environmental projects with farms and producers of soybeans, corn, sugar and wood from several producing states in Brazil.
grainorigination@southagri.com
Silas Batista
Executive Secretary
Executive secretary to the CEO, with extensive experience in procurement, finance and government management, dedicated and proactive.
