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At Landkraft we combine generational roots in Argentine business with international corporate standards. Our founders know agriculture and industry from the inside, and they share a single conviction, to build solid, long-term relationships with every partner and investor. To those who choose Argentina to grow, we offer what they value most, a trusted local partner, with proven experience and a long-term vision.

Santiago Lucero Torres

Santiago Lucero Torres

Founding Partner & CEO

Santiago Lucero Torres is an Argentine businessman with a distinguished track record across the corporate arena, the public sector and agricultural production. His family has been engaged in agricultural production in the country's core farming region for several generations. As CEO of Landkraft S.A., he leads the firm's development and its strategy for engaging with international partners and investors.

He held executive positions at companies of international reach such as US Equities Chicago, Banco Meridian, Underwriters Laboratories and American Express, where he led regional operations as Director for Latin America.

In the City of Buenos Aires he held senior executive roles. He served as Undersecretary of Economic Development and was responsible for the general coordination of the Government Control Agency. At the national level, he served as National Director of Planning and Industrial Policy for Defense, in charge of the scientific and technological institutes and the Defense industrial complex.

Building on this foundation of productive roots and corporate experience, he drives Landkraft's development of the potato-for-industry business, agronomic services and consulting, together with the management of investments in the sector, placing the firm's experience and track record at the service of our clients and business partners.

Carlos Braun

Carlos Braun

Founding Partner

Carlos Braun is an Argentine businessman whose family has been tied to the agro-industrial and food sectors for several generations, a tradition he now projects onto an investment platform of global reach. He is Chairman of Bellamar Estancias, a firm with more than 100,000 hectares in Argentina, of which 25,000 are devoted to crop production, combining extensive agriculture and livestock.

He is the founder of Campos Orientales S.A., a farming fund with operations in Uruguay, and co-founder of Aqua Capital Partners, a private equity firm specialized in agribusiness. He served on the global board of Bunge Ltd., one of the world's leading agro-industrial companies and one of the largest listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

In the Cuyo region he led significant investments, among them his stake in the Dominio del Plata winery, in Mendoza. He currently sits on the board of Mogotes Metals Inc., a Canadian mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with exploration operations in the province of San Juan.

His business presence extends to the food industry, energy and transportation. He maintains a strategic alliance with Lamb Weston Holdings to supply the food industry, sits on the board of Interocean Transportation Inc., an operator of a fleet of bulk carriers serving the Latin American market, and is a board member of Big Sur Energy. He is also the founder of Turismo Doss S.A., with investments in the hospitality, restaurant and real estate businesses.

Behind our founders stands a team with solid experience in each of the sectors in which we operate. Professionals in agriculture, production, finance, logistics and investment management work in an integrated way to turn Landkraft's experience into concrete results. It is this combination of track record, technical capability and long-term vision that allows us to support every partner and investor with the confidence and strength that growth in Argentina demands.

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