TEAM
CARLOS
ÁLVAREZ
FIGUEROA
Carlos, Paisano’s anchor investor and chairman, is committed to improving the lives of smallholder farmers. He promotes Paisano as a means of connecting private capital with small scale agricultural producers to build sustainable enterprises that boost rural development. Carlos’ has 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur and business leader in Mexico.
MIGUEL
GALLO
REYNOSO
Miguel Gallo Reynoso is the CEO of Grupo Paisano. He’s an agricultural engineer. In his professional career he has been a researcher, having spent almost 25 years in banks and sofomes, financing the agricultural sector and rural areas, which included attention to social and environmental projects.
Participated in the creation of a business school for medium-sized, social enterprises operating in the Social and Solidarity Economy.
OMAR
ORTEGA
QUEZADA
Omar is Paisano’s CFO. He has over 24 years of experience working in finance at large national corporations, including Cablemás Telecomunicaciones and Ocesa Entretenimiento. He has a degree in Public Accounting from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a Diploma from Harvard Business School.
DARÍO
VALENCIA
ARMAS
Dario is Paisano´s COO. He has worked with rural communities in Mexico and Ecuador for over
15 years. He brings sensitivity and vision to the reality of the smallholder farmers´ needs and potential so that these are sucessfully aligned with those of investors to build sustainable and scalable businesses. He has a Master’s degree in Administration and Microfinance from the Universidad Tecnológica