Formed to effect a Business Combination with an Agribusiness company focused on High-value crops within the primary sector (Superfoods & Specialty products), food tech and Wine & Spirits.
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About us
Agrinam is a newly-organized special purpose acquisition corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia for the purpose of acquiring a company in the Agribusiness industry in North America, either in the primary sector (with a focus on Superfoods and specialty products produced in high-tech greenhouses) or the value-added sector (with a focus on Food Tech as well as Wine & Spirits produced in new regions that have a niche differentiator relative to the competition).
Agrinam also intends to generally target companies for its Qualifying Acquisition that have adopted best ESG practices and technologies for the efficient use of resources and are committed to taking care of the environment, including companies that will seek to promote the recycling of resources by applying the circular economy concept to reuse all possible inputs and avoid or reduce pollution and environmental degradation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agrinam is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of completing its Qualifying Acquisition.
All dividends are eligible dividends unless indicated otherwise.
Nicholas Thadaney is a finance, technology and capital markets senior executive with over 25 years experience. He recently founded Partners Capital Corp. and previously served as Head of the Toronto Stock Exchange in the role of President & CEO, Global Equity Capital Markets, TMX Group and prior to that as CEO of ITG Canada Corp.
Leveraging many years as a successful operator and senior business leader, in 2018, Mr. Thadaney co-founded Partners Capital Corp. (PCC), a firm focused on advising, co-investing and partnering with entrepreneurs and their management teams to accelerate the growth of their businesses through innovative capital and strategic solutions. PCC specializes in the finance, technology and healthcare sectors catering primarily to the mid market (SME) segment. Mr. Thadaney also currently serves as a senior advisor to a number of firms and a director on the boards of Coinsquare Inc., INX Ltd, DVX Capital Markets, and Ghost Kitchen Brands.
Mr. Thadaney was previously President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Equity Capital Markets, and a member of the senior management team of TMX Group until February 2018. In his roles with TMX Group, Mr. Thadaney was responsible for all equity listing and trading activity across the company’s equities markets and alternative trading systems, including heading the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Alpha, TMX Select, and TSX Private Markets. He also oversaw TSX Trust – TMX Group’s transfer agency and corporate trust services provider.
Prior to joining TMX Group in 2015, Mr. Thadaney was Chief Executive Officer of ITG Canada Corp. (now Virtu Financial) since 2005, with responsibility for managing all aspects of the business, as well as a Member of ITG’s Global Executive Committee. He joined ITG Canada in 2000. Before his tenure at ITG, Mr. Thadaney was Vice-President, Business Development (Equities) at C.T. Securities Inc.(Canada Trust), which was later acquired by T.D. Securities Inc. (TD Bank) in 1999.
Mr. Thadaney has been a board & committee member of a number of prominent businesses, industry associations, and registered charities, including: Bermuda Stock Exchange; CanDeal; Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC); Investment Industry Association of Canada; Junior Achievement (JA) Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital Asset Management Industry Hold’em for Life Charity (Co-Chair); Toronto Financial Services Alliance (now Toronto Finance International); Young Presidents Organization (Ontario Chapter); and the World Federation of Exchanges SME Advisory Board.
Lara Zink is currently President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets. WCM is the largest network of female professionals in Canadian finance, with initiatives that impact the careers of countless female professionals & students across Canada. From 1995 to 2019 Lara worked at RBC Capital Markets. She sold North American and European equity research and investment banking products to Canada’s largest institutional investors, including pension funds, bank owned mutual funds, and independent fund managers.
Prior to joining WCM, Lara spent 18 months in venture capital. She is an angel investor and a mentor at a startup accelerator called NEXT Canada. NEXT accelerates the growth trajectory of aspiring and scaling entrepreneurs with education, mentorship, funding, and access to Canada’s strongest entrepreneurial network.
Lara holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from UWO, and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management. Lara is a Governor on the University of Toronto Governing Council, she sits on two Foundation boards, the CAMH Campaign Cabinet, and is a volunteer for the Special Olympics.
Jennifer Reynolds is the President & CEO of Toronto Finance International (TFI), a public-private partnership whose mission is to promote and develop Toronto’s financial services sector, and to establish its prominence as a leading global financial centre.
Jennifer’s 20 year career in the financial services industry has included senior roles in investment banking, venture capital, and global risk management. Prior to joining TFI, Jennifer was the President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Canada’s largest industry association and advocacy group for women in the financial sector.
Jennifer is a Director on the Board of BF&M Insurance Group Ltd, Director on the Board of the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV), and a Director on the Board of Women’s College Hospital Foundation, and was previously a Director on the Board of Citibank Canada. Jennifer is the Co-Chair of the UN convened Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) network and also serves on the Advisory Council for the Institute of Sustainable Finance. In 2015 and 2017, she was named a Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner.
Jennifer is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Women’s Leadership program, and she received her MBA from McGill University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Political Science from McGill University. Jennifer also holds the Institute of Corporate Directors Designation, ICD.D.
Donald Olds is an experienced executive, entrepreneur and director with significant success raising capital for diverse private and public companies with a strong focus in technology and life sciences. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Montreal-based NEOMED Institute, a position he held until the successful closing of a merger with Vancouver-based CDRD.
He has held multiple executive positions as CEO, COO and CFO of private and public life companies and began his business career as a commercial, corporate and investment banker working across multiple industry verticals including forest products, technology and manufacturing. Mr. Olds has significant corporate governance experience as a board member and chair of both for profit and not for profit organizations.
He is currently lead director at Goodfood Markets (TSX:FOOD), director and HR/Governance committee chair of Acasti Pharma (NASDAQ:ACST), lead director and audit committee chair at Cannara Biotech (TSXV:LOVE), chair of Aifred Health (private) and director of Oligomedic Inc. (private). He is past chair of Oxfam Québec and director of Oxfam International, stepping down after his maximum 3 successive terms. He holds an MBA (finance and strategy) and M.Sc. (Agriculture) from McGill University.
Agustin Tristan, our Chief Executive Officer is a seasoned investment banker and entrepreneur, having recently spent several years providing consulting services for a diverse array of companies in the financial industry - launching companies in various sectors - including in the Agribusiness sector and as the CEO of Demeter Capital, a private equity fund focused in the Agribusiness sector. In the Agribusiness sector, Mr. Tristan has also developed restaurants, franchises, ready-to-eat and ready-to-drink products, a bottling company, as well as developing a food delivery platform to take healthy food and beverages to industrial areas.
Mr. Tristan studied industrial engineering at the University of Alabama in the United States and completed an MBA in the same institution where he became the first international student to ever be elected MBA Class President.
In his early years of professional experience, Mr. Tristan worked in management consulting for the manufacturing industry, executing lean engineering and Six Sigma projects together with supply chain, logistics and facilities planning and design. He then pursued a banking career for five years at Goldman Sachs in New York and finally his most recent years have been spent in the areas of asset management, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and investment banking in New York and Mexico.
Mr. Tristan is currently a candidate for certification in ESG Investing by the CFA Institute.
Luis Alberto Ibarra, our Chief Investment Officer, has more than 25 years of experience in high-level positions in the Mexican Federal Public Administration, where he participated in the design and implementation of various public policies. Mr. Ibarra is an expert in issues related to infrastructure development, competition and economic regulation, project evaluation, Agribusiness, and private equity.
From 2014 to 2018, he was the CEO of the Capital and Investment Fund for the Mexican Agricultural Sector (FOCIR), a development institution coordinated by Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, whose objective is to promote the development of projects in the rural and agro-industrial sector through private equity.
Previously, he served as Commissioner in the then Federal Competition Commission (COFECO) of Mexico, where he contributed to improve the conditions of competition in various markets, including those related to the food industry, consumer goods, infrastructure, and telecommunications, amongst others.
He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), and a master's degree and a Doctorate in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and has more than 25 years of experience in high-level positions at the Mexican Government. He was Head of FOCIR, an Agribusiness development agency with private equity investments in excess of U.S.$300 million. He received the BANAMEX´s Award for Economics and has also taught at various institutions of higher education, currently at the Universidad Anáhuac. Mr. Ibarra has also served on the following boards of directors: CAFESCA, ENERALL, CEICKOR, Agroparque ALIS, DURAPLAY and Fondo de Fondos (CMIC). Currently, he is an independent board member of Fibra EXI 21, a Mexican Infrastructure REIT.
Gustavo Castellanos, our Chief Sustainability Officer, has 17 years of experience in corporate finance and investment banking, structured finance, alternative investments, private equity and strategic consulting in portfolio improvement, business development, strategic-financial planning, and improving operational performance.
He has gained this experience participating in the executive committees of Lexington Capital and Global Capital. He is currently Co-Chief Investment Officer, Head of ESG at Demeter Capital; Mexico's only growth equity Agribusiness fund.
Mr. Castellanos has entrepreneurial and investment experience with companies like Pro Transaction Partners, Smart Data Intelligence, Citigroup, Chedraui Group and also served as a strategy consultant at Mahindra Satyam, one of the top four consulting companies in India. Mr. Castellanos also has experience in strategic transformation, growth acceleration, value creation, as well as optimization and strengthening of the business model and institutionalization of different companies, through components of innovation, commercial, financial and management improvements.
He holds an MBA from EUDE Business School, in conjunction with Maria Cristina Royal Center attached to Complutense University of Madrid. He has also completed IT studies in India and management and innovation studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Castellanos is currently a candidate for certification in ESG Investing by the CFA Institute.
Guillermo Eduardo Cruz, our Chief Operating Officer, is currently Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Maquia SPACs. Additionally, Mr. Cruz manages two private equity funds (the "Maquia PE Funds") focused on venture capital, positioning himself as one of the leaders in the private equity industry for Latin America with more than $295 million assets under management.
Mr. Cruz has a master's degree in finance from Harvard University with a specialty in private equity from Harvard Business School. In addition, he also has a degree in general management from Yale University through its Yale School of Management.
He received his BA in economics at the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in business administration from McCombs School of Business.
Jerónimo Peralta, our Chief Financial Officer, has extensive experience as an investment professional in high impact investments with a deep expertise in the technology industry. He is a Co-Founder and a Managing Partner at Maquia Financial Group, Chief Investment Officer of GC Capital and Chief Financial Officer of the Maquia Capital SPAC.
Mr. Peralta's most notable achievements include managing an eight-company portfolio, investing +$180 million, and also serving as a member of the Board of Directors and as a trusted advisor and a guide to these ventures as they consolidate and grow.
Under Mr. Peralta's tenure, Maquia Capital has achieved multiple accolades, including the "Excellence in Finance" distinction in the FiNext Awards, as well as several mentions in articles in prestigious magazines and media in the industry.
He is an MBA from IPADE Business School, undergraduate degree in corporate finance and banking with a specialization in financial markets valuation. He has a certificate in private equity and venture capital from the University of Bocconi.
