Daniel Fontes Dias

Chairman of the Board of Directors – Holding company that invests and operates in the agricultural inputs market, as well as in strategic market access companies dedicated to the import and commercialization of crop protection products, fertilizers, and biological solutions. Currently, the group’s portfolio includes companies such as AgriConnection – Import & Distribution Company, AgriConnection – Commercial Representative, Agriconnection Regional Subsidiaries , Agripedia, among others.

Agribusiness Consulting Market Access | Commercial Strategy | Business Development Senior consulting services focused on agribusiness, with strong expertise in: • Market access strategies in Crop Protection, Fertilizers, Biologicals and Animal Nutrition • Commercial structuring and go-to-market execution • Business development and portfolio implementation • Regulatory strategy and product registration pathways • Corporate structuring and operational implementation Comprehensive management and conduction of clients’ businesses, covering: • Executive management and governance • Industrial operations and formulation/mixing strategy • Regulatory affairs and product registration • Marketing positioning and sales structure • Channel management (sales representatives, retailers, distributors and cooperatives) • B2B negotiations with multinationals, manufacturers and formulators • Cross-border partnerships (Europe, China, India, Latin America) Selected Assignments: Crop Protection: > AgriConnection – Co-founder, Strategic Advisor & Business Development > Beta Chemical / Tundra – Strategic & Business Development Consultant > Agroimport – Strategic & Business Development Consultant > Fersol – Business Director > Pilarquim – Country Manager > Volcano – Portfolio Implementation Others: > OCEPAR – Strategic Advisor Idealization and structuring of Coonagro. Invited to assume Executive Director position. > Bequisa – National Sales Manager Grain Storage Solutions > Indol – Strategic Advisory Structuring and negotiation of company sale to the French group De Sangosse. > Nutris – Strategic Consultant (Animal Nutrition) > Various Brazilian Companies – Market Access & Commercial Structuring > Various Chinese & Indians Manufacturers – Market Access to Brazil & Latin America

Responsible for the company's operation in Brazil. Leading the administration, marketing and market access of products, as well as developing and registering a new portfolio in Brazil.

My role was to guide and structure the cooperatives to get more competitive prices, showing that together we can have an important position and referrer input costs agricultural needed to our activities. After years of work we built with associates of Coonagro investments of over R$ 120 million (US$ 30 million) in registers of agrochemicals, development of own line foliar fertilizers and especially in the acquisition of the blender and granulating soil fertilizer facility in Paranaguá, with capacity to meet domestic demand of associates. We coordinating and developing methods for the acquisition, processing, manufacture, distribution, sale and import of agricultural inputs, fertilizers, pesticides, correction products, among other products and agricultural equipment.

My responsabilities was all areas (Sales, Marketing, Administrative, Financial and Industrial). The Manah divided its administration in Brazil on 5 business units, where I was responsible for the operation Mercosur, Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana. I had under my administration 3 industrial units.

I was selected like a trainee in a UniversiDow Program, where I worked in several regions in Brazil, like a sales man, and in the last 6 years like a Sales Manager in South Region in Brazil (RS, SC and PR) developing and managing agrochemical business.

After graduating from CPOR/SP as a 2nd class Reserve Officer (R/2) with training in the Infantry Weapon, I completed the Officer Training and Instruction Internship. The selection was conditioned to my success in graduation as R/2 Aspirant at CPOR/SP. My objective was to improve my leadership and leadership skills as an R/2 Aspirant, so that at the end I would be qualified to become a 2nd Lieutenant R/2 of Infantry.