Executive Director of GPS. He is a Member of the Argentine Council for International Relations. He is a member of the High-Level Strategic Council of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG). He served as Argentina's Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and Secretary of Industry, Trade and Mining. He was Argentina's Alternate Negotiator in the GATT Uruguay Round.
He was Academic Director and Professor in the Agribusiness Postgraduate Program at the Center for Business Education of the University of San Andrés. He was a Professor in the Master's Program in Agribusiness and Food at the University of Buenos Aires. He was a Scientific Advisor to the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). He was an Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires. He has been a consultant for national and international organizations (UNDP, OAS, ECLAC, IICA, IDB, World Bank, IFAD, European Commission, FAO, USAID, CIMMYT, and CIAT). He has managed agricultural businesses. He was a Member of the Scientific Council of the FARM Foundation in Paris, France. He was Vice President of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC-Washington, D.C.). He was President of the Argentine Association of Agricultural Economics and President of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Agricultural Economists. He has conducted more than 80 studies published in local and international media; 13 of them are part of specialized books on Food Security, Economic History, Biotechnology, Bioeconomics, Agricultural Economics, Technology Policy, Agricultural Science and Technology Policy, Livestock Production, Agro-industrial Systems, Investments, and Grain Trade.
He is an Agricultural Engineer. He obtained a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics and completed doctoral coursework at the University of Paris – Sorbonne.