Fernando Oris de Roa

Fernando Oris de Roa is a business leader with a history of developing and operating large enterprises within Argentina.

Mr Oris de Roa began his career in 1970 with large trading company Continental Grain where he worked in the US, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil and Argentina and rose through the ranks to be responsible for all of Latin America. As chief executive of SA San Miguel, Mr Oris de Roa was widely credited with turning the company into the largest and most profitable lemon products company in the world. He was also involved in the listing of SA San Miguel on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in 1997. Mr Oris de Roa was also the chief executive and significant shareholder of Avex SA from 2004 to 2012, and a director of Patagonia Gold.

He was appointed as Ambassador of Argentina to the United States from 2018 and 2019.

Mr Oris de Roa holds a Master of Public Administration from The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.