Antonio Allen Aroso

Support to start ups, strategic players and investors (in Strategy, M&A, PMI Integration, Transformation) in the Agri Food & Biotec space

• Led a 3Year Go To Market transformation and Revenue Growth plan, for a PE portfolio company in Food Ingredients for a period of 5 months. The project (a) detailed a new GTM approach, (b) redesign of the commercial set up to maximise cross sales and other synergies, and (c) supported the leadership team in setting up the transformation office, as well as (d) launch its implementation (Rev Growth impact by $60-90m/y by 2027)

• Led team of 2 consultants in a traffic light assessment (phase 1 Due Diligence support) of Plant Protein business in the Baltics region for a large Agrifood conglomerate. The results were used in the internal assessment of the target as well as ongoing M&A negotiations

• Successfully set up the new European Alt Protein Business, including talent strategy and recruitment; and product launch of 5 well received meat analogues

• Developed the growth and GTM strategy, "nested" Alt Protein within existing Cargill Businesses in Europe (Cargill Protein Europe)

• Scouted the market for Commercial & Operational Partnerships (estimated annual sales c$15m) as well as M&A opportunities (Capex c$200m)

• Coached and developed relationships with external "start ups" in the Meat Alternatives space

• Responsible for the P&L of the vertically integrated Canadian dedicated McDonald's chicken business ("farm to fork")- with annual sales c$150m

• Managed, with McDonald's and Cargill teams, a 5 Year strategic assessment and plan of the mid & long term Chicken growth trends in Canada to year 2025. The discussion defined priorities in Operations, Supply Chain and Commercial; Potential to increase EBITDA by $40-50m/y. New fproduction plant recently commissioned

• Led discussions and exploration for a strategic potential partnership with other Canadian integrated chicken processor; synergies of $15-25m/y