Francisco Roque de Pinho
Co-founder, Business Development and Investments.
Three decades in finance and real-asset investment management.
Fourth-generation farmland operator.
BSc HEC Lausanne, MBA INSEAD. Nazaré big wave surfer.
About The Land Group
Founded in 2016, The Land Group is an independent asset manager and operator focused on farmland as an institutional natural capital asset class.
Our thesis is that farmland underperformance is operational, not structural, so execution and management control drive returns.
We acquire and operate underperforming farmland on behalf of investors, applying disciplined land and livestock management to improve performance and long-term asset quality.
We will share insights from a decade turning around 25 farmland investments representing 140,000 hectares, 50,000 operated directly, recovering US$400 million for investors.
- 01
Why farmland
A scarce, productive real asset with low correlation to listed markets and a long track record as an inflation hedge.
- 02
Why Uruguay
Secure land title, free capital movement and stable institutions. Land priced in US$, far from geopolitical conflict.
- 03
Why Precision Grazing
Our operating system, which raised stocking rates and reduced costs across 20,000 hectares in Uruguay.
- 04
Why The Land Group
Operator-led, with the governance, alignment and reporting standards of an institutional asset manager.
Speakers
Joaquín Labella
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Two decades in finance and real-asset investment management.
Third-generation farmland owner and operator.
MSc Finance, CPA, CFA charterholder.
Programme
- Breakfast
- Presentation
- Uruguay portfolio case study
- Q&A
- Close
