ISAGRO - Key Persons


Antonino Ferrario

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Novara R & D Center Manager
Antonino Ferrario graduated in Agricultural Sciences, after two years of collaboration with the University in the field of fertilizer efficacy tests, in 1992, the year in which the company was established, he was hired by Isagro. Thus began his career in the regulatory field where, after a short experience in the field of effectiveness tests, he became a Registration Specialist and then Group Director Regulatory Affairs, creating in the meantime a group of dedicated people of great value for the management of Isagro projects around the world. With the acquisition of Isagro by the American group Gowan LLC in May 2021, he holds the position of Novara Research Center Manager.

Elena Bassan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Supply Chain Manager
Elena Bassan, graduated in Chemistry consolidates her professional experience in Operations and Supply Chain by leading companies in the sector such as Air Products, Ecolab and AB Mauri. With the acquisition of Isagro by the American group Gowan LLC in May 2021, she holds the position of Supply Chain Manager in Italy.

Erich Jay Ekenstam

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board of Directors

Fabio Ambrosiani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Supervisory Board

Filippo Cova

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Supervisory Board

James Earl Hall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Maria Teresa Agazzani

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Member of the Management Team
Maria Teresa Agazzani, with a degree in Business Economics and a Master in Communication, joined Montedison in 1987 and then continued her professional experience at Agrimont SpA (the Agrochemical company of the Group) in the Communication Dept. After an experience in the Management Control Dept., in 1992 she joined Isagro as Communication Manager where she took part in the acquisition of Isagro Asia and the listing of Isagro on the Stock Exchange of Milan in 2003. In November 2015 she joined the Human Resources Dept. and in May 2016 she became Group Director of Human Resources. Following the acquisition by the Gowan Group in May 2021, she maintains the responsibility of the Human Resources Dept. in Italy.

Piersilvio Paiero

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Renato Colavolpe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Supervisory Board

Roberto Bonetti

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the Management Team
Roberto Bonetti, with a degree in Chemical Engineering, starts his collaboration with Isagro in 2002 covering the responsibility of the Industrial Investments, following various projects, both in the Italian plants and in the Indian plant of Panoli. In 2004 he became manager of the project for the construction of the Italian plant in Bussi sul Tirino dedicated to the production of Tetraconazole, a molecule resulting from Isagro Research and one of the main products of the Group. Between 2006 and 2008 he gained experience in the financial field as Investor Relations Manager and then he returned to the Operations area as Group Director Supply Chain, as well as President of the subsidiary Isagro Ricerca. In 2012 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer, a position he held until 2017, when he left the Company and was subsequently appointed Director of the Board by the American minority shareholder Gowan LLC. With the acquisition by the latter of the entire share capital, which took place in May 2021, he was appointed General Manager of Isagro S.p.A. and Head of Global Manufacturing of the Gowan group.