Please join the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) in welcoming Luis Bustamante to its Western Hemisphere office, located in Panama City.

Bustamante joins the Council as the Western Hemisphere’s regional marketing specialist. In this capacity, he will work to plan, coordinate and execute USGC programs that relate to marketing, trade servicing and local government relations.

Prior to the Council, Bustamante was a managing director for a Colombian grain trading company.

“Luis comes to the Council with experience in the grain industry and an extensive network of contacts throughout the region,� said USGC Regional Director for the Western Hemisphere Marri Carrow. “With his background and experience, he is a welcomed addition to our team.�

His first day was May 1 and he hit the ground running with a week of training.

“The training I received this week was incredibly complete and it was useful to engage with the USGC team worldwide through Skype,� Bustamante said. “This was very beneficial to me as next week I will be assisting with presenting the corn quality report to key stakeholders in Peru and Colombia.�