Ana Ballesteros serves as the deputy director – Europe and the Middle East for the U.S. Grains Council, a non-profit organization that promotes the use of U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products in the international marketplace. In this capacity, Ballesteros plans, coordinates and executes the Council’s programs, including marketing, trade servicing and government relations programs in the dynamic EMEA region.
She previously served as the marketing director for the Council’s Latin America office, in which she planned, coordinated and implemented the Council’s customer servicing, technical oriented feed grains related programs and activities in the region.
Ballesteros began working for the USGC in late 2016. Prior to this, she had worked for almost 7 years in the feed industry in Colombia. This previous experience where she was responsible for the company’s international purchases, buying nearly one hundred thousand metric tons of feed ingredients per-month, provided her with considerable knowledge of the ingredients and operations of the feed and livestock businesses in Latin America. Also, in this first role, she became conscious of the importance of agribusiness for the global nutrition industry.
Ballesteros holds a bachelor’s degree of administrative engineering from Antioquia’s School of Engineers and a master’s degree in business administration from the Monterrey Technological Institute (Mexico). She also participated in an Advanced Management Program at the IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.
About The U.S. Grains Council
The U.S. Grains Council develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and ethanol. With full-time presence in 28 locations, the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council believes exports are vital to global economic development and to U.S. agriculture’s profitability. Detailed information about the Council and its programs is online at www.grains.org.