Andrew G. Macdonald (Brazil)

Andrew Macdonald worked for the Bunge Group for 43 years in England, thereafter in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. 33 years in Brazil and 36 years in the Cotton Business, which period included cotton buying/ginning at SANBRA (1973-1981), Director of the Bed Sheeting Division of Santista (1983-1985) and General Manager of Cotton States Trading, Spartanburg, South Carolina, a cotton trading Company owned by Bunge (1981-1983). He retired in 2002 as a Director of Santista Textile, responsible for all supplies, which included 120,000 tons of cotton per annum for the factories in Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

Today AMCON CONSULTING, a cotton and textile consulting company is owned and managed by Andrew Macdonald.

Currently he is
in Brazil

Advisor to Libero Commodities on International Marketing of Cotton
Managing Partner of AMCON Consulting (Textiles and Cotton)
Past President of the Brazilian Cotton Association (ABRALG)
Member of the MB&F (Brazilian Stock Exchange) Cotton Board

Overseas

Chairman of the Spinners Committee of the International Textile Manufacturing Federation (ITMF)
Chairman of the Task Force for Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton (CSITC) – ICAC
DIrector International Cotton Association Ltd (ICA)
Member of the Board – International Textile Manufacturing Federation (ITMF)
Official Delegate of the Brazilian Government at Plenary Meetings of the ICAC
Member of the Advisory Committee of the BCI – Better Cotton Initiative
Past President of the International Cotton Association Ltd (ICA)
Past Chairman of the Private Sector Advisory Panel (PSAP) of the ICAC
Past Chairman of the International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP)

Awards

Decorated by Her Majesty the Queen for services to the British Community in Sao Paulo (OBE)
Made Honorary Citizen of Mato Grosso in 2000 for pioneering work in cotton production in the state.
Awarded Brazil's ABRAPA "Cotton Personality of the Year" in 2003.