Rabobank promotes Roland Fumasi to lead research division

(RaboResearch)

New York-based Rabobank has appointed Roland Fumasi to lead a group of 20 research analysts at RaboResearch’s Food and Agribusiness division in North America.

Fumasi, head of RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness North America, has been a senior RaboResearch analyst for six years, according to a news release.

Fumasi will lead a team of experts in sectors ranging from animal protein to produce, farm inputs to consumer foods. 

“Roland’s insights and expertise have benefited our Rabobank and Rabo AgriFinance clients across North America and around the globe, and we look forward to what he will bring to his new role,” Rabobank North America CEO Paul Beiboer said in the release.

Fumasi joined Rabobank as an analyst in 2014, according to the release, and in 2017 was appointed manager of the Fresno, Calif., RaboResearch unit.

Prior to joining Rabobank, he worked with Utility Fleet Sales Ltd., as the vice president of marketing and finance, and with Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor. Fumasi has a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University and an M.S. in agribusiness from Cal Poly. Fumasi succeeds Pablo Sherwell, who now leads the recently formed RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness Data Analytics division in North America. 


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