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As regular readers of this blog know, I am now living in Moscow
and have launched a fund to Invest in Russian Black Earth farmland. Today, I want to introduce Rich Selby.
Introducing Rich Selby
In a major development since my last update, Rich Selby has recently joined
Regia as COO. Rich is a well known veteran in international agribusiness.
with 22 year experience, who has been working in Russia for the last 16 years
and has a deep experience in large-scale agriculture operations in Russia. He
is currently on leave in Des Moines, Iowa, during which he will be meeting
with investors in various locations around the US.
Another benefit of Rich joining the team is that he also owns and operates a
private corporate security consulting company specializing in
Russia and has worked with various large western corporate clients in Russia
on security and dispute resolution issues. Regia Fund couldn’t hope to
find a better person to insure the safety of its Russian investments.
Amazing opportunity to acquire Black Earth farmland
Right now is a once in a life time opportunity to invest in agriculture. It
will be decades before the world sees farmland as undervalued as it is in
Russia today. However, once gold/food shortages are revealed to the world
this summer, the situation will quickly change as panicked investors flee
into hard assets around the globe.
For anyone considering investing in agriculture, now is the time to act.
1) There are some incredibly attractive opportunities available
right now to acquire black earth farmland at firesale prices (below $600 per
hectare), some of which we know won’t last much longer.
Investments in Regia will immediately be used to secure land at rock bottom
prices.
2) Agricultural commodities are going to start rallying going into the summer
on tightening supply (See *****2010 Food Crisis for Dummies*****), which will start driving up farmland prices.
3) With gold manipulation OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED, the collapse of the London paper gold market and the dollar is
imminent. Owning hard assets outside the US financial system will become very
attractive, and this will also start pushing up the price of farmland.
Please email me or Charles Bausman if
you’re interested.
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Regia Fund Team
Charles Bausman , CEO and Director
Cofounder. 18 year Russia experience. Last 2 years in Russian agribusiness.
Hands-on experience in acquiring Russian agricultural land, building
agribusiness management teams, and evaluating Russian agribusiness companies.
Strong understanding of how to finance agribusiness projects.
Prior to Regia director of Mesed Agro, a large 50,000 ha cropping company in
the Central Black Earth Region. Ongoing work with several large agriculture
investment firms in Russia identifying and acquiring properties. Extensive
experience in all aspects of agricultural asset valuation, acquisition,
title, due diligence. Based in heart of Russian farmland region with deep
local knowledge and contacts. Proven ability to retain excellent local
personnel.
Previous experience includes building a successful airfreight and mailorder
company, running Ozon.ru, Russia’s largest ecommerce retailer, hedge
fund investments in Russia and asset management. Strong network in Russian
business, finance, and government. Proven ability to build and manage strong
Russian management. Experienced in corporate finance, private equity, and
financial markets.
Age 45. US citizen. Hometown: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Finance MBA,
Columbia University. Location: Tambov, Russia. Foreign languages: Russian ,
German (both fluent). Married, 2 children.
Eric deCarbonnel, Managing Director
Cofounder. Founder of MarketSkeptics.com a highly successful and widely read
economics blog that has tracked the current financial crisis since September
of 2008. MarketSkeptics has a global readership and has received 2.4 million
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articles on other leading internet financial analysis sites. Prior to
founding MarketSkeptics in the spring of 2008 auditor at McGladrey &
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Age 28. US citizen. Hometown: Darien , Connecticut, USA and Geneva,
Switzerland. Eric attended Cornell University and has a BA in accounting from
Fairfield University, Connecticut, USA. Location: Moscow and Tambov, Russia.
Foreign languages: French and Spanish (fluent), Russian (learning)
Rich Selby, COO
Well known veteran in international agribusiness. 22 year experience,
16 of which in Russia. Most recently, Mr. Selby has been managing a 200 000
acre 200,000 (80,000 ha) grain and oilseed cropping operation in the Ukraine.
Previously, financial advisor to SAKHO, the largest Russian cropping company
with 400,000 ha in production. General manager agroscience division of Dow
Chemical Company, Moscow, Russia. VP at Compressor Controls Corp, a
multinational oil and gas controls company. Regional VP for agribusiness
division of AES, a Fortune 500 global power company. Special Attache for
Agricultural and Environmental Issues, US Embassy, Belarus. Comanaged the
operations of ACDIVOCA, a U.S. government-sponsored overseas agribusiness
program with extensive operations in Eastern Europe.
Strong experience in cropping operations, including large scale organic
farming. Strong experience in financing agribusiness projects in Russia.
Organic farming experience: Currently cropping consultant to Lehi
Roller Mills, one of the largest organically certified mills in the US. In
2006 founder, New Century Organics, Boulder Colorado, which identifies land
that can be converted to organic and assists owners in organic certification.
2002 board advisor to NAPI, a Navajo owned 27,000 acre organic complex near
Farmington, New Mexico.
Mr. Selby also owns and operates a private corporate security
consulting company specializing in Russia and has worked with various
large western corporate clients in Russia on security and dispute resolution
issues.
45 years old, US citizen. Hometown, Des Moines, Iowa. BA in Russian and
business administration from University of Iowa. Completed graduate studies
in agricultural economics at Iowa State University. Location Des Moines
(current), and Tambov (upon commencement of operations). Foreign
languages: Russian (fluent). Married, 2 children.
Eric de Carbonnel
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