A pioneer in sustainable salmon farming

Nova Austral’s location in Chile’s southernmost area provides sustainable conditions for farming salmon to the highest standards. The Company’s farm sites are located in pristine and cold Antarctic waters, in a region close to Chilean Antarctica. Salmon farming in the world’s most isolated region allows Nova Austral’s salmon to enjoy stable, low-temperature wters year-round.

Sixty South is the premium salmon brand from Nova Austral’s sustainable farms. The name ‘Sixty South’ pays homage to the source waters of the Company’s farming facilities, which stand out for their purity and optimal temperature conditions that allow salmon to be grown without antibiotics or pesticides. In fact, we are the first Chilean producer to offer antibiotic-free salmon all year round.

In recent years, Nova Austral has contributed to strengthening the image of the Chilean salmon industry worldwide by taking advantage of an innovative approach to salmon farming in the pure, intact, and icy waters of Antarctica. This allows us to obtain a product of the highest quality for the most demanding markets.

Directory

César Barros: Agricultural Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Master in Agricultural Economics from the same university. He also has a Master of Arts and a PhD in Philosophy from Stanford University (USA). He is currently chairman of the board of directors of Nova Austral and director of Empresas FPY, Empresas Sutil, Agrícola Mollendo S.A. and ASSET AGF. Throughout his career, he has served as chairman of boards, director, and advisor to different companies and guilds in Chile. In the salmon sector, he was the Director of Salmones MultiexportFoods and the President of the Association of the Salmon Industry of Chile AG (Salmonchile AG).

Anton Felmer: Agricultural Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and MBA from the Instituto Directivos de Empresa. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and Strategy and another in Corporate Governance from the Universidad Católica. He currently participates in the directory of Nova Austral and other closed corporations, and is a partner in Südlich Capital, a sustainable impact fund manager. In his career in the salmon industry, he was senior vice president and director of Nova Austral between 2020 and 2023 and manager of new business development at AquaChile, where he led the negotiations and structuring of M&A processes.

Máximo Latorre: Commercial Engineer from the University of Chile. He is a registered member of the Securities and Futures Authority of the United Kingdom in Corporate Finance. He is currently a director of Nova Austral, Inversiones Maihue, Administradora Americana de Inversiones, Prudential SAF in Peru, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prudential AGF in Chile. With extensive experience in the Chilean and international financial sector and in corporate governance, he served for 34 years in different executive positions at Banco BICE, Biceconsult Argentina (Buenos Aires), and N M Rothschilds & Sons Limited (London).

CEO

Nicolás Larco: Economist from the University of Belgrano (Argentina) and MBA from the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. He has been CEO of Nova Austral since 2020. Previously, he served as the company’s CFO and had extensive experience at Cencosud, where, among other positions, he was CFO of Cencosud Chile and regional corporate finance manager, corporate manager of planning and management control, and corporate manager of M&A and Investments.

Administrative Team

Nova Austral recently strengthened its management team, led by Nicolás Larco, as CEO, with the arrival of Marcelo Valentín as Manager of Logistics and Foreign Trade, as well as Patricio Beltrán as the Sub-manager of Planning and Management Control.

Incorporating these executives, with extensive experience in their areas, allows us to execute Nova Austral’s vision for future challenges. Their combined experiences, together with the privileged natural conditions in which the Company’s farm sites operate, allow Nova Austral’s product to be truly unique.