This Thursday, June 20, the structure of Nutresa once again underwent a drastic change that was added to the many that it has had since last year when the business group led by Jaime Gilinski from Cali announced its intentions to acquire it, which, later of several public takeover bids, he ended up making. Now, with a view to a possible sale of the company’s different business lines, a new Shareholders’ Assembly was held in which new members joined the Board of Directors on which both Jaime and his son Gabriel Gilinski sit.
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In addition to the two of them, the Board is made up of five members, three of whom said goodbye to make way for new faces, or not so new if you take into account that one of those who will now have a seat will be Carlos Ignacio Gallego, president of the multilatina since 2024. However, there are two people who until now were unknown on the national scene.
These are the Indian Ravi Thakran and the Australian Peter Abraam, two businessmen with businesses in the Middle East and particularly in the Arab Emirates. The former has extensive experience in the world of fashion and has been an important ally of French billionaire Bernard Arnault, since he has managed his LVMH operations in Asia.
For his part, the second occupies an important position in the IHC holding company, the same one with which the Gilinskis associated to stay with the multilatina and which had already done business with the man from Cali by making an investment in Lulo Bank.
The three names who said goodbye were the former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, María Ximena Lombana; the Cali businessman Christian Murrle and the public accountant Ricardo Díaz, who has been in Jaime Gilinski’s circle of trust for decades.
A shake that doesn’t stop
The history of Nutresa, the giant food company that brings together brands such as Jet, Zenú, CremHelado, among many others, has taken a significant turn in recent months. Decades after forming with Argos and Sura one of the main economic conglomerates in the country framed in the so-called Antioqueño Business Group (GEA), they unexpectedly changed ownership and now, without having yet recovered from the blow, a possible new change is seen with which Jaime Gilinski’s family group would see up to triple the amount they originally paid and with which, most likely, it would pass into foreign hands.
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