The Executive Committee (Comité de Direction) meets regularly to monitor the activities of FGM International, as well as its policies and strategies. It can be mobilized on any other topic at the initiative of the Chairman. The current Executive Committee comprises Jérémie Choiseau, Chairman of FGM International, and the following executives.
Ivan Diaz Garcia
General Manager • Directeur Général
Ivan is a senior officer with solid qualitative experience in a variety of challenging operational, managerial and consultancy assignments in the framework of agribusiness projects. Operations, Offshore Engineering and IT are some more of his specialties. He has worked in many countries and developed a broad network of useful knowledgeable colleagues. Ivan now contributes significantly to the enlargement of the base of innovative agricultural projects which FGM International implements or supports.
Nicolas Forgeard-Grignon
Chief Contracts and Finance Officer • Directeur Contrats et Finance
A MSc. in Management from Caen University and BSc. in IT graduate from La Rochelle University, Nicolas joined FGM in 2015 to apply his extensive experience of geographic information systems (including remote sensing solutions, drone and satellite imagery acquisition for map processing) to farm situations. Following his successful experience with major projects abroad, Nicolas was appointed Deputy CEO by the Board in 2018. His duties include general management of the company as well as contract and finance, reporting directly to the Chairman.
FGM International is a company comprised of experienced experts active in the field of agricultural projects worldwide. We have traditionally dealt with large-scale farming projects, and now also offer services to smaller projects with more specific needs in terms of types of production or soil particularities, that seek specialised advice in order to deliver high-end, rare and demanding products. We offer thorough and targeted knowledge and know-how based on a rigorous methodology inspired by our founding members.
1978
The founder of FGM, young graduate in agronomy and agricultural engineering, is appointed farm manager of one of the larger estates in France.
1982
FGM founder is assigned in Saudi Arabia to run a major farm investment.
1990
FGM Expert Farmer brand is developed for large-scale farm management.
2000
FGM founder expends the capacities to include small holders, farmer cooperatives and rural development.
2012
FGM enters into management of major large-scale farms.
2020
FGM tunes up its range of activities following a significant capital increase; particularly addressing prevailing climate and natural resource issues.