Profile: Antonio José Recca, Managing Director, Menas de Argentina

Antonio José Recca has long experience in the oil and petrochemicals industries, beginning his career with Esso in 1975 in a sales and marketing role in charge of international marine lubes and aviation. He has since worked for Houghton, Quaker Chemical and DAPSA and in 1998 became regional head manager for Latin America for Gulf Oil International, also acting as chairman for Argentina and Brazil. At Gulf he was responsible for purchasing plants in Argentina and Brazil, reshaping the company's operations in Chile, and appointing distributors and licensees in all other Latin American countries.

Antonio has a master's degree in administration. He is a marketing post-graduate in administration and marketing strategies from the Wharton School of Management and a trained auditor for ISO norms and assessment projects. He has lectured to postgraduate students on administration and strategic planning and delivered seminars on petroleum and lubricants and the environment. He is a member of the Chamber of Lubricants in Argentina.

He is fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.