New role: Argentina’s Julián Sudera to lead Corteva’s Southern Cone operations after split

Julián Sudera will lead the Southern Cone operations of the new Corteva after the agricultural company separates its seeds and crop-protection businesses, Corteva announced.

The planned separation will create Vylor Inc., a publicly traded company focused on seeds and genetics, alongside a new publicly traded Corteva specializing in crop protection. The appointments will take effect once the separation is completed, which the company expects on Oct. 1, 2026.

Roberto Hun will become Vylor’s president for Latin America, while Ignacio Vago de Haedo will lead Vylor’s Southern Cone operations. Hun currently heads Corteva in the Southern Cone and Meso-Andean regions. Since Corteva’s creation in 2019, he has held several strategic leadership roles, including commercial-unit leadership for Brazil and Paraguay.

Vago de Haedo currently serves as sales director for Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia. The Uruguayan joined the company to lead its Uruguay operation and later took on a regional role in crop-protection business development.

For the new Corteva, Felipe Daltro will become president for Latin America and Julián Sudera will lead Southern Cone operations. Daltro currently serves as Corteva’s marketing and commercial-effectiveness director for Brazil and Paraguay. Sudera began his career in agriculture in 2000 in customer service, according to the announcement. Corteva said Vylor will build its innovation platform around elite agricultural germplasm and biotechnology, including gene editing and genetic improvement, while exploring expansion into additional broad-acre crops and potentially beyond them.