AB INBEV
Gabriel Guzman, Director of Raw Materials, Agricultural Development & Utilities for AB InBev’s Middle Americas region discusses the zone’s potential and the sustainable strides the company is making
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s the world’s largest beer company, AB InBev (ABI) maintains a complex and interrelated global supply chain. One of
the regions most important to the company’s oper140
ations is the Middle Americas, as Gabriel Guzman, Director, Raw Materials, Agricultural Development and Utilities elucidates. “It’s a fast-growing region, for sure. Out of the entire ABI group it is the second largest in terms of revenue and the largest in terms of EBITDA. It’s a growth engine.” The region’s potential is obvious, but it also brings its own set of challenges. “We deal with less developed economies, so we sometimes have problems with taxation and changing regulations and treaties.” Guzman’s role requires the management of a number of teams, each dedicated to the different sections under his purview – the provision of raw agricultural materials, the coordination of utilities and the sustainable development of agriculture all being examples. That last area is covered by Jose Luis Taylor, Director of Sustainability and DECEMBER 2019