Our Team
Labid Ameri
Chairman of the board, co-founder & partner
Labid holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Saint Cloud University, MN, USA, and an MBA from Northeastern University, MA, USA. After school, he worked as a sales trader on the International Equity desk at Fidelity Capital Markets. In 2005 he created the commercial structure for Domaine Bousquet, resulting in a brand presence in more than 30 countries.
Anne Bousquet
President, CEO, co-founder & partner
Prior to joining Domaine Jean Bousquet in 2008, Anne worked as an economist, doing forecast analysis for the European paper packaging industry. Anne joined the company to assist in financial planning, day-to-day operations management and business development. Anne holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Economics from Saint Cloud State University, MN, USA and a Bachelor (Maitrise) Degree in Economics from the University of Toulouse, France.
Rodrigo Serrano
Rodrigo Serrano is an international winemaker. With a Degree in Enology, he has led the winery team since December 2017. His entrepreneurial and proactive spirit encouraged him to have experiences both in the country and abroad. Currently, his objective is to share our organic culture and continue achieving elegant wines of international quality that reflect the characteristics of our terroir in Gualtallary, Tupungato Valley, Mendoza.
Gustavo Escande
Gustavo has extensive experience in Business Administration with a specialization in the School of Banking. More than 25 years of experience in financial retail, corporate, SME and finance. Since 2019, Gustavo is our Finance and RRHH Director.
Marisa Benitez
People Management, CSR and Information Technology Director. Marisa has experience in important companies such as Bodega Santa Ana (Grupo Peñaflor), Petroquímica Cuyo, Ecogas and Diario Los Andes (Grupo Clarín); leading processes for Talent Management, Cultural Transformation, Labor Relations, Internal Communications, Institutional Affairs, Hygiene and Occupational Safety among others. She has also worked as a university teacher in different educational fields. Giving classes and conferences in Maza University, UNC, Mendoza University.
She has a degree in Human Relations and has various postgraduate degrees and specializations from ESADE Business Law School, UADE, Universidad de Palermo, UTN, and Universidad San Francisco.
Soledad Baigorria
Soledad is the Purchasing Leader for Domaine Bousquet. She has extensive training in Business Administration, specializing in Economics and Management of organizations. This training is aimed at the organization and development of micro-enterprises, SMEs and cooperatives.
Soledad joined the team in 2008 , In her role, she leads national and international purchasing; analyzing the context of the economic and financial markets, while concurrently aligning costs based on the quality and sustainability of the materials.
Jorge Marin
After graduating as an Industrial Engineer at UNCuyo and having gone through the Oil & Gas industry, he entered the food and beverage industry.
With more than 8 years in the wine sector and before adopting his current position in the company, he trained and developed in the operational areas of the industry becoming responsible for Production, Maintenance and Engineering sectors, deploying management methodologies and training high-performance work teams, with a marked commitment to quality, personal safety and the environment.
Currently his challenge is to create a model Engineering and Maintenance management system for the industry, which would reduce operational risks and help improve the profitability of production systems.
MARKETING & SALES
Sebastián Nazabal Canalis
Francisco Cortes Lepis
Francisco is a Business Administrator, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires.
He has more than 27 years of experience working in the wine and spirits business in leading national and international companies. With a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the world wine markets, he has dedicated himself to developing premium and luxury World Class brands for wineries.
ORIGINS ORGANIC IMPORTS
Tim Wilkes
After graduating from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Timothy’s path into the wine business began with a 10 year career in the hospitality industry during which he held several Beveragement Management roles in the world of fine dining. It was through this work that he developed great insight, knowledge and deep passion for wine which led him to take a leap to the sales and distribution side of the industry in 2012. Timothy held an On-Premise Sales Management role in the state of Connecticut for a number of years before joining the team at Domaine Bousquet in 2015. Today, Timothy’s role with the Winery includes managing all aspects of sales and distribution throughout the eastern half of the U.S. market, including key regions such as New York City, Boston, Chicago and Washington DC. A native New Englander, Timothy resides with his wife and two children in Fairfield, Connecticut where he enjoys summers on the Long Island Sound and winters skiing in Vermont.
Amer Al Ameri
Amer has been working in international business development for the past 30 years and developed a strong expertise in this area. He grew up in Spain and traveled to the US in 2015 to join the Domaine Bousquet family as Domaine Bousquet’s West Coast Sales Director.
Carlos L. Smith
Carlos L. Smith is a results oriented sales, marketing, strategic planning and senior business professional with a successful and progressive career with company leaders in the Adult Beverage Industry. He has an excellent track record leading to grow sales, sales revenues, market share while maximizing marketing investment.
In his current role as Region Manager, FL, he is managing the overall OOI business in Florida closely working with RNDC-FL to reach aggressive company goals
Jim Buchholz
Jim is responsible for all sales and distribution for the Southeast US states that include Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Working in GA his entire career in the adult beverage industry, Jim brings 30 years of successful supplier distributor management experience to Origins Organic Imports. He is a proven results-oriented professional who prides himself on sales growth, revenue growth, and gained market share year after year. Jim resides with his wife of 33 years in Sugar Hill, GA and has two adult children that work in the tennis industry.
Angela Obermuller
SOVINALDI
Guillaume Bousquet
Guillaume is responsible for the European market of Domaine Bousquet. Born and raised in a family vineyard, Guillaume holds a Masters in Marketing from IEA, University of Toulouse, France. He assists in the development of the annual marketing plan for the winery. After 2 years of managing sales in Europe, he traveled to the USA for 3 years to establish a sales and marketing plan. In 2015, he returned to France to manage the European market.
Francisco Cortes Lepis
Francisco is a Business Administrator, graduated from the University of Buenos Aires.
He has more than 27 years of experience working in the wine and spirits business in leading national and international companies. With a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the world wine markets, he has dedicated himself to developing premium and luxury World Class brands for wineries.
HOSPITALITY
Adrian Baggio
Adrián Baggio began his career at the age of 19, taking his first steps in the gastronomic world, as a Specialist in Haute Cuisine. He worked in various restaurants until he found his home at “Gaia Restaurant” in 2013. In 2015 he was promoted to the position of Executive Chef and in 2017 he began his training abroad. Adrian has trained in the United States, Miami and New York, in 2019, he traveled to Peru where he did an internship at the renowned and award-winning Maido restaurant. During 2019, he also trained in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. During his tenure at Gaia, Adrián has managed to define his cuisine by focusing on creatively executing “farm to table” concepts for guests.
Marianela Novello Arranz
Marianela is a Certified Translator with an undergraduate degree from Universidad del Aconcagua in 2013. She also holds a postgraduate Degree in Viticulture, which allowed her to combine both of her passions: languages and wines. She worked in tourism for renowned wineries before joining Domaine Bousquet in 2014, as a guide. After two years, she was promoted to the Hospitality Manager position.
SUSTAINABILITY
Cristina Herrera
Irma Remigio
Irma Remigio, our Environment and Biodynamic Management Coordinator. She is in charge of monitoring and generating projects in Good Sustainable Practices for the Sustainable Development Goals that help us meet the strict standards required by our certifiers. In addition, she is in charge of managing Demeter’s certified biodynamic practices.
Irma is an Agricultural and Environmental Engineer, graduated from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco -Brazil- and, being a scholarship from the Government of Brazil, she did exchange studies at the University of Arkansas and a summer internship at Purdue University. Once in Argentina, she specialized in Viticulture in the Postgraduate course of the University of Cuyo (UNCUYO) and, currently, she is taking the Biodynamic Agriculture course of the Association for Biological-Dynamic Agriculture of Argentina (AABDA). She has worked at Bodega Piedra Negra with the implementation of biodynamics, agronomic trials, compost, animal management in the vineyard area. She subsequently worked on Chandon’s Irrigation Efficiency program.