David Palfenier

Emergent Cold LatAm Management LLC is the largest provider of refrigerated storage and logistics in Latin America. The company is based in Miami, FL and has subsidiaries in several countries of the Americas region. Its main investors include Stonepeak and D1 Capital. The company continues to invest in building and expanding a cold chain network of the highest quality to provide end-to-end temperature-controlled logistics solutions for its customers throughout the region. Emergent Cold LatAm currently operates more than 70 cold storage facilities in 11 countries in Latin America, in addition to new warehouses under construction. The company was founded in August 2021 by Neal Jon Rider and David Palfenier to meet the need for modern cold chain solutions in the market and the growing demand from local and international customers. Neal Jon Rider has been the CEO since incorporation.