About us

Executive Committee

  • Honorary President

    Mariana Plaza

    HE Mariana Plaza has served as the Ambassador of Argentina to the United Kingdom since June 2024.

    Previously, she was the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Argentina in the United Kingdom since 2019.

    Since joining the Argentine Foreign Service in 2005, Ambassador Plaza has held an extensive diplomatic career spanning across three continents.

    Her first posting was at the Argentine Mission to the MERCOSUR and the Latin American Free Trade Association (ALADI) in Montevideo, Uruguay.

    She was later posted to the Argentine Embassy in Kenya before coming to London.

    Ambassador Plaza enjoys travelling, films, and sports.

  • Chairwoman, Trustee

    Fátima Nollén-Reardon

    Fátima is a journalist, dance writer and reviewer. She writes for Dancing Times and is the only Argentine member of the Critics’ Circle UK, Dance Section.

    She lived and worked in Argentina, Brazil, the United States and the UK, where she arrived in 2002. Her career developed mainly in television and radio as a reporter, foreign correspondent and current affairs commentator. She was awarded a scholarship by Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Argentina) and won -with her NBC-Telemundo team- three Emmy Awards for the coverage of the Olympics in 2012.

    She worked for Clarín, Gente, Crónica TV, ATC (TV Pública), Telemundo, NBC-Deportes Telemundo, Harper’s Bazzar Mexico, Balletin Dance, and La Nación newspaper.

    Fátima joined the AAS in 2007 and is a member of the executive committee since 2018.

    She lives in London with her husband Mark and son Mateo. You probably will find her at the ballet, and she loves sharing time with friends and dancing.

  • Trustee

    Mario Mansilla

    Mario Mansilla is an Italo-Argentinian accountant and linguist from Buenos Aires University (UBA). His passion for travel led him to join the airline industry in 1980 at Aerolíneas Argentinas’ head office. Mario was Administration Manager for Italy and the Middle East in Rome. In London he was Admin Manager for the UK and General Manager UK and North Europe for more for 10 years.

    In 2003 he joined Ethiopian Airlines as Sales and Administration Manager, position he greatly enjoyed for 15 years, accompanying the amazing growth of the airline.

    After retiring in 2018, he is still active as Honorary treasurer of the Anglo-Argentine Society and as Honorary Secretary of Foreign Airlines Association UK. His other interests are gardening, running marathons (more half now) around the world, and singing in the chorus of Chelsea Opera Group and other London choirs as required.

  • Vice-Chairman, Trustee

    Federico Miguel Amadeo Cincotta

    CEO and Founder of Cincotta Advisory, a growing international legal and consultancy firm. Federico has more than 20 years of legal experience in Argentina and more than 8 years of post-qualification experience as a practising England & Wales Solicitor. He provides expert legal, business, commercial and corporate governance guidance to governments, the UK, international companies and private clients for the management of different legal scenarios on behalf of a diverse client portfolio.

    He is the Vice-chairman of SOBAL (Society of British and Argentine Lawyers), sits at the Board of the BACC (British Argentine Chamber of Commerce), is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales, Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal and Colegio de Abogados de La Plata. He is a professor at the National University of La Plata -Postgradute course-, lecturing on Legal English.

    Federico lives in London with his wife Fiona and their two Anglo-Argentine children and loves to make asados for his friends and family.

  • Honorary Secretary - Trustee

    Clorrie Yeomans

    Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Clorrie’s connection to Argentina began in 2019 while interning at a wine and travel magazine in Mendoza. Clorrie now works at Canning House- a UK-Latin American forum- as the Corporate Affairs Officer. She graduated from Oxford University in 2022 with an MPhil in Latin American Studies, where she received a scholarship from the Argentine Club Educational Trust. She, also, holds a BA in Modern Languages and Cultures from Durham University.

    After working in Mendoza’s wine industry, Clorrie returned to Argentina in 2022 to conduct fieldwork in San Antonio de Areco (Buenos Aires Province) for her MPhil thesis on the evolution of the gaucho identity. The following year, she visited Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay for business and pleasure.

    Clorrie speaks Spanish and French and is studying Portuguese. Outside work, she enjoys cooking classic Argentine dishes with a British twist!

  • Trustee Member

    Lucía Sarmiento

    Lucía Sarmiento comes from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has lived in London since 2016. She has worked in hospitality and journalism in the English capital.

    Lucía works at Chango Empanadas, an Argentine-founded company based in London, and at Hilton London Canary Wharf, where she started as a Food and Beverage Supervisor and is currently a Front Office Supervisor. She also worked at The Waldorf Hilton from 2017 to 2022.

    In addition to her hospitality career, Lucía has written articles as the London correspondent of SRSUR News, an online news agency based in Buenos Aires on topics such as Cinema or UK Politics. Back in Argentina she also collaborated with SRSUR on their TV and Radio broadcasts of their very own ‘Política, Producción y Trabajo’, as a producer and a Film & TV commentator.

    Lucía joined the Anglo-Argentine Society as a member in 2022 and became part of the committee in 2024. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French, and would like to continue learning languages in the future. She enjoys artistic expressions such as Music, Arts, Drama and Musical Theatre, but her favourites are Films and TV shows of all time.

  • Honorary Treasurer

    Paul Pritchard

    Paul was born in Cape Town to an Argentine mother & English father. He was brought up with a strong Argentine culture at home and also speaking Spanish as a home language. He has strong family ties in Argentina. Before becoming a Finance Professional Paul worked for a few years as a professional Spanish Tour Guide in South Africa. The vast majority of his clients were from Argentina.

    After meeting his wife Gila, Paul decided to settle down to a more stable career and trained to become a professional accountant. Paul started his training in auditing in South Africa and in 2000 moved to the UK where he qualified as a professional accountant. Paul has been a member of ACCA since 2002 (FCCA). Paul has held a variety of finance positions in the Financial Sector in London (Fund Management, Property Lending, Insurance & Investment Banking industries). Paul has worked in his current role as a tax specialist at an international financial institution in the City of London since 2006.

    Paul also holds degrees in Economics and Commerce & Accounting. His great passion is playing the piano and he has recently completed his Associate Licentiate in Piano Performance. He is working towards his full Licentiate. He has a passion for the classics and specially for Argentine & Spanish composers.

    He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Gila, his son Elior, daughter Avigal and his great friend Aero, the family Borador.

    Paul joined the Anglo - Argentine Society Executive Committee in 2024 and looks forward to helping to promote Argentine culture in the UK.

  • Co-opted member

    Christian Fernández Perotti -

    Christian was born and raised in Buenos Aires, and has been living in Cambridge since 2019.

    He is passionate about Argentine tango and an avid reader of English literature since childhood.

    Christian developed his career in the Education, Culture and Entertainment sectors, and he currently works as a Project Manager at The National Archives.

    He holds a degree in Classics and a masters in Digital Humanities, and conducts independent research into tango and Anglo-Argentine relationships.

  • Co-opted member & finance advisor

    Tony Robinson

    I was born in Buenos Aires and lived in Ranelagh, a village between Buenos Aires and La
    Plata. I went to school in Ranelagh and then to St George’s College in Quilmes. After
    completing my secondary schooling, I came to England and qualified as a Chartered
    Accountant. Following qualification, I joined an international accountancy firm with the idea
    that they would send me out to Argentina, but I declined their offer when it came.
    I worked for several large international companies specialising in Finance in UK, USA, and
    Spain.
    I am now retired from employment but volunteer to look after the accounts and finance of
    several UK charities.
    I first joined The Anglo-Argentine Society Committee in 1992 becoming Chairman in 1994
    for 3 years. I re-joined the Committee in 2008 as Hon Treasurer. Since retirement have
    helped the Society with the Annual Report and Gift Aid claims. My father and my eldest son
    have been Committee members of the Society
    I am a regular visitor to Argentina to visit family and friends, always trying to travel to
    different parts of this wonderful country.

About us

Our history

The Anglo-Argentine Society has a very impressive history. Since it was founded in 1948, we have been actively raising funds and promoting the social and cultural relations between the British and Argentinian communities.

  • 2023

    • January 2023

      75th Anniversary

      The AAS celebrated 75 years of promoting Argentine culture and friendship between the people of Argentina and the United Kingdom.

  • 2022

    • May 2022

      New website

      A new website was launched as part of a process of modernisation, together with the digitalisation of its accounts.

  • 2020

    • March 2020

      Covid-19

      Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Anglo-Argentine Society turned its events into digital, keeping active and in touch with its members.

  • 2016

    • May 2016

      Leyendo Argentina

      16 May, first meeting of Leyendo Argentina, a book club in Spanish, took place. Meetings take place every month and discuss contemporary Argentine literature since 1983.

    • May 2016

      New premises

      The Anglo-Argentine Society moved its office to the Embassy of the Argentine Republic.

  • 1998

    • January 1998

      50th Anniversary

      The AAS’s 50th anniversary gala dinner was attended, for the first time, by a president of the Argentine Republic, Dr. Carlos Saúl Menem, who came to the UK in an official State Visit.

  • 1990

    • January 1990

      Sponsorship

      The Anglo-Argentine Society sponsors the first Argentine-British Conference which took place in Streatley-on-Thames.

      It was followed by conferences in Bariloche (1991), Cambridge (1992), Mendoza (1994), Oxford 1995, Salta (1996) and Buenos Aires (2003).

  • 1983

    • January 1983

      Jorge Luis Borges Lecture

      Writer Jorge Luis Borges, KBE, D. Litt. gave a Lecture to the AAS members, starting our annual series of The Borges Lectures. 2019 marked its 25th conference with Ms Ines Graham-Yooll (in memory of Andrew Graham-Yooll, Hon. Member).

  • 1972

    • December 1972

      Flights

      For five years from December 1972 the Society arranged charter and group flights to Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, and earned fees on such events.

  • 1965

    • June 1965

      Registered Charity Status

      The Society became a UK Registered Charity on 24 June 1965 (Number 208002), under the Charities Act 1960.

  • 1948

    • June 1948

      Founded in 1948

      The Anglo-Argentine Society was inaugurated on 21 June 1948, when “Día de la Bandera” is celebrated in Argentina. Its first Chairman was the Rt. Hon. Viscount Davidson, PC, GCVO, CH, CB; and its first Honorary President was HE the Argentine Ambassador Ricardo Labougle.

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