Ernesto Gutierrez

The city of Bariloche enthusiastically welcomed the organization of the fifth consecutive release of the Snow Polo & Fashion. The event was held last Sunday, August 15, in Cerro Catedral. The competition attracted many people and players of an excellent level. The ten teams, made by three members each, competed for the Bicentennial Cup, Gral. San Martín Cup, and Fiat Línea Polo Cup. (más…)

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How do the top executives from the main companies in the country disconnect themselves? An overview of their careers and their hobbies. The executives as they have been never seen before.

Multiple meetings, telephones that keep on ringing, requests from the corporation, and strategy definition. Just a few minutes a day for a break, always accompanied by an implacable Smartphone that never leaves them alone, keeping them connected 24 hours a day. The whirl in life when one is at the top never comes to an end. They sometimes do not know what weekends or vacations are like. (más…)

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In a scientific atmosphere, and featured by the controlled cheerfulness of the researches who witnessed the completion of their personal undertaking and a contribution to the community,  the award ceremony to recognize the best Dengue prevention plans was held last Friday, August 6, at the National Academy of Exact, Physic, and Natural Sciences. The event was presented by the president of the Strategic Forum, Dr. Norma Cadoppi; the president of the Academy, Dr. Eduardo Charreau; and Lic. Beatriz Kismer de Olmos, Secretary of Municipal Affairs of the Nation. (más…)

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The surfer from Mar del Plata Martín Passeri got the second position in the Nicaragua Única y Original 2010. This is the seventh Latin American surf round organized in Playa Santana, Nicaragua. Once again, Argentina counted on a representative at the final of ALAS circuit.

One week before Leandro Usuna got the second position in El Salvador, the Latin Champion 2006 and four times Argentine Champion Martín Passeri got the second position. It was during the seventh round of ALAS Latin & Caribbean Tour, and the second of the Central American Triple Cup. (más…)

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As the leader of one of the most important Argentine-capitals multinational corporations and in partnership with Eduardo Eurnekian, Ernesto Gutiérrez analyzes the scenario and talks about his projects and the challenges posed by crisis.

I have a passion for what I do,” said Ernesto Gutiérrez, CEO of Corporación América and President of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, a business group with a staff of more than 5,000 employees that handles 33 airports in the country, as well as other large investments in the fields of biodiesel production and infrastructure. (más…)

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The mega project under way at Ezeiza International Airport will make it possible to operate the flights relocated from Jorge Newbery City Airport, also known as Aeroparque, as from October 20. This is due to the provisional terminal closure. Such closure to refurbish the runway will last 45 days.*

Once completed in the year 2013, Ezeiza will have capacity to serve 13 million passengers and 90,000 operations a year. In addition, it will rely on 186,000 square meters of aprons. One of the major features of the project is its division into phases. The project was organized in phases to allow for operations at the airport without disturbing service quality and to accommodate flights from Aeroparque. (más…)

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Infrastructure development is a key factor in Argentina’s growth, and the region’s greater economic integration

Ernesto Gutiérrez is not a usual businessman. As one of the most prominent figures in corporate Argentina, Gutiérrez began his career as an entrepreneur at the age of 19, when he founded a company involved in importing surfing-related merchandise. Today, as the CEO of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, the company that manages Argentina’s 33 airports as well as those in Montevideo, Punta del Este and Ecuador, Gutiérrez claims that business is just like surfing, where timing and hard work are the keys to success. IPS met with Gutiérrez to discuss the new wave of changes taking place today at AA2000, in Argentina and South America.

IPS: As the CEO of AA2000, with multiple business interests in Argentina and other countries in South America, you are in a privileged position to take the pulse of the region’s economy. Is South America’s role as a global partner on the rise again?

Ernesto Gutierrez: Before 2008 South America grew at an annual rate of 6%, which attracted foreign capital at unprecedented levels. However, it also exposed the underdeveloped infrastructure of the continent. The outstanding GDP growth of the region collapsed the capacity of these infrastructures and consequently saturated the continent’s capacity for growth. All efforts for infrastructure development must be sustained for the sake of the region’s future growth. Likewise, the spillover effects of infrastructure development are infinite. The reconstruction of the harbors in the Pacific Rim would enable energy interconnection across the continent. Given the varying seasonality in South America, efficient energy interlinks would ultimately result in the optimization of energy allocation throughout the region. The opportunities are immense and this is precisely why we are witnessing an increase in interest from the international investing community in Latin America in general; and in Argentina in particular. Interestingly, the country that has shown the most interest in the region is China, although our commercial partnership with the EU is already a reality as per recently signed Treaty in Madrid.

IPS: In fact, if anything, the EU-Latin America Summit in Madrid has shown all Latin American partners working as a united front, leaving national individualism aside. What has changed?

E.G.: Beyond competition, there is a fact that has to do with critical mass when you speak of international trade. It might seem that Argentina and Brazil, for example, compete in soybean production. The truth is that both countries account for 70% of the world’s output of soybeans, which endows both with the power to set its price in the world market. Such a partnership reinforces their respective positions as soybean producers.
Likewise, it is an advantage that county such as Brazil enjoys such a global exposure among the international investing community, since it brings attention to the region. Combined with the economic performance of Argentina, Chile, and Peru, that is positioning Latin America as one of the main investing destination in the global economy, with growth rates outperforming the world’s average.

IPS: How is AA2000 capitalizing on these regional events?

EG.: The influx of passengers in Argentina’s airports is growing at an annual average of 6%-9%, with stresses the fact that capacity is being repeatedly overwhelmed every year. In October, 2009 passenger traffic increased 20% over October 2008. In fact, we estimate that airports’ operational deficit in Argentina is around 65% to 70%. This is why AA2000 embarked on upgrading Ezeiza International Airport’s capacity of 20 million passengers a year. Now our priority is to overcome the lack of regional-domestic flight inter-connection by providing an inter-link between Ezeiza and Aeroparque. Such an interconnection would offer a great opportunity to further develop other niches of tourism, such as congress and business tourism, as it would have a positive impact on installed capacity of 30% to 50% in the first five years.
Our Second priority is to work with Aerolíneas Argentinas [Argentina’s national airline] to optimize the distribution of passengers towards the local regions, currently underserved. By doing so, not only would the regions benefits from increased passengers inflows and the collateral services that come with it, but it would also improve the service to the international passenger by increasing the ability to connect from international to domestic, without long delays.
These efforts will result in the establishment of a network of airports that we believe will ultimately be an outstanding value-added to tourism. It is definitely a formula that we want to export to other countries where we manage airports.

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Nearly 11 million passengers used the services offered by the 33 terminals managed by the concessionaire Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 in the first half of the year. This entails an average rise of 16.2% with respect to the 9.4 million passengers recorded for the same period the previous year.  (más…)

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