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Gustavo Herrero obtained the degree of Licenciado en Administración
de Empresas from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa,
in Buenos Aires, in 1972. After working for two years at
Ford Motor Company, Herrero attended the Harvard Business
School (HBS) as a Fulbright scholar, obtaining an M.B.A.
in 1976.
Herrero worked in the United States and Paraguay for two
years and moved back to Argentina in 1978, where he has
lived since. Over the following 21 years, he held various
management positions in Argentine companies. Between 1987
and 1999, Herrero was successively the CEO of Argentina’s
largest wool textile mill (IVA S.A.) and of Argentina’s
leading paper and packaging manufacturer (Zucamor S.A./Papel
Misionero S.A.). In 1999, Herrero left Zucamor and Papel
Misionero (on whose boards he continues to serve) to become
executive director of the Harvard Business School Latin
America Research Center (HBS LARC), based in Buenos Aires.
As head of the HBS LARC, Herrero works closely with HBS
faculty who conduct research throughout Latin America, developing
both intellectual and social capital for the School. He
has contributed to the writing of over 20 HBS teaching cases.
Herrero belongs to the board of directors of various Argentine
companies and has sat on the board of directors of the Harvard
Business School Alumni Association in Boston. He serves
on the board of directors of Acción International
in New York. He also serves on the board of advisors of
the University of Sao Paulo’s Centro de Estudos em
Administração do Terceiro Setor (CEATS) in
Brazil and on the consultative boards of the Centro de Implementación
de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el
Crecimiento (CIPPEC) in Argentina and of Harvard’s
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Regional
Office in Santiago, Chile. He is also a former president
of the Harvard Club of Argentina (on whose board he continues
to serve) and was vice president of the Argentine Tennis
Association.
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