Guillermo Ansaldo

Was born in Argentina in 1962.

He has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and a Master in Business Administration from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College.

From 1989 to 2000 he worked for McKinsey & Company. From 1989 to 1993 he was based in Madrid-Spain. In 1993 he returned to Argentina, and two years later he was elected partner. During his career at McKinsey, he focused on financial institutions and the telecom sector.

From 2000 to 2004, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Telefónica de Argentina S.A.

In April 2005 he was appointed CEO of Telefónica de España, subsidiary of the fixed telephony business of Telefónica España, position from where he has contributed to the development of Broadband and Imagenio in Spain.

From December 2007 to September 2011 Ansaldo was Chairman and CEO of Telefonica España, responsible for Telefónica, S.A. fixed and mobile businesses in Spain.

From late 2011 to November 2019, he was the top executive of Telefonica Global Resources operating unit, with global competences on key company resources across all Telefonica’s portfolio: Procurement, Network, IT, and digital transformation projects.

Since November 2019, Guillermo is the CEO of Telefonica Infra. Telefonica Infra operates as a portfolio manager, owning and rotating stakes in infrastructure vehicles alongside financial investors. Key assets categories: long haul critical connectivity (including subsea cables), FTTH open platforms, and datacenters.