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OFFICERS & DIRECTORS


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Miguel Dodero | Chairman of the Board

    Miguel Dodero holds a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He has been a member of Central Puerto´s Board of Directors since 2015. He has previous work experience at Agencia Maritima Dodero S.A. and Compañía Argentina de Navegación Intercontinental S.A. From 1990 to September 2014, he served as chairman of Dodero Inmobiliaria y Mandataria S.A. Since 1989, he is chaiman of M. Dodero Compañía de Servicios S.A., and since 2008 he is chairman of Full Logistics S.A., and he is also a shareholder of both companies. In addition, he currently serves as director of IGCE, DGCU and DGCE.

  • Diego Gustavo Petracchi | Vice-Chairman of the Board

    Diego Gustavo Petracchi holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina and a Master in Science of Management (Sloan Program) from Stanford University. He is currently developing a project in the senior living (residences for adults) business. He is the founder and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Yugen S.A. From 2006 to 2015, he was a director of NDM Holding (Valle de las Leñas S.A.), a Company engaged in tourism, real state and agribusiness. He has also served as a director of Nieves de Mendoza S.A., Santa Rosa del Monte S.A., Rio Lobo S.A., Valles Mendocinos S.A. In addition, from 1995 to 2006, he worked in different positions, including Vice President, in Prefinex S.A., a company that provides financial advisory services.

  • José Luis Morea | Director

    José Luis Morea holds a degree in Political Science from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He completed postgraduate studies in SME Management at IAE. Between 1980 and 1990 he held executive positions in communication companies, mainly in Editorial Atlántida and Videomega. From 1990 to 1995 he served as Executive director in San Ciriaco, with operations in the agricultural sector, and later as General Manager of Espro S.A., a company dedicated to the production and export of agriculture products. From 1999 to 2001 he became General Manager of Tecnovital S.A., a fruit export company. In 2001, he founded North Bay Argentina S.A., a company in which he serves as Chairman and General Manager. North Bay S.A. has become one of the main blueberry exporters and producers in Argentina. Together with other partners, he created Servifrío Ezeiza SA, a logistics and cold storage company in which he serves as director. He is also director of North Bay Peru S.A. and of North Bay Produce Inc. in the United States. He served in this group until 2013. In 2014 he joins La Gloriosa SA as Blueberries Project Manager, developing a high-tech enterprise in Virasoro, Corrientes, until December 2018. Between 2016 and 2018 he served as director of Transportadora de Gas Cuyana. He has been a member of Central Puerto´s Board of Directors since 2019. Since 2020, he has been a consultor in projects and high-tech agricultural developments for Adblick Hidroponia S.A. and Club Agtech S.A.

  • Martin Lhez | Director

    Martín Lhez is architect graduated from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is partner at Brick Studio Buenos Aires, an interior desing and architecture studio. He has more than 25 years of experience in the construction field and is member of the Central Puerto's Board.

  • Martina Blanco | Director

    Martina Blanco holds a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA). In 2012 she completed a postgraduate in Marketing at the same University. She currently works as Marketing Manager in Hileret, and serves as Director of Energía Sudamericana S.A., Inversora de Gas del Centro S.A. and Distribuidora de Gas del Centro S.A.

  • Martin Orozco | Deputy Director

    Graduated from Escuela Argentina Modelo. Agricultural and forestry producer.

  • Tomás José White | Director

    Tomás José White holds a degree in Accounting from the Universidad Católica Argentina. From 1977 to 1984 he served as director in several private companies in the construction industry, such as Bemba S.A., Sumarge S.A. and Din S.A. From 1996 to 1998 he also served as a director of Empresa Amanco SA. Since 2000, he is the chairman of Celestal SAIC. Since 2019 he owns interests and is the chairman of BEP SRL, a company involved in the plastic industry.

  • Marcelo Atilio Suvá | Director

    Marcelo Suvá holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He has served as alternate director of Central Puerto´s Board of Directors since 2008. He was shareholder of Coinvest S.A., a private equity company, as well as of MBA Banco de Inversiones S.A. (currently known as Lazard Argentina S.A.), a leading Argentine investment bank in financial counseling, where he also was member of its board of directors and took part in various M&A transactions. He also served as director of HNQ. In addition, he serves as a manager of RMPE, and director of PB Distribución S.A. y Distrilec Inversora S.A. He also serves as alternate director of IGCE SA, DGCU SA, DGCE SA and RPS Consultores S.A., and as liquidator of RPM Gas SA. He currently serves as president of RPE Distribución SA and Hidro Distribución SA. He is also president of the Governing Board of the Austral University.

  • Jorge Eduardo Villegas | Director

    Jorge Eduardo Villegas holds a degree in law from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Since his graduation, he has worked as a lawyer in the private sector, independently through his own law firm, Estudio Jorge Villegas & Asociados. Mr. Villegas also currently serves as chairman of Agropecuaria Los Potros S.A.

  • Guillermo Rafael Pons | Director

    Guillermo Rafael Pons holds a degree in Accounting from the National University of Comahue, completed a Master in Business Administration at the International Business School, and has a postgraduate degree in Comprehensive Risk Management at the University of San Andres. He served as Secretary of Finance of the Municipality of Neuquén and was Director General of Administration of the Ministry of Government and Justice of Neuquén and Administrative Manager of the Executing Unit of External Financing, in the Province of Neuquén. He was hired as a Consultant by the Superintendency of Economic Management of the Province of Rio Negro, by the IDB, Aguas Rionegrinas, Legislature of Rio Negro, UNDP, and was an Accounting Advisor at Banco Provincia del Neuquén S.A. He was Director of the Pension Fund for Professionals in Economic Sciences and Vice President of the College of Accountants of Cipolletti, both in the Province of Rio Negro. He joined Banco Provincia del Neuquén S.A. in 2012, as Assigned to the General Management, and in 2013 he was appointed Deputy General Manager of Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance. On December 10, 2019, he was appointed Minister of Economy and Infrastructure of the Province of Neuquén.

  • José Manuel Ortiz | Deputy Director

    José Manuel Ortiz holds a degree in Industrial Engineer from the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) and a Magister in Business Administration (MBA) from the Ross Business School, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA). He is founding member of Cono Sur Investments, with over 25 years of experience in Private Equity, Corporate Finance and Business Management. He’s also cofounder of Cono Sur Capital, and previously he has cofounded CoInvest Argentina. As a Director of both Companies, he has been part of numerous and relevant private equity transactions in Argentina and Uruguay since the year 2000. He has also been Managing Director of The Exxel Group between 1992 and 1999. He was in charge of initial screenings, due diligence, negotiations and closing of private equity transactions, and also its financing and monitoring. At the beginning of his career he occupied several position at Grupo Techint.

  • Rubén Omar López | Deputy Director

    Rubén Omar López holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management from Universidad de Buenos Aires. From 2013 to 2019, he was Central Puerto´s planning and regulation manager, from 2019 to April 2020 he was Central Puerto´s Strategic Planning Director. Since April 2020, he is Central Puerto´s Renewable Energy Manager. He has more than 30 years of experience in the utilities sector, where he has held different positions both in technical and commercial areas. In addition, he currently serves as director of EDESUR S.A. and alternate director in Distrilec Inversora S.A. He serves as Chairman of: CP Achiras SAU, CP La Castellana SAU, CPR Energy Solutions SAU, Central Aimé Painé SA, Vientos La Genoveva SAU, Vientos La Genoveva II SAU, CP Manque SAU, and CP Los Olivos S.A.U., In addition, he has been director in Compañía Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico (CAMMESA) since 2015 to August 2019.

  • Ramón Nazareno Ulloa | Deputy Director

    Ramón Ulloa holds a degree of Mechanical Engineer from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Argentina. He’s also an insurance broker registered under the Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nación. In addition, he has a Master in Business Administration from the Instituto de Altos Estudios Empresariales (IAE) of the Universidad Austral.


    He is Vicepresident of La Suerte Rural S.A., agricultural Company. Furthermore, he’s founding partner of Triptico 2021, a company in the Real State industry.


    He’s currently founder and partner of Xtreme RU Broker de Seguros, with more than 30 years of experience in the insurance market, where he had worked in Insurance Companies and International Brokers. He also works jointly wit AON as insurance consultant.

  • Adrián Gustavo Salvatore | Deputy Director

    Adrián Gustavo Salvatore holds a degree in law from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and an MBA in a joint degree from the Universidad del Salvador (Argentina) and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain). From 1993 to 1997 he worked at the legal and regulatory department of ESEBA, where he was in charge of the process of privatizing the company. From 1997 to 2003, he worked as legal manager at COMESA, Comercializadora de Energía, and in 2003 he joined the law firm Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani, as part of their regulatory and public services department. He has worked in the regulatory department of Central Puerto since 2008, and he currently serves as Institutional Relations director, also serves as a director in several companies such as Termoeléctrica Manuel Belgrano S.A. and Inversora de Gas del Centro S.A., as well as alternate director of Distribuidora de Gas Cuyana S.A. and Distribuidora de Gas del Centro S.A. He is also the chairman of Proener S.A.U., and vice-chairman of Termoeléctrica José de San Martín S.A., Central Vuelta de Obligado S.A., and Central Aimé Painé S.A.

  • José Manuel Pazos | Deputy Director

    José Manuel Pazos holds a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Utilities’ Economic Regulation from the Universidad Austral. He served as alternate director of Central Puerto´s Board of Directors from 2015. From 1997 to 2002, he served as lawyer of the Argentine Energy Secretariat and Emprendimientos Binacionales S.A. (EBISA), and, from 2003 to 2014, he worked for the law firm, Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi. Between 2007 and 2008, he worked for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York. Currently he serves as alternate director of Distrilec Inversora S.A., CP Renovables S.A., CP Achiras S.A.U., CPR Energy Solutions S.A.U., CP La Castellana S.A.U., CP Patagones S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva II S.A.U., CP Manques S.A.U. y CP Los Olivos S.A.U.

  • Alejo Villegas | Deputy Director

    Alejo Villegas is a Lawyer graduated from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 2006. Since then, he has worked as an independent professional advising clients in the private sector. He is part of the Jorge Eduardo Villegas-Abogados Law Firm since 2002, specializing in advice on Civil and Commercial Law. He is registered in the Colegio de Abogados of Capital Federal and Colegio de Abogados of San isidro Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of commercial companies that carry out activities related to agriculture and tourism.

  • Gabriel Enrique Ranucci | Deputy Director

    Gabriel Enrique Ranucci holds a Law degree from the University of Belgrano in 1999. Since 2001 he joined as Legal Advisor of the Subsecretariat of Public Revenues of the Province of Neuquén, until 2012. From 2012 to 2015 he was appointed DirectorGeneral of Legal of the Provincial Directorate of Revenues of the Province of Neuquén.From 2015 to 2017 he was appointed Provincial Director of Legal Affairs and Concessions dependent on the Subsecretariat of Public Revenues of the Province of Neuquén.From December 10, 2017, to the present, he has been appointed as Administrative Technical Coordinator of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Province of Neuquén.

  • Mario Elizalde | Director

    Mario Elizalde is an Agricultural Production Engineer, graduated from the Argentine Catholic University, holds a Master of Science degree from Texas A&M University and in 2018 graduated as a Secondary and University Professor at the Austral University. Between 1995 and 1999, Mr. Elizalde served as General Manager of Call Center S.A., a Citicorp Equity Investments (CEI) Value Added Telecommunications Services company. From 1982 to 2010, he was Manager and Agricultural Advisor of Sociedad Lanz, for the Administration of Agribusiness in the provinces of Buenos Aires and La Pampa. In addition, from 2000 to 2007, he served as Executive Director of Telinver S.A., a Telefónica Group company. Subsequently and after the merger by absorption of Telinver S.A in 2008, he served as Executive Director and Property Manager of the company’s operations in Chile, Peru and Argentina until 2015. From July 2007 to September 2015, he held the position of Director of Central Puerto S.A, as well as Member of the Audit Committee and President of the same during the years 2012 and 2013. During 2017 and 2018 he was Alternate Director of Compañías Central Puerto S.A and Distribuidora de Gas Cuyana. Since 2019 he has been teaching History of Economic Thought classes at the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Austral University. As of May 2022, he is the Independent Principal Director of Central Puerto S.A.

Senior Officers

  • Fernando Roberto Bonnet | Chief Executive Officer

    Fernando Roberto Bonnet holds a degree in Accounting from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. In addition, from 2009 to 2010, he took a graduate level course in Executive Business Administration in IAE Business School, Universidad Austral. Since April 1, 2021, he serves as the Chief Executive Officer of our company. From March 2020 to March 2021, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of our company. He has served as CFO of our company since 2010 to 2020 and, from 2008 to 2010, he also served as tax manager. He served as tax manager of Ernst & Young Argentina. Mr. Bonnet currently serves as vice-chairman of Proener S.A.U. and CP Renovables S.A He currently serves as an alternate director of CP Manque S.A.U., CP Los Olivos S.A.U., CP Achiras S.A.U., CPR Energy Solutions S.A.U., CP La Castellana S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva II S.A.U. y CP Patagones S.A.U.

  • Enrique Terraneo | Chief Financial Officer

    Enrique Terraneo holds a degree in Accounting from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. In addition, from 2009 to 2010, he took a graduate level course in Executive Business Administration in IAE Business School, Universidad Austral. Since April 2021, he serves as Chief Financial Officer of our company. Previously, he served as new business manager in Lartirigoyen y Cia. From 2019 to 2020, he served as CFO of Banco de Inversion y Comercio Exterior. Between 2006 and 2019, he served as finance manager of our company. He served as audit manager of Ernst & Young Argentina.

  • Alberto Francisco Minnici | Production Manager

    Alberto Francisco Minnici holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Mr. Minnici has 31 years of experience in the electric power industry. He has served as Central Puerto’s Production Manager since 2015. Previously, he served as Plant Operations Manager of the Puerto Complex from 2012 to 2015 and as Plant Operations Manager of the combined cycle plant of the Puerto Complex located in the City of Buenos Aires from 2008 to 2012, among other positions within Central Puerto.

  • José María Saldungaray | Fuel Supply Planning Manager

    José María Saldungaray holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He has been our planning manager since 2014. He currently serves as director of Proener S.A.U. He also served as commercial manager of HPDA and was a member of the board of directors of Centrales Térmicas Mendoza S.A. and La Plata Cogeneración S.A.

  • Justo Pedro Sáenz | Administration Manager

    Justo Pedro Sáenz completed the “Advanced Management Program” at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in the United States. He has served as alternate director of Central Puerto´s Board of Directors since 2008. From 2007 to 2016, he served as administration and human resources manager of Central Puerto, and since 2016 he serves as administration manager of Central Puerto. From 2005 to 2007, he worked at Cima Investments in the new business area. From 2003 to 2005, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Banco de Servicios y Transacciones S.A. In 2002, he co-founded Idun Inversiones S.A. From 2000 to 2001, he held the position of partner and finance manager of Softbank Latin America Ventures, Venture Capital Fund. From 1984 to 2000, he worked at Merchant Bankers Asociados, MBA Banco de Inversiones and MBA Sociedad de Bolsa. He has been a partner of Merchant Bankers Asociados since 1992, which was affiliated with Salomon Brothers and the investment company of Nicholas Brady, former U.S. Secretary of Treasury. In addition, he currently serves as a director of Proener S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva S.A.U. y Vientos La Genoveva II S.A.U., and as an alternate director of IGCE, DGCU, DGCE, CP Renovables S.A., CP Patagones S.A.U., CP Achiras S.A.U., CP La Castellana S.A.U., CPR Energy Solutions S.A.U., CP Manque S.A.U. and CP Los Olivos S.A.U.

  • José Manuel Pazos | Legal Director

    José Manuel Pazos holds a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Utilities’ Economic Regulation from the Universidad Austral. He served as alternate director of Central Puerto´s Board of Directors from 2015. From 1997 to 2002, he served as lawyer of the Argentine Energy Secretariat and Emprendimientos Binacionales S.A. (EBISA), and, from 2003 to 2014, he worked for the law firm, Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi. Between 2007 and 2008, he worked for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York. Currently he serves as alternate director of Distrilec Inversora S.A., CP Renovables S.A., CP Achiras S.A.U., CPR Energy Solutions S.A.U., CP La Castellana S.A.U., CP Patagones S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva S.A.U., Vientos La Genoveva II S.A.U., CP Manques S.A.U. y CP Los Olivos S.A.U.

  • Rubén Omar López | Renewable Energy Director

    Rubén Omar López holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management from Universidad de Buenos Aires. From 2013 to 2019, he was Central Puerto´s planning and regulation manager, from 2019 to April 2020 he was Central Puerto´s Strategic Planning Director. Since April 2020, he is Central Puerto´s Renewable Energy Manager. He has more than 30 years of experience in the utilities sector, where he has held different positions both in technical and commercial areas. In addition, he currently serves as director of EDESUR S.A. and alternate director in Distrilec Inversora S.A. He serves as Chairman of: CP Achiras SAU, CP La Castellana SAU, CPR Energy Solutions SAU, Central Aimé Painé SA, Vientos La Genoveva SAU, Vientos La Genoveva II SAU, CP Manque SAU, and CP Los Olivos S.A.U., In addition, he has been director in Compañía Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico (CAMMESA) since 2015 to August 2019.

  • Leonardo Pablo Katz | Strategic Planning Director

    Leonardo Pablo Katz is an Industrial Engineer, graduated from the National University of Salta. Additionally, during the years 2000 and 2001, he completed a postgraduate degree in Business Administration (MADE) at the CEMA University (UCEMA). Currently he is the Director of Strategic Planning of Central Puerto. Additionally, he is President of the Board of Central Vuelta de Obligado S.A., and Alternate Director of Termoeléctrica José de San Martín S.A. and Termoeléctrica Manuel Belgrano S.A. Previously, he has served as General Manager of Central Vuelta de Obligado S.A. (December 2015 to May 2020) and, between the years 2009 to 2015, he held the position of Planning and Investment Manager of Central Puerto. Prior to join Central Puerto, from 1997 to 2007, he worked at CMS Energy as Senior Market Analyst for Latin America, among other positions.

  • Gabriel Omar Ures | Commercial Manager

    Gabriel Omar Ures holds a degree in System Engineer from the Universidad Abierta Interamericana. He also holds a Postgraduate degree in Gas and Electricity Administration in InstitutoTecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) and a Management Program at the Darden Business School of the University of Virginia, United States. He started his professional career in 1997 and has over 21 years of experience working in the power sector of Argentina. Among other positions, he held managerial positions in Hidroeléctrica Alicura, was commercial director of AES Argentina Generación, General Manager of Termoeléctrica Manuel Belgrano (from 2013 to 2018), Commercial Manager in Central Dock Sud (YPF). Additionally, he was a director of various companies and industry chambers, including AGEERA (Asociación de Generadores de Energía Eléctrica de la República Argentina) where he has been elected as President for 5 consecutive terms (2012/2017) after holding the Vice Presidency. He is currently director of CAMMESA and Termoeléctrica Manuel Belgrano S.A.

  • Leonardo Marinaro | Legal Affairs Manager

    Leonardo Marinaro holds a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He has been our legal affairs manager since 2007. He is currently a director of CP. Renovables S.A., Vientos La Genoveva S.A.U. y Vientos La Genoveva II S.A.U. and alternate director of Proener S.A.U., Central Vuelta de Obligado S.A., TMB, TJSM, Distrilec Inversora S.A., Central Aimé Painé S.A., DGCE, IGCE y Energía Sudamericana S.A.

  • Javier Alejandro Torre | Human Resources Manager

    Javier Alejandro Torre holds a degree in Human Resources from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Buenos Aires. From 2011 to 2016, he was human resources manager of Argentine operations in LyondellBasell. He has been our human resources manager since 2016. He previously worked at ExxonMobil for almost 20 years, where he held different positions in the commercial and human resources areas.

  • Adrián Gustavo Salvatore | Institutional Relations Director

    Adrián Gustavo Salvatore holds a degree in law from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and an MBA in a joint degree from the Universidad del Salvador (Argentina) and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain). From 1993 to 1997 he worked at the legal and regulatory department of ESEBA, where he was in charge of the process of privatizing the company. From 1997 to 2003, he worked as legal manager at COMESA, Comercializadora de Energía, and in 2003 he joined the law firm Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani, as part of their regulatory and public services department. He has worked in the regulatory department of Central Puerto since 2008, and he currently serves as Institutional Relations director, also serves as a director in several companies such as Termoeléctrica Manuel Belgrano S.A. and Inversora de Gas del Centro S.A., as well as alternate director of Distribuidora de Gas Cuyana S.A. and Distribuidora de Gas del Centro S.A. He is also the chairman of Proener S.A.U., and vice-chairman of Termoeléctrica José de San Martín S.A., Central Vuelta de Obligado S.A., and Central Aimé Painé S.A.

  • Martín Fernández Barbiero | Compliance and Internal Audit Manager

    Martín Fernández Barbiero holds a degree in Accounting from the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Universidad de San Andrés. He also completed an international certification program in Compliance from the Universidad Austral (IAE). He has served as Internal Auditor Manager of Central Puerto since 2008 and since 2018, he was also appointed as Compliance Officer. Before Central Puerto he worked for CMS Energy as Internal Auditor Manager and SOX Compliance Manager among other positions between 1999 and 2007.

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