{"id":567,"date":"2016-11-24T13:53:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T08:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/admissionsdirector\/?p=567"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:17:57","slug":"how-an-mba-in-india-took-a-spanish-national-to-the-top-of-the-clean-tech-ma-industry-in-spain-aurelio-gutierrez-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/admissionsdirector\/2016\/11\/24\/how-an-mba-in-india-took-a-spanish-national-to-the-top-of-the-clean-tech-ma-industry-in-spain-aurelio-gutierrez-perez\/","title":{"rendered":"How an MBA in India took a Spanish national to the top of the Clean Tech M&A Industry in Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Aurelio Gutierrez Perez remembers being overwhelmed, not by the spicy food, the crowds, or the searing summer sun, but by the intense class participation. \u2018In Spain, if you ask the class a question, you have maybe one hand go up. In ISB, 90% of the hands would go up. I realized then, how focused these my classmates were.\u2019 After graduating from the Universidad de Oviedo with an MSc in Telecommunication Engineering in 2006, Aurelio joined Arcelor Mittal as a Research Engineer and spent three years travelling around Europe visiting blast furnaces and exporting technical processes across the group. The repetitive nature of the job, however, soon took its toll and he was tearing for a challenge. Realizing that moving beyond the technical nature of his job and making a lateral movement into management would require an MBA, Aurelio began researching business schools.<\/div>\n\n\n
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The obvious choice would have been the US, but he was keen on a scholarship as well as gaining global exposure and ISB was a perfect culmination of the two. Initial apprehensions notwithstanding, stellar Alumni feedback on the international student experience at ISB helped tip the decision in the school\u2019s favour and Aurelio found himself on a flight to Hyderabad, along with fellow Spaniards, who were also part of the program. \u2018The Alumni I spoke to was extremely happy and here I had the opportunity to explore a new country and culture while being taught by the best faculty in the world.\u2019 He spent the first few days being hosted by an ISB alumnus in their home and getting familiar with the city and its renowned Biryani. He says he was awestruck during his first visit to the campus. \u2018I was only used to city universities. While we have beautiful historical buildings, we don\u2019t have a one place to come together.\u2019 The elegant buildings, the open-air stone atrium, and the campus facilities, especially the library, helped create a community atmosphere he had never experienced before. Initial hiccups with the accent aside, Aurelio quickly settled in. \u2018In the beginning it was natural for three Spanish students to stick together but\u00a0within three weeks\u00a0or so, I had already found my group and made good friends.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academically, ISB exceeded all of his expectations; he enjoyed the different approach, the ability to apply theory to real business. \u2018No one ever even used the board to explain concepts or formulas, it was always through case studies.\u2019 He was also impressed with the students. \u2018They were so young,\u2019 he says, \u2018but so focused.\u2019 It was not just their quantitative and theoretical abilities that set them apart, but also their awareness of the world and their ability to express themselves with such articulation. \u2018They know so much about everything,\u2019 he says, \u2018I understand they are not a representative sample of the country but they were so well oriented. They were also very patient and supportive, because I asked so many questions.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To broaden his exposure and network in Asia, he also attended the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology \u2013 School of Business and Management<\/strong> as an exchange student for three months. He mentions the ability to focus as one of his biggest takeaways from the 14-month program and it reflected in his performance- he was part of both the Merit list and the Dean\u2019s list and was also awarded the ISB Merit Scholarship. But ISB also helped him discover what he wanted to do in the future. \u2018I liked my courses very much, especially Corporate Finance and Economics. This made me want to get into finance.\u2019 After participating in the placement process, Aurelio fulfilled his ambitions and joined Nomura as an Associate in the Global Markets Division in Mumbai. But tapas beckoned and after developing Algorithm trading models for a year, he moved back to Spain to join EDP Renewables in M&A where he\u2019s been ever since, but he misses the travel; he visited Darjeeling, Calcutta, Leh, Ladakh and the Maldives during his term breaks. One of his fondest memories is a nine-day trip he took with his friends from Spain, planned with the help of his batch-mates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018To this day,\u2019 he says, \u2018all of them feel India has been their best holiday experience ever.\u2019 He would do it all again in a heartbeat, he says in the end. \u2018India changed me and made me more culturally sensitive and globally aware. It helped created a network around the world I can count on. My batch mates have moved to so many countries that I have friends everywhere.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aurelio Gutierrez Perez currently heads\u00a0Investments and M&A at EDP Renov\u00e1veis, Spain and is an alum from the\u00a0Class of 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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