Dr. Dionisio Gutiérrez is a businessman, sociologist, communicator, and president of Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's in International Management and Finance, he obtained a Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude in Sociology and Political Science from the Pontifical University of Salamanca.

Dr. Gutiérrez is a member of the Latin American Board at Georgetown University; a member of the Atlantic Initiative at Johns Hopkins University; a member of the Advisory Board at the Harvard Kennedy School; a member of the Advisory Council of the International Foundation for Freedom; a member of the Academic Council at the Atlantic Institute of Government; founder and trustee of the School of Government in Guatemala; a member of the Board of Trustees of Universidad Francisco Marroquín; and a member of the G50, based in Washington, DC. In February 2021, he became the only Latin American on the Board of Directors of Freedom House. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Bush Institute in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Gutiérrez was General Director and host of the well-known television program Libre Encuentro, where he led analysis, debates, and proposals for 20 years. He later served as General Director of the program Dimensión, and currently directs and hosts the television program Razón de Estado, which is broadcast across the American continent via NTN24.

Dr. Gutiérrez was Corporate President of CMI, Corporación Multi-Inversiones, for over 33 years. For seven years, he also served as president of the Chamber of Free Enterprise. He has been Director of the Guatemalan Association of Managers, Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Director of Banco de Occidente, and Vice President of Banco Reformador. Additionally, he was an active member of the group of political observers in Latin America during the 1990s.

Since the democratic opening of Central America in the 1980s, Dr. Dionisio Gutiérrez has played a significant and ongoing role in the region’s critical moments and remains an intellectual committed to freedom, democracy, and development—issues that have led him to participate in think tanks, write opinion columns, deliver lectures in various countries, and receive both national and international awards and honors.

In 2012, Poder Awards and the American Business Council Foundation in the United States recognized Dr. Gutiérrez’s efforts and career by granting him the “Empowerment of Democracy” award.

In 2014, His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain awarded Dr. Dionisio Gutiérrez the Civil Order of Merit, Commander Grade—an honor bestowed upon exemplary citizens who have rendered significant service to the State, whose extraordinary work stands as a model of perseverance in the pursuit of the rule of law, democracy, and freedom.

In 2024, Dr. Gutiérrez was selected as one of the most influential leaders in Latin America by Bloomberg magazine.

From Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, Dr. Gutiérrez leads a team of intellectuals with whom he carries out numerous civic initiatives and works on formulating long-term state policy proposals for Central America.