All Entries Tagged With: "Colombia"
A Thirst For Growth
The global beer giant SABMiller continues to toast its 2005 acquisition of Colombian brewer Grupo Empresarial Bavaria for providing a crucial foothold in the dynamic Latin American spirits market.
Colombia’s Biggest Bank Meshes Diverse Corporate Cultures – Best Workplaces in Latin America 2009
So successful are BanColombia’s efforts to instill a unified corporate culture in its different units, that all but one of the group’s seven subsidiaries made the top 25 Great Places to Work in Colombia. All seven made the cut for the top 100 in Latin America.
Pioneering CEO of the Year: Federico Restrepo Posada – Manager for Progress
In a region where privatization has long been in vogue, the leadership of Empresas Públicas de Medellín has shown that a public sector company can be successful, efficient and profitable.
The Answers – Juanes
Juanes, the 36-year-old Colombian musical superstar, has become one of his country’s most visible philanthropists through his foundation, Mi Sangre (My Blood). Now add to that his role as peacemaker, after his “Peace Without Borders” concert in Havana drew half a million concert goers, a spattering of controversy and worldwide attention for the island nation. [...]
Emerging Leaders
In the region of new democracies, is this the shape of things to come?
Sergio Fajardo – The Mathematical Answer
The former mayor is headed across Medellin’s bustling Plaza Mayor convention center. But every few steps, Sergio Fajardo stops to greet well-wishers, shake hands with a business executive or pose for a photograph with coffee stand employees or others.
In his uniform of blue jeans, button-down shirt and sports jacket, the photogenic former mathematics professor has [...]
IDB Roundup
The IDB meeting in Medellin, Colombia this March was as much a place to ply new ideas, as it was for broaching the issue of raising new capital.
Colombia’s security strategy lures travelers back
“Five years ago, it would have been impossible for people to travel by highway from Bogota to Medellin,” said Luis Guillermo Plata, Colombia’s minister of commerce, industry and tourism. “Many people drove to this Inter-American Development Bank meeting by car.”
