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Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar
Corporate Culture
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses how the firm met the challenge of creating a dynamic corporate culture after seven regional companies were merged into a unified organization in 2001.Duration: 07:43
María Emilia Correa
María Emilia Correa
Corruption
María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the problem of corruption in Latin America, and her hope of an entrepreneurial solution to the issue through greater transparency and changing incentives inside firms.Duration: 04:23
Pedro Gómez
Pedro Gómez
Corruption
Pedro Gómez, who founded the construction company Pedro Gómez y Cia in Colombia in 1968, sums up the lessons of his long career for young Colombians, especially the need to behave ethically and to challenge corruption.Duration: 01:26
Antonio Celia
Antonio Celia
Diversification
Antonio Celia, President of Colombia-based Promigas, describes the company’s diversification policy as they expanded beyond natural gas services. This included entering the fuel distribution business in the 1980s after purchasing Terpel from Ecopetrol and creating Colombia’s largest fiber optic cable network. Celia then reflects on his company’s successful expansion into Peru and discusses the importance of understanding and respecting the host country’s culture when internationalizing.Duration: 05:34
José Alejandro Cortés
José Alejandro Cortés
Diversification
José Alejandro Cortés, President of the Colombia-based diversified business group Grupo Bolìvar, discusses the diversification of his business from insurance to other financial services, especially banking, and entry into other industries including footwear and cement.Duration: 02:01
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Diversification
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, former General Manager of the FNC, articulates the strategies he undertook to differentiate and add value to Colombian coffee products.Duration: 07:56
Antonio Celia
Antonio Celia
Education
Antonio Celia, President of Colombia-based Promigas, speaks about the work of the Promigas Foundation and the work it does to improve the quality of public education. Promigas has been able to help over one million children in Colombia over the last 17 years.Duration: 02:43
José Alejandro Cortés
José Alejandro Cortés
Family Business
José Alejandro Cortés, President of the Colombia-based diversified business group Grupo Bolìvar, describes the evolution of the business, the significant role that his family plays, and how succession is handled.Duration: 09:19
Beatriz Fernández
Beatriz Fernández
Family Business
Beatriz Fernández, Co-Founder and Manager of Crepes & Waffles S.A., discusses the important and vastly different roles her children play in the family business and how this has contributed to the growth of the company.Duration: 03:53
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Foreign Partnerships
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, former General Manager of the FNC, describes how Colombia's coordination with Brazilian coffee producers paved the way for the International Coffee Agreement in the early 1960's.Duration: 06:53
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez
Foreign Partnerships
Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, former General Manager of the FNC, outlines the factors which led to the end of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989.Duration: 03:55
Gonzalo Restrepo
Gonzalo Restrepo
Foreign Partnerships
Gonzalo Restrepo, former President of the Colombia-based Almacenes Éxito, the largest South American retail company, describes his search for an international partner, which eventually led to France’s Casino Group acquiring 25 per cent of the equity in 1999.Duration: 05:17