Interview with Manuel Sacerdote, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contributors: Lluch, Andrea, interviewer; Harvard Business School
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng; spa
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: Interviews; Alumni and alumnae; Banks and banking; Business; History; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Commerce; Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration; Harvard University; BankBoston Argentina
Description: Mr. Sacerdote outlines the expansion of Bank Boston in Latin America from its early presence in Argentina. He discusses his belief in the importance of gradual change and how paying attention to local concerns and use of local knowledge aided the bank's growth in Argentina. He also talks about the development of the bank's foundation for Argentine businessmen, including a group that helped form consortia for Argentine companies in the export sector. Mr. Sacerdote describes his success in banking as a direct result of his authority to handle Bank Boston Argentina's concerns autonomously.
Notes: Interview translated into English. Transcript available in English and Spanish.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 18, 2014).

Interviewed in Spanish on 2008 December 21 in Buenos Aires by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Manuel Sacerdote, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 21, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Born in 1943, Manuel Sacerdote holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Buenos Aires (1966) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (1968). After working for Chrysler for two years, he joined BankBoston in 1971 to become president of The Boston Investment Group. He was named general manager and vice president of BankBoston in 1975. In 1978, he was elected BankBoston's Regional President for Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, and he remained in that position until 2005. He was president of the Argentine Bank Association and of Consejo Empresario Argentino, and vice president of the Argentine Business Association (AEA). Currently, he is a member of the board of S.C. Johnson Argentina, Loma Negra S.A., Alpargatas S.A., the Foundation for Latin American Economic Research, and Fundación Contenidos. He is also a member of The Salvation Army's Argentine Advisory Board and of Harvard Business School's Latin-American Advisory Board and he is a trustee of CEMA University.

Forms part of: Latin American oral history collection, 2006-2009.

Forms part of: Creating Emerging Markets oral history collection, 2006-