Interview with Tomás Hudson, 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
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Interviews; Alumni and alumnae; Industrialists; Paint industry and trade; Plastics industry and trade; International business enterprises; Marketing; Industrial relations; Business; History; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Commerce; Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd; Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. Advanced Management Program; Harvard University
Description: Mr. Hudson discusses his many decades working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Argentina, the UK, the U.S., and Mexico. He relates the growth of ICI holdings in Argentina and Latin America and its relation to the Argentine state, especially under the military government. Mr. Hudson covers a wide range of issues related to business history in Argentina, including labor relations, marketing and advertising, local and international development of particular products, and the benefits and difficulties for multinational corporations and family-owned enterprises. He also talks about his experience at Harvard Business School and his post-retirement endeavors as a business consultant.
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 17 in Buenos Aires by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Tomás Hudson, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 17, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1932, Tomás Hudson's background is in industrial engineering. He has studied at St George's College (Quilmes), Cambridge University, IMD, Harvard Business School, and Stanford University. He developed his career at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), where he worked for 36 years, serving as president of ICI México as well as ICI Argentina. ICI is now part of Akzo Nobel, the world's largest coatings manufacturer. Since his departure from ICI, he has served in non-executive positions in eight companies. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Order of the British Empire and the Argentine Espíritu de Granadero. He has been a trust beneficiary and board member of the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce; the Hospital Británico; and St George's College, Quilmes. In addition, he is a full member of the Academia Sanmartiniana as well as active in a number of historical associations.

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

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