Interview with William Engels, 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: 20
Subjects: Interviews; Industrialists; Corporations; Finance; Business; History; Economic conditions; Commerce
Description: Mr. Engels began his career in corporate finance in the U.S., London, and Brazil before joining the Quilmes Group ("Quinsa") in Argentina. He discusses his experience at Quinsa and at Bunge Ltd. after he joined the Board of Directors in the early 1990s. Mr. Engels stresses the importance of technology, an educated workforce, and globalization for business success. He also details some of the factors that differentiate the Argentine market from others in Latin America and may have slowed its economic growth, especially in comparison to Brazil.
Notes: Interview translated into English. Transcript available in English and Spanish.

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

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

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William Engels has been a member of the board of directors at global agribusiness and food production giant Bunge Limited since 2001. From 2003 to 2006, he served on the board of directors of Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa) S.A., a holding company with interests in the beverage and malting industries, as the representative of Beverage Associates Corporation (BAC). From 1992 to 2003, he served in various capacities at Quinsa, including director of mergers and acquisitions, group controller, and manager of corporate finance. Prior to joining Quinsa, Mr. Engels served as Vice President at Citibank, N.A. in London, responsible for European sales of Latin American investment products, and in Brazil, in the area of mergers and acquisitions. Since 2007, he has also been an advisor to a private investment fund with investments in South America. Mr. Engels holds a BS from Babson College, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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

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