Student Road Diaries

Colombia Trip

Business and Politics in Colombia

Professor Wes Sine and a group of Johnson School students spent a week in Colombia to explore the intersection of business and politics, and have a little fun. As part of a course, Johnson School students partnered with students from Colombia's leading business school, Universidad de los Andes, to work on consulting projects that included work for the Ministry of Communications, the Marriott, Cine Colombia, Grupo Chia and others.

In addition to the project work, students obtained unprecedented access to business and political leaders. They met with the vice president of the country, Francisco Santos, and had a tour of the Palacio Nariño. They had lunch with Mr. Fernando Ferrari, a partner at McKinsey & Co., as well as attended meetings with Dr. Alejandro Figueroa, the CEO of Banco de Bogota and Dr. Miguel Largacha, the CEO of Fondo de Pensiones y Cesantias Porvenir. During a tour of one of the country's leading media companies, Caracol T.V., they ended up being part of the live morning show.

Read about the trip in the Cornell Business Journal.

View the television coverage

View photos of the trip