GEA - Group of Partner Companies

Mission “To assist IAE on leadership development, promoting regional education, research and knowledge creation and dissemination.” Strong economic support is essential to carry out activities within these fields: Faculty Development Research and Development Scholarships Companies’ Commitment To discuss investigation lines for organizations’ and society’s best performance and for the common good. To provide the necessary information regarding the company’s experiences in order to apply and disseminate the most appropriate practices. To provide the necessary funds for the continuity and long term development of this initiative Participation Benefits To be a protagonist in society’s long term improvement. To access information on the different investigation lines. To be included in IAE website as sponsoring company. To participate in the partnering companies’ annual meeting. Networking. Team meeting room allocation.       Participating Organizations     Empresas Patrocinantes Líderes Empresas Patrocinantes Empresas Asociadas

FAM - Merit Assistance Fund

Mission   “FAM intends to help train future business leaders”.   Objetive “ To fund MBA education of highly promising young professionals lacking financial resources to study at IAE”.

Merit Assistance Commission

“ This commission’s objective is to raise funds to grant as many MBA scholarships as possible to academically outstanding students requiring financial assistance. Candidates will be designated by the Commission’s members”.

FAM Commission

PRESIDENT: EDUARDO AVELLANEDA – EMBA 2001 MEMBERS: ALEJANDRO AGARDY – PELIKAN ARGENTINA S.A. - MBA 2002 IGNACIO BARATELLI - ELECEL - MBA 2000 ENRIQUE D’ALESSANDRO – ICMAS STRATEGY GROUP S.A. - PDD 1994 GASTÓN GALLO - DISTRISEGA S.A. - MBA 2003 MATTHIAS KLEINHEMPEL – SIEMENS S.A. - EMBA 1991 ALEJANDRO PATLIS – ETROQUÍMICA ARGENTINA S.A. - PAD 1999 PABLO PÍCOLO – MERRILL LYNCH - EMBA 2004

Results

Testimonials

From scholarship recipients:  “I started working at Mc Donald’s when I was 16, while attending a full-day technical school. I strived to keep high marks and be among the best students. In 1996 I enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires School of Electronic Engineering pre-entrance training course. All these years, I’ve attended classes while full-time working. If asked about my academic achievements, I answer I got no medals or special distinctions. But when analyzing all I’ve lived and worked up to now I think my major attainment is my capacity to face and overcome difficulties. I’ve tested this capacity in the professional field when working in successful projects with Ciudad de Buenos Aires Bank and Pago Fácil. I was scared of quitting my work to study the Full-Time MBA, but I went ahead anyway. I was worried about committing myself to return the loan, having no assurance that I was going to be able to do so. I knew I had to run the risk eventually. And today everything has been worth the effort, so I take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank all those who helped me, supported me and were part of this process.” Tamara Caplan – Scholarship recipient FAM MBA 2005  “ I think FAM opened the doors to a unique opportunity. This is a great compliment and a tremendous responsibility. I felt honored when this group of people considered that I had the skills to positively influence on society and that I deserved this opportunity.  Apart from my personal objectives within the MBA, I feel a great responsibility and the duty to be up to the confidence that FAM, the sponsoring companies and society had on me, by trying to convey from now on and for the rest of my professional life the FAM values. I hope I can return to society all I received through this joint effort, doing my best within my field of work to shape a better society.” Sebastián Cattaneo– Scholarship recipient FAM MBA 2005  “ I consider that FAM is a unique initiative in Argentina, as it happens in any other part of the world where education has an important role in society.                         FAM shows how a group of people can begin to generate a change in society. With time and effort FAM will grow to give more opportunities to many people who will in turn contribute to foster the development of training programs comparable to those of any other international business school”. Tomás Zaborowski  – Scholarship recipient FAM MBA 2005   From members of FAM Comission:  “In a never-ending short term Argentina, to be able to think and invest on long term is no small feat. This is why I decided to support the FAM initiative, so as to help train leaders able to face the present challenges with a transcendent vision of change.” Eduardo Avellaneda EMBA 2001  “I am aware that IAE has given me a superior academic education. That is why I decided to participate in launching FAM, which will give potential candidates requiring financial support the same first level education MBA gave me”. Alejandro E. Agárdy MBA 2002 “Our purpose was to make it possible for highly qualified MBA applicants lacking financial resources to access the same experience that we Alumni shared. Hence, we created FAM with a common vision that society’s change starts when its leaders are educated. We want to afford a managerial education based on integrity, quality and long-term vision values to those who have on their own effort developed a capacity for regional leadership”. Matthias Kleinhempel – EMBA 1191 FAM Commission, President

How can I participate?

You can collaborate by giving to the Merit Assistance Fund. We need your financial aid to grant as many MBA scholarships as possible to candidates showing high leadership potential but lacking the necessary resources to study at IAE. You may download the FAM Collaboration Commitment form: » On line Form » Print Commitment Form