One of the things I love about IE is being in Magnificent Madrid – a beautifully Spanish city – combined with the most incredible international IE environment.
I was happy to go back from rainy London to Madrid last week where I met all the international students I´d met during their admissions process in the UK for a nice tinto de verano (you will definitely find out about this very Spanish & refreshing drink if you come to Madrid) on the terrace. As you can see from the photo, it´s now summertime, term is winding down and they are all looking alot more relaxed than a few months ago!
The second photo is our amazing international development team at IE – a brilliant opportunity to meet all the IE offices from around the world (US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia and Ukraine, Singapore, South Korea, UAE, Venezuela) – diversity embodied. It was full-on but fun, in the true IE spirit and lead by IE´s founder Diego del Alcazar (front centre of the photo) who started IE 40 years ago this year!
About the author
Sally Averill is the Director of IE in the UK and Ireland. She completed the International MBA at IE in 2008 and prior to that had over 10 years international experience working in marketing & business development for entrepreneurial start ups and multi-nationals such as Moet Hennessy and Timex in the UK, Australia and Europe. She is an avid but useless surfer and speaks French, Spanish and Italian to varying degrees of success.