聽With many global intled conferences now an annual tradition for the team, we’re bound to bump into an inspiring professional 鈥� or six 鈥� from time to time. So every week, 小瓢虫传媒 publishes an interview with someone we’ve spoken with to discover what inspired them to join the industry, new markets on their horizon and where students in their location are turning to for study abroad opportunities. Here is a look back at some of our most memorable PIE Chats of 2019.
Andrew Gordon, CEO & Founder, Diversity Abroad, US
PIEoneer of the Year 2019 winner Andrew Gordon founded聽聽in 2006, with the ambition to give young people from underrepresented communities the same chance as their colleagues to study abroad. He told聽小瓢虫传媒聽about the changes he鈥檚 seen in the industry, and whether international HE is succeeding at providing access.
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Christina Vareschi, President & CEO, IVI Venezuela
Christina Vareschi has been president & CEO of聽聽since the agency, specialising in聽language courses in聽 countries around the world,聽was founded in 1995.聽小瓢虫传媒聽spoke with her about the state of the industry in Venezuela.
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Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Executive Director, Stevens Initiative, US
Prior to Inauguration Day 2017, Mohamed Abdel-Kader served in the Obama administration as deputy assistant secretary for International and Foreign Language Education. Today, his role as executive director of the聽聽means he is focused on聽building global competence for young people in the US, Middle East and North Africa by growing and enhancing the field of 鈥榲irtual exchange鈥�.
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Emma Lancaster, CEO, Study Group, UK
In what was an exciting start to the year,聽聽brought in new talent, had a majority stake acquired by Ardian, and CFO Emma Lancaster took over from David Leigh as CEO.聽小瓢虫传媒聽met with Lancaster to discover her plan, and how she got to where she is now.
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Gonzalo Peralta, Executive Director, Languages Canada, Canada
Famous for being capable of effortlessly juggling several languages within the same presentation, Gonzalo Peralta has led Languages Canada for 10 years. Chatting to聽小瓢虫传媒,聽he shared thoughts on the association鈥檚 plans on advocacy and diversity.
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Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary ECA, US Dept. of State
Sitting down with聽小瓢虫传媒聽during NAFSA 2019, Assistant Secretary Marie Royce spoke about the Department鈥檚 efforts to promote inbound and outbound mobility and its support for the #youarewelcomehere campaign.
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Rod Jones, Navitas, Australia
The global international education industry was taken by surprise in 2018 when Rod Jones announced he was part of a聽聽for Navitas, the company he helped found. The former chief executive and now board member sat down with聽小瓢虫传媒聽to explain why he returned less than a year after announcing plans to retire.
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Maria Leonor Alves Maia, President, FAUBAI, Brazil
At the 2019 CAEI,聽小瓢虫传媒聽caught up with Maria Leonor Alves Maia, president of 聽and head of the International Affairs Office at Brazil鈥檚 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, to learn about some of the internationalisation projects taking place in Brazil and聽the importance of fostering south to south collaboration between South American countries.
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Mayank Kumar, Co-Founder & MD, upGrad, India
Started in early 2015,聽聽has emerged as a leading platform that is reimagining online education using high-quality content, student handholding & an engaging learning environment for the Indian market.聽小瓢虫传媒聽spoke with one of the founders Mayank Kumar about why employees need to continually learn to stay relevant in a rapidly changing workspace.
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Loretta O鈥橠onnell, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, like its Russian neighbour to the north, is currently on a mission to revamp its educational system and plug itself into the landscape of international higher ed.聽小瓢虫传媒聽spoke with Loretta O鈥橠onnell, vice provost of Academic Affairs at聽聽University about how the industry is being swept up in the Central Asian nation鈥檚 push for reform and internationalisation.
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John Bader, Fulbright Association, US
John Bader is the executive director of the聽, a global alumni association of participants of the largest US exchange program in the world. He told聽小瓢虫传媒聽about why this program offers hope, and how it commands cross-party support in Congress.
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Lily Guo, founder, GATE, China
Lily Guo is the founder of a successful education counselling business in China. She spoke to 小瓢虫传媒 about the evolution of , which helps place Chinese students in institutions overseas but is also opening up bilateral channels from the West into China.
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