Archive for April, 2010

Corporate leaders who put short-term profits ahead of global citizenship lose in the end, Thunderbird graduate Saad Abdul-Latif said during a campus visit March 16, 2010. The CEO of PepsiCo’s Asia, Middle East and Africa Division said the key to sustainable prosperity is to reach out to local communities and find ways to make the world a better place. In this podcast, he talks about corporate social responsibility and explains why access to education and women’s empowerment are top priorities in his own social agenda. Podcast: Global Citizenship at PepsiCo in Asia, Middle East and Africa (7:54)

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Thunderbird graduate Saad Abdul-Latif says a global mindset has helped propel him to the top of PepsiCo’s Asia, Middle East and Africa Division. He says managers sometimes succeed at home but stumble when their companies send them overseas because they overlook cultural differences and fail to develop a global mindset. Abdul-Latif talks March 16, 2010, about the development of his own global mindset and ways that PepsiCo adjusts in different markets. Podcast: Global Mindset Lessons from PepsiCo (6:32)

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Saad Abdul-Latif calls himself “a guy from the neighborhood.” The 1981 Thunderbird graduate grew up in East Jerusalem surrounded by poverty and violence. His Palestinian family was displaced after the Six-Day War in 1967, and he had little exposure to the outside world. The first time he stepped on a plane was after high school, when he flew to Lebanon to start college. Today, Abdul-Latif travels the world as CEO of PepsiCo’s Asia, Middle East and Africa Division. He talks about his path to the “C Suite” during a Thunderbird visit on March 16, 2010. Podcast: From Palestine to PepsiCo “C Suite” (10:45)

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