Alfredo Behrens lectures on Cross-Cultural Management in the International Executive MBA programme of the Funda¿ Instituto de Administra¿, S¿Paulo, Brazil.. He has worked in or with the private and public sector in the Americas, East and Western Europe and Southern Africa. He was awarded the McNamara Fellowship by the World Bank, the Hewlett fellowship by Princeton University, The Boa Vista Bank award, and the Jean Monet Fellowship by the European University, Fiesole, Italy.