Carlos Enrique Cavelier

Carlos Enrique Cavelier (born 1961) is a Colombian author[1]entrepreneur,[2][3]sociologist[4][5] and columnist,[6][7]living in Cajicá.[8][9]

Professional career

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He has been invited to give lectures at the universities of Los Andes, Externado, El Rosario, Javeriana, La Sabana, CES and EAFIT in Medellín, del Norte in Barranquilla, and Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Vermont in the United States, on topics such as the action of justice in Colombia, the legalization of drugs, marketing, business strategy, leadership, sustainability, the development of Alquería, the Colombian peace process and the impact of Alquería in La Macarena.[10][2]

He serves as the board president and coordinator for dreams in Alquería;[11][12]Alquería was founded in 1959 by his father and grandparents.[13]

He became a member of the Food Bank of Bogotá's board of directors in 2009, and from 2011 to 2019, he presided over it.[14]

In 2019, he was awarded Best Business Leader in Colombia, at the Portafolio 25 Años Awards ceremony.[15][16]

He worked as the state of Cundinamarca's governor's senior education advisor.[17]

As an author

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  • 1992- Prelude to the New Colombia: two years of reflection on our future[18]
  • 2022- Coordinating dreams: Alquería's path to sustainability[19][1]
  • 2022- Coordinating dreams: Alquería's path to sustainability[20]
  • Economics of scarcity, or abundance?[21]

Early life and Education

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After earning a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, he went back to Colombia to work as an assistant professor at Universidad de los Andes. [22]

He also won elections to serve as a state senator, a congressman representing Cundinamarca, and a member of the Cajicá municipal council. Later on, he was named secretary general of the Ministry of Justice and senior adviser to the minister of agriculture for the National Rehabilitation Plan.[17][22]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Podcast | Carlos Enrique Cavelier de Alquería: de Harvard y MTI a ser empresario por la educación en Colombia". Yahoo Finance (in Spanish). 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lancheros, Por Katherine (2024-03-05). "Dueño de Alquería comparó a Gustavo Petro con Reinaldo Rueda: "Abarca mucho, pero aprieta muy poco"". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  3. Espectador, El (2020-10-15). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ""Everyone criticizes Fecode but no one sits down to talk with them," says businessman Carlos Enrique Cavelier".
  5. "Carlos Enrique Cavelier, el coordinador de sueños". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  6. Cúcuta, La Opinión. "La senda de cambio se debe mantener". Noticias de Norte de Santander, Colombia y el mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  7. "Productividad es ingreso, mmm…". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  8. "Carlos Enrique Cavelier - Creating Emerging Markets - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  9. Semana (2023-03-29). "Cómo hacer empresa con corazón: el libro de Carlos Enrique Cavalier presidente de Alquería". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  10. Castro, Maria José (2023-11-22). "Es el inicio del Acuerdo Nacional para mejorar la situación económica: presidente de Alquería". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  11. Barrera, Andrés Felipe (2023-11-27). ""En Colombia nos gusta hablar de problemáticas, no de soluciónes": Carlos Enrique Cavelier". W Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  12. Semana (2024-07-04). ""La erradicación de la pobreza en el agro colombiano, una cuestión de paz", comentó en su ponencia Carlos Enrique Cavelier". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  13. "Los 9 herederos millonarios que se reunieron con Petro en Cartagena" (in Spanish). 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  14. Semana (2023-03-29). "Cómo hacer empresa con corazón: el libro de Carlos Enrique Cavalier presidente de Alquería". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  15. "Carlos Enrique Cavelier, el coordinador de sueños". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  16. Mahecha, Carlos Arturo García (2019-11-28). "'Portafolio' premió este jueves el talento de los empresarios". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  17. 17.0 17.1 "Colombian Alumnus Returns to Deliver Hoffman Family Business Lecture". The University of Vermont. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  18. Lozano, Carlos Enrique Cavelier (1992). Preludio a la Nueva Colombia: dos años de reflexión sobre nuestro devenir (in Spanish). PRODEMOCRACIA. ISBN 978-958-95474-0-3.
  19. Cavelier, Carlos Enrique (2022-10-06). Coordinando sueños: El camino de Alquería hacia la sostenibilidad (in Spanish). Paidos Empresa Colombia. ISBN 978-628-7578-04-3.
  20. Lozano, Carlos Enrique Cavelier (2022). Coordinando sueños: el camino de Alquería hacia la sostenibilidad (in Spanish). Editorial Planeta Colombiana. ISBN 978-628-7578-03-6.
  21. "¿Economía de la escasez, o la abundancia?". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Rueda, María Isabel (2024-03-03). "'A Petro le pasa lo de un técnico: mucho toque toque, pero de aquello... nada'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-29.