While many of the world’s business school deans have been thrown into confusion over the economic crisis, Marcelo Paladino remains calm. As dean of IAE Business School in Argentina he has seen much of this before.

Though he only became dean of the school in January 2008, he has been connected to the school since its inception, 30 years ago. He joined IAE in 1983 as professor in operations and technology, after seven years in industry, and chaired that department between 1985 and 1999. And living in Argentina over those 30 years he has experienced everything from military government and war to hyper-inflation and recession.