Arianne Atala

Board of Advisor, Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship

Arianne Atala '22 graduated from Babson College with a Bachelor of Science degree and a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Leadership. She is a third generation in her family business and has become the next generation representative. By the side of her family consultant, she has created a plan to prepare both generations, the family consultant and the business for a successful succession plan. The third generation academy consists of training and development in personal and professional aspects, in order to generate a team of leaders that solidifies a culture of respect, collaboration, communication and trust.

Arianne has a certificate in ‘Leading for Impact within Family Enterprises’ at Northwestern University; a program which helps leaders establish credibility and authority in the business community, among family shareholders, with the board and management team. The program has enabled Arianne to manage the nuanced paradoxes effectively as these are the main characteristics that establish a successful leader in the family business.

She has interned in her family business, Grupo Financiero Ficohsa, where she collaborated with the marketing team to create a new communication strategy for existing social media platforms. Additionally, she created a successful internal campaign with the purpose of promoting the company's five-year strategy plan while bringing about an event focused for 5,000 employees around the Central American region.

As part of Babson College, she was enrolled in the Foundations of Managements & Entrepreneurship course where she was the Head of Human Resource in the business, Kai Straws. She developed and implemented key initiatives for the team including a compliance framework in alignment with the company’s fundamentals. In addition, she focused on motivational strategies to encourage the team to generate and increase sales. Additionally, she was a junior representative in the IFE Student Advisory Forum, which consists of providing feedback in order to shape the family entrepreneurship program.

Arianne is also involved in a philanthropic project in her home country, Honduras. She founded “Fundación Creciendo Con Diabetes”, a Honduran-based  non-profit organization that aids children with Type 1 Diabetes by providing them with education and supplies, in order for them to have better control of their condition.