Walter is the Director of The William F. Glavin Center for Global Management which is the organization that leads Babson College’s international initiatives and contribution to the advancement of global management education. Through its regional institutes in Asia, Europe and Latin America and the Office of International Programs, the Glavin Center creates a worldwide network of partner institutions from which new intellectual capital and experiential opportunities continually arise. With the mission to bring a global orientation to all facets of Babson’s management education and programs, the Glavin Center ensures that every Babson student receives the preparation they need to succeed in the global economy.
Walter also holds the Luksic Directorship of the Institute for Latin American Business. ILAB at BABSON COLLEGE builds and maintains Babson's network of partner schools and institutions across Latin America, enabling an exchange of knowledge and experience between the Americas. Through this network, the Institute actively shares Babson's expertise in entrepreneurship curriculum development and teaching with the region's leading business schools. In addition to his responsibilities as Director, Walter has also joined the Babson College faculty and is teaching Family Enterprising.
Previous to joining Babson College, Walter Esquivel, as CEO of Navex, developed a successful ‘container logistics’ business in Costa Rica consisting of an ocean shipping agency (Sea Land Service, Inc.), inland transportation, container storage and repair and stevedoring services. In 2001 the company was acquired by a mayor US Company in the field seeking to expand its business to the South American market.
Walter also served as the Chairman of the Board of CINDE which is an institution whose purpose is the attraction of (FDI) foreign direct investment into Costa Rica; President of AMCHAM (American Chamber of Commerce) which together with the other Amcham’s of the region has been instrumental in promoting a Free Trade Agreement with USA and, has served as a Board of Directors member in a variety of industries such as a banking/financial institution, food processing plant and a manufacturing Free Zone development company.
Walter earned his BA from California State University, Long Beach and attended the (PAG) Executive Business Program at INCAE. His entrepreneurial spirit has lead him to actively participate in the business organization YPO and lately WPO (World Presidents
Organization). He is fluent in three languages (English, Spanish and French).
