The discussion with the person who helped to put AIESEC on the world map. AIESEC is an international, non-profit, non-political, organisation run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. It describes itself as “The international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society”. Its international office is currently in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The AIESEC network as of February 2008 includes 25,000 students in 105 countries at over 1100 universities across the globe, and realizes around 5000 exchanges yearly