Management
Silvio Guerra, Director of Investor Relations, Localiza
For 38 years Localiza has been developing its simple but effective model: buying, renting and selling cars. Mr Guerra explains the company’s competitive advantages, how the liquidity of its assets affords it good flexibility, and aligning employee interests with longterm value.
February 24, 2011Related by the tag Brazil
Investment
Duilio Calciolati, CFO, Gafisa SA
Brazil’s economy is growing at an astounding rate, as is the wealth of its people, across all income segments. With this growth comes high demand for homes: the country needs 1.5 million new units a year, before factoring in its 5.8 million unit deficit. With 50 years of history in the country and three well-respected brands, Gafisa is well placed to capitalise on these needs. Duilio Calciolati outlines Brazil’s real estate environment.
May 11, 2012
Investment
Alan Gandelman, CEO, ICAP Brazil
Brazil’s fortunes have been rapidly improving for the last five years, and the country was recently recognised as the world’s fifth largest economy. But that’s not the end of the story, says Alan Gandelman of ICAP Brazil: with a stable economic and political landscape, everyone is investing in the country’s equity market, from the US and Europe to Asia and the Middle East.
April 2, 2012
Tax & Legal
Carlos Nicacio, Partner, Deloitte Brazil
One of the challenges for businesses in Brazil is how taxes are levied by multiple levels of government, in different ways across its states and municipalities. The country offers many benefits to alleviate its tax burden – but companies can require a larger tax department than in other jurisdictions to navigate the complexities. Deloitte’s Carlos Nicacio outlines the issues, and how Brazil’s transfer pricing legislation differs from the OECD standards.
March 28, 2012Related by the tag Management Strategy
Management
Tiberiu Urdăreanu, President and CEO, UTI Holdings
Founded in 1990 as a security system developer, UTI has synergistically expanded into a number of complementary fields: first IT, as communications became a vital component of the security sector; followed by installation and construction as part of a vertical integration strategy; then facility management. Tiberiu Urdăreanu discusses the company’s past growth and his ‘Farming, Hunting, Targeting’ strategy for the future.
April 11, 2012
Management
José Morgado, CEO, Inapa Group
Inapa is a specialist in paper, packaging and visual communication, based in Portugal but with most of its sales coming from the rest of Europe. As such it has been particularly at risk from ongoing austerity and the eurocrisis – but with José Morgado’s leadership it has successfully developed its client relationships, improved efficiency and tightened its resource management to beat the downturn.
April 4, 2012
Management
Raúl Peláez Cano, CEO, Gruma SAB
Gruma is the world’s largest food producer from Mexico, well established in markets as diverse as Asia, Europe and of course the Americas, thanks to its comprehensive planning and strategy of tailoring its products to each region’s tastes, traditions and lifestyles. Mr Cano explains the company’s innovations.
July 7, 2011