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.

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.

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.

Carlos Robles, Chief Financial Officer, Telmex

Mexico has one of the highest growth rates of broadband services among OECD countries in the last 10 years. Telmex, the main fixed-line telecoms provider in the country, has prompted this growth by investing $34bn in its network in the last 22 years. Chief Financial Officer Carlos Robles discusses the company’s wide range of services and initiatives which are bringing high-speed broadband within reach of the entire population.

Görkhan Bozkurt, CEO, Türk Telekom

Türk Telekom is the incumbent fixed-line operator in Turkey, and is using its strong market share to deliver ‘convergence’: packages of complementary communication services with value-added benefits. Görkhan Bozkurt discusses the significance of this strategy for retail and corporate growth, and the investments already yielding rewards for the company.

Aldo Mareuse, Group CFO, Orascom Telecom

Orascom’s recent merger with Vimpelcom represents the first big event in what is likely to be a long period of consolidation in the telecoms sector in emerging markets. CFO Aldo Mareuse discusses Orascom’s growth, the complexities of the successful transaction and the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the company’s constant expansion.