A vibrant middle class is emerging in Latin America, changing the rules for doing business in the area and transforming operations at regional headquarters in South Florida, according to members of WorldCity’s CEO Club. Club members explored the positive trend at their June 11 meeting in talks led by Henry Martinez, managing director for Discovery Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, the pay TV company whose business has soared in the past decade as the growing middle class buys more cable and satellite TV services. Martinez said the share of Latin American households… Read More
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Javier Semerene
Orange Vice President
Orange Business Services, a division of the France Telcom, has appointed Javier Semerene as vice president, sales and marketing for Latin America.
Semerene joins the global communications provider from AT&T, where he held several management positions, such as regional vice president for the Middle East and Africa, and regional vice president of sales for Latin America. He has also held executive positions in Latin America for companies such as Xerox, Cascade Systems and Digital Data Publishing.
Orange Business Services has a presence in more than 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and sales offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
“It’s an exciting time to be joining Orange Business Services,” Semerene said. “I look forward to leveraging my experience in the Latin American telecom and IT sector to support our growing business in the region and continue to provide our customers with leading-edge telecommunications solutions in this competitive market.”
Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, Semerene is based in Miami.
France Telecom serves more than 177 million customers in five continents, two-thirds of which are Orange customers
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