VIP INTERVIEWS
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Leste Aihevba
Nigeria
Managing Director/CEO, Energia
“We have something that the entire industry in Nigeria agrees on: the best community program.”
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Mohammed bin Faisal bin Moammar
Saudi Arabia
CEO, NHSC
“NHSC is 100% owned by the Ministry of Housing.”
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Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Costa Rica
President, Republic of Costa Rica
“We also want to transform our Caribbean harbors and will launch a container terminal project in February 2019.”
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Juan Carlos Jácome Ruiz
Ecuador
President Director, Corporación Financiera Nacional (CFN)
“We want people to have a great experience from a customer service point of view, and we try to reduce the possibility of moral hazard along every part of the chain.”
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Wayne Henry
Jamaica
Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica
“Public debt was probably the highest at 145% of GDP in 2013, but is expected to be around 98% by the end of this fiscal year 2018/19.”
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