Gerardo Suárez Napolitano
“ WE STARTED OUT WITH A PLAN TO REACH 500,000 CUSTOMERS IN FIVE YEARS . FOUR AND A HALF YEARS INTO THAT PLAN , WE HAVE MORE THAN 900,000 ”
— Gerardo Suárez Napolitano ,
CEO , Tuenti Ecuador
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Gerardo Suárez Napolitano
Suárez Napolitano is an executive with over 25 years ’ experience in several commercial assignments in Latin America . He worked in massive consumer products companies such as Procter & Gamble in Venezuela and Argentina , and Empresas Polar in Venezuela . His last 15 years has been spent working in telecommunication business in the hand of Telefónica as a Commercial Director in Venezuela , Sales Director of Telesp in Brazil and Commercial VP in Ecuador . In October 2014 , he was appointed as Tuenti Ecuador ’ s CEO and launched the brand in June 2015 as separate business unit of Telefónica . Suárez Napolitano is an Industrial Engineer from UCAB — Venezuela , Finance Magister from Unimet — Venezuela and Telecom Business Master from Catalunya University in Spain .
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