It was to be the Latin American version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, a Tale of Two Cities. For Gustavo Lopez, vice president of Legal for Discovery Networks, Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, the discussion he was to lead at WorldCity’s Government Affairs Connections gathering on Feb. 26 was going to be about Buenos Aires and Bogota. More specifically, he wanted to talk about how utterly different was Discovery’s experience in working through knotty challenges with government regulation — this group might prefer the term intervention — in Argentina and… Read More
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Jairo Fernandez
SAP, Latin America Vice President, Human Resources
Jairo Fernandez has joined SAP Latin America as its new vice president of Human Resources, the company has announced.
Fernandez joins the German software company after eight years at Neoris, a Miami-based consulting company specializing in information technology and spun off from Mexican conglomerate Cemex.
At SAP, Fernandez will oversee more than 2,000 employees, roughly the same number as at Neoris, where he held a similar position. Prior to working with SAP, he worked in human resources and marketing for Unisys in Colombia.
“Jairo has more than 20 years of experience in human resources in the technology field,” said Rodolpho Cardenuto, president of SAP Latin America. “His responsibilities in human resouces at SAP Latin America will include strengthening our mission to continually invest in our people and create value for our clients.”
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