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In 2014, Turkey’s Sertrans Holding celebrates its silver anniversary of providing quality-assured, value-added logistics services at its brand new state-of-the-art headquarters. Nilgün Keleş, CEO of Sertrans Holding, speaks to World Report about the company’s goals for continued international expansion, which are in tandem with the nation’s global growth aspirations, as well as its efforts to increase security in global supply chains and its active social responsibility program

In July 2013 Borsa Istanbul (BIST) – which unites all the exchanges operating in the Turkish capital markets under a single roof – struck a partnership deal with NASDAQ that aims to expand the global presence of Turkey’s stock exchange, while significantly bolstering Istanbul's position as a regional hub for capital markets. Dr Ibrahim Turhan, Chairman and CEO of Borsa Istanbul, speaks to World Report about the technology and knowledge transfer the partnership entails, as well as Turkey’s resilient financial services industry and sustaining investor confidence in the sector

Özgür Güneri, CEO of Turkey’s top investment bank 2012, Finansinvest, discusses with World Report the rapid changes seen in the country’s capital markets and his company’s strengths in investment services

Two Colombian universities made the list of the top 10 colleges in Latin America. Dr. María Fernanda Campo, Colombia's Minister of Education, explains the efforts her Department has made to improve education in the country

With ICT a key catalyst for economic and entrepreneurial growth, Hakam Kanafani, Group CEO of Turk Telekom speaks to World Report about the company’s “ability to change and react and create opportunities, and adapt to what is happening” to maintain the momentum of its innovation and expansion

World Report catches up with Dr Mustafa Sani Şener, CEO of TAV Group, Turkey’s main airport builder and operator now present in Macedonia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, the GCC, Latvia and Turkey. These different airport destinations have helped the firm finetune its capacity to “adapt to each and every need need”

The natural gas company in Valle del Cauca, Gases de Occidente, has turned a utility into something even more useful

Barranquilla has been ranked as one of the top 10 major cities with the best FDI strategies in the Americas. Mayor Elsa Margarita Noguera explains why her city deserves to be on the list

Management at the group behind the hospitality sector's game-changing Yotel micro-hotel concept, IFA Hotels & Resorts, encourages Kuwaiti youth to act on their entrepreneurial instincts to further expand the nation's private sector. Speaking to World Report, Chairman & Group CEO of IFA Hotels & Resorts Talal Al-Bahar also urges international investors to take a broader look of Kuwait beyond its petroleum industry

Burak Çelet, General Manager of Desa Deri, discusses with World Report how his company, a leading leather goods retailer and manufacturer and participant in the Turquality programme, is breaking on to the international high-end goods market