The CEO Magazine EMEA – April 2018

Contents

INNOVATE

88 | NEWS
A round-up of the latest in
global innovation

90 | GERT DE WINTER AND
CARSTEN STOLZ
At Swiss insurer Baloise Group, its
CEO and CFO are bringing new ideas
to a traditional company

98 | APPAL CHINTAPALLI
This leader helped bring the integrated
rack systems line of business at
Vertiv to life – now he’s pulling out
all the stops

106 | ANDREW RENNIE
The man behind Domino’s Pizza is just
an Australian country boy knocking on
doors around the world to deliver a
delicious household name

112 | RAMESH CIDAMBI
Dubai Duty Free services one of the
world’s busiest airports. Its COO
shares how it stays at the cutting edge

122 | RALF PETZOLD
Backed by more than 100 years’
experience in producing high-quality
mining and construction equipment,
Komatsu Germany is geared
for greatness

126 | KLAUS WESSING
Though Gigaset’s future is looking
bright, it wasn’t always that way. Its
current CEO explains why

130 | MICHAEL EBERHARDT
As the digital revolution sweeps the
globe, DXC Technology is leading the
change in providing innovative and
customer-centric IT transformations

136 | MARK HOLMSHAW
Canon Medical Systems’ president and
CEO has a few tricks up his sleeve to
ensure employees are more involved in
the business

140 | OSMAN SULTAN
Integrated service provider du has a
prosperous future ahead of it in the
hands of one of the Middle East’s most
experienced telecom executives

INVEST

148 | NEWS

Catch up on investment ideas and

advice from around the world

150 | SUNIL BENIMADHU

Since opening up to the global market

in 2009 and taking a lead on ethical

investing, the Stock Exchange of

Mauritius continues to punch well

above its weight

158 | DAMIEN GERMÈS

NGK Spark Plug Europe opened a

massive distribution centre in Germany

that’s set to reap benefits for many

years to come

162 | ROWAN KARSTEL

Buffalo Coal’s CEO is on a mission to

slash the company’s debt and boost

safety and operational efficiency

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INDULGE

168 | NEWS

All work and no play is no fun. Enjoy

some time out with these great ways to

indulge yourself and those you love

174 | CITY STOPOVER: TOKYO

Don’t know where to stay, eat, drink or

what to do in Tokyo? We have the

insider intel

178 | CHANGE MAKERS

RULE BREAKERS

The CEO Magazine’s Chris Dutton visits

excusive Bawah Island with some of the

world’s greatest innovators

182 | EXTREME SPORT

Photographer Ale Di Lullo gets some

snaps of his friend, a pioneering

street rider

184 | CEO CV

Founder and former CEO of Inditex

Amancio Ortega came from humble

origins to become the wealthiest

person in Europe

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