Jorge Abadía is the current CEO of Telefónica Costa Rica and has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications sector. While working at Telefónica, he played an active role in the company’s process of internationalization and the proposed acquisition of Bellsouth in Latin America for $5.8 billion. Abadía has vast experience in the telecommunications sector all over Latin America, where he has expanded Telefónica operations in addition to completing successful operations in Europe and China which have contributed to positioning Telefónica as a reference shareholder of China UNICOM. Before becoming CEO of Telefónica Costa Rica, he was director of corporate development at Telefónica Latinoamérica and analyzed investments. Prior to that, Abadía held various positions at Telefónica and began as an investment analyst with the company in 1992. He holds a degree in economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and has completed a senior management program at the IESE Business School in Spain and a senior leadership program at INSEAD in France.