CaixaBank recognises the professional career and talent
of female business leaders in Spain with its Women in
Business Award 2019
The winner will be one of the two Spanish representatives at the IWEC
2019 awards, held in New Delhi on 12 November.
CaixaBank, Spain’s leading retail bank, has launched the third edition of its Women in Business Award, recognising the professional and business excellence of women who maintain a renowned leadership background in the Spanish business environment.
The award has been endorsed nationwide for its boost to diversity and its contribution to promoting gender equality in the Spanish society. In this sense, the award aims to increase the visibility, credibility, social acceptance and respect for woman in business, helping to create social consensus on women’s large role in the current economic and social landscape.
The winner of the CaixaBank Women in Business Award 2019 will be one of the two Spanish representatives at the IWEC awards, within the framework of the 12th International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC). This conference brings together the worldwide network of leading businesswomen and will be held this year in New Delhi from 10 to 13 November. The second candidate will be selected by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, a driving force behind these international awards. The Women in Business Award 2019 is part of the CaixaBank Wengage Programme, launched in 2017 to develop and promote the value of diversity inside and outside the company. The Women in Business Award panel is made up of the CaixaBank Diversity committee, featuring senior members of the managerial committee and leaders from the diversity projects. The panel is responsible for monitoring the strategy and the results.
The candidates must fulfill the conditions established by IWEC, including, being majority shareholders of their company and being actively involved in the daily operations of the business. Furthermore, the company must be at least three years old, have a minimum annual earnings equivalent to 1.5 million dollars and show a commitment to honesty, equity, objectivity and accountability.
During the first phase, 3 candidates will be selected from each of the 14 CaixaBank regional management offices. Next, a finalist will be chosen from each region. Lastly, from these 14 finalists, the national winner will be selected for the third edition. She will follow Inés Juste, Chairwoman of the Juste Group, and Rocío Hervella, Founder and CEO of Prosol, the winners of the first and second editions of the CaixaBank Women in Business Award, respectively.
Both found the experience to be very positive. For Inés Juste, “being Woman in Business of the year was a source of pride for me and highlighted the work of the country’s business community, which contributes so much to economic and social development”. Her experience at IWEC gave her “a greater world view from a business perspective and the opportunity join a network of women of extraordinary value, both professionally and personally”.
Rocío Hervella affirms that the award brought her major personal and professional encouragement; and emphasises the importance of these kinds of initiatives as “very necessary and beneficial, as they provide unprecedented visibility to the female role models of many women who still have a long road ahead of them”.
Continue to read and view the list of finalists.
