CaixaBank is Proud to Announce Leonor Freitas, Casa Ermelinda Freitas, Portugal, as 2018 IWEC Awardee and Rocio Hervella, Prosol SA, Spain as well.
Congratulations, Ladies, for being chosen by the prestigious banking institution based in Spain, CaixaBank, as their 2018 IWEC Awardees. We look forward to honoring you at our annual conference in Shanghai in September on the campus of CEIBS!
About Leonor:
Leonor Freitas, CEO, Casa Ermelinda Freitas, www.ermelindafreitas.pt/
Leonor Freitas initially started her career as a social worker. After her father’s death, she took on the family winemaking business which had started in 1920. At the time the company exclusively sold unbranded wine in bulk. In the late 90s she ventured into producing and bottling her own brands, making her mission to produce quality wines in all market levels. In 2004 she left the Health Department to run the wine business full time. Since then she has achieved national and international notoriety with her wines with over 1000 awards.
About Rocio:
Rocio Hervella, CEO, Prosol SA, www.prosol.coffee
Rocio is the CEO of Prosol, a dominant coffee company in the world. She has a degree in Law and several Masters degrees. Her career has been always related to the world of coffee. In 1998 she founded PROSOL with two main associates and almost seventy other small partners. Today, she owns the company with another partner and serves as the CEO. PROSOL offers soluble coffee, cereals and coffee-based beverages and compatible capsules for clients in more than 30 countries around the world. PROSOL employs more than 250 people and is a valued player in the industry.