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Actualidad Económica
and
Telva
today presented the Awards to Women Entrepreneurs in the Balearic Islands, awards that recognize the best managers and professionals in the region, during an event chaired by
Marga Prohens
, president of the Balearic Government, and which included the presence of
Alfonso Rodríguez Badal
, Government delegate, and
Jaime Martínez Llabrés
, mayor of Palma.
In this fifth edition of the awards, Carmen Sampol
, CEO of Grupo Sampol, has been recognized
for the Best Business Career;
Encarna Piñero
, CEO of Grupo Piñero, as Best Director;
Lina Mascaró
, president of Grupo Mascaró, with the trophy for Best Innovative Entrepreneur, and
Rosa Esteva
, founder of Cortana, with the Social Impact Award.
The director of
Telva
,
Olga Ruiz
, and the director of EL MUNDO,
Joaquín Manso
, accompanied by the general director and advisor of Unidad Editorial,
Laura Múgica
, and the deputy director and head of
Actualidad Económica
,
Francisco Pascual
, have been in charge to welcome guests to the event, sponsored by CaixaBank, which was attended by numerous authorities and personalities from the political, economic and social spheres.
Among those attending the event, held at the Son Verí farm, stood out
Antoni Costa
, Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economy, Finance and Innovation;
Alejandro San Pedro
, Minister of Business, Employment and Energy;
Catalina Cirer
, Minister of Families and Social Affairs;
Jaume Llompart
, mayor of Marratxí;
Carmen Planas
, president of the Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB), and
María Frontera
, president of the Hotel Business Federation of Mallorca (FEHM).
"The business sector in the Balearic Islands
today is named after women
: Carmen Sampol, Lina Mascaró, Encarna Piñero and Rosa Esteva. Women who have continued the legacy of a generation of entrepreneurs who laid the foundations of our economy with companies that have passed on our borders," said Marga Prohens, president of the Balearic Government, during her speech. "These are brave women, tireless workers, fighters and leaders in their respective sectors: women leaders who want to lead as women," she continued.
For his part, Jaime Martínez Llabrés has referred to the winners as "
women with the capacity to innovate, take risks and inspire and, above all, with immense talent
." "The well-being and progress achieved in Palma and the rest of Europe and the archipelago over recent decades is due to the tenacity, effort and courage of people who have known how to create wealth and work for the citizens of these Islands" , the councilor has pointed out. "At the City Council we feel very close to these businesswomen. Therefore, the commitment we assume is to facilitate the course of business projects based here as much as possible."
"Light and the sea, commercial talent and a particular environmental awareness have been a main driving force in the construction of the identity of the Balearic Islands and also in the evolution of its own fabric. And they will continue to be so in this era of the industrial revolution marked by globalization, digitalization, decarbonization and also by the strong presence of women in transformative leadership," declared Joaquín Manso. "The winners are an example of the creative impulse,
four women who embody the values that make us believe in ourselves
."
In her speech, Olga Ruiz stated: "It is true that a lot of progress has been made in terms of equality, so much so that we have to congratulate ourselves for it as a society, but I am also convinced that executive women are often followed measuring". "These awards were born with an eye toward the future and the will, not to pay women more attention than men, but to
give them the respect and admiration they deserve
as determining actors of the great social transformation that the world is undergoing. living and to become a reference so that the young generations are not afraid to take risks," added the director of
Telva
.
The winners
This edition of the Business Women Awards has recognized Carmen Sampol with the Best Business Career Award. The Sampol Group, founded by his grandfather 89 years ago, is currently a leading multinational in engineering solutions applied to the energy sector and digitalization, where its CEO is in charge of 1,600 people working on 4,000 projects in 22 countries and four continents. .
For her part, Encarna Piñero, distinguished as Best Director, belongs to the second generation of a family business that began with a travel agency in the 70s and has become a tourism empire. With a star brand like Bahía Príncipe, Grupo Piñero is one of the top seven companies in the sector by turnover.
The Award for Best Innovative Entrepreneur has gone to Lina Mascaró, who has opted for the international projection of products such as Pretty Ballerinas, the brand that pays tribute to the origins of Mascaró, an artisanal ballet slipper workshop created in Ferreries (Menorca) .
Finally, the founder of Cortana, Rosa Esteva, has been chosen by the jury with the Social Impact award, a trophy that Marta Cabrero, head of Project Management for the company, collected on her behalf. The designer's fashion creations are characterized by a careful selection of fabrics and a palette of colors and prints based on the watercolors she hand-painted herself. For two years, in collaboration with master craftsmen from Mallorca, Rosa has launched the Cortana Casa line.
The awards jury was made up of
Antonio Garamendi
, president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE);
María Benjumea
, founder and president of South Summit;
Amparo Moraleda
, independent director;
Luis Carvajal
, partner at Egon Zehnder;
Aurora Catá
, vice president of the Copa América Barcelona;
Olga Ruiz
, director of Telva, and
Francisco Pascual
, deputy director of EL MUNDO.