The vice president of the engineering and technology consultancy Ayesa, is one of the Spanish representatives in the international awards that are granted every year at the International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC).
This year, the IWEC Awards have recognized the careers of 39 women in business from 18 countries, directing companies with a total combined annual turnover of 5.7 billion dollars, and which employ more than 83,400 people. CaixaBank has been an IWEC partner since 2007.
photo: Arancha Manzanares (Ayesa) and Mar Santana (CaixaBank)
Arancha Manzanares, national winner of the 2019 CaixaBank Women in Business Award, has been recognised in the 12th edition of the 2019 IWEC Awards, delivered within the framework of the annual International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC), an international network of worldwide leading female entrepreneurs, the goal of which is to highlight the role of women entrepreneurs in the global economy.
In this edition, the IWEC Awards have acknowledged the professional career of 39 entrepreneurs from 18 countries. The companies led by these women operate in various sectors, including engineering and construction, textiles, energy supply, education, food and marketing. In total, they have recorded a combined turnover of 5.7 billion dollars and employ 83,400 people.
Arancha Manzanares, vice president of the engineering and technology consultancy Ayesa, has a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Seville (1992 and 2006), and took the Senior Management Programme (PADE) at the IESE Business School. She joined Ayesa in 1996, where she has taken on various roles. In 2004 she became the CEO of ACT Sistemas, the origin of the group’s IT department. Between 2005 and 2007 she took on the role of General Corporate Management. In 2011 she was appointed president of Ayesa Advanced Technologies, and since May 2019 is the vice president of Ayesa.
