FCC chairman
attends the farewell ceremony
for
Enrique lglesias, head of the
lbero-American General Secretariat
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Asturias presided over a dinner
last night organized by the Spanish chap-
ter of the Latin American Business Council
(CEAL) in honour of Enrique V. Iglesias, in
recognition of his work at the head of the
Ibero-American General Secretariat since
its foundation in 2005. Esther Alcocer Ko-
plowitz, Chairman of FCC and Vice-Chair of
CEAL, attended the event.
Throughout the event, the Prince and
Princess of Asturias were accompanied
by authorities including Soraya Sáenz de
Santamaría, Spain’s Deputy Prime Minis-
ter, José Manuel García-Margallo, Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ana
Pastor, Minister of Infrastructure, and José
Ignacio Wert, Minister of Education, as well
as numerous representatives of business
and members of the diplomatic corps.
HRH the Prince of Asturias commenced
his address by noting that Enrique Iglesias
has been at the helm of the Ibero-American
General Secretariat for the last eight years,
and that he has accomplished his mis-
sion, notably his “excellent, intense work,
through which he brilliantly fulfilled the tasks
entrusted (...) by the Ibero-American Heads
of State and Government”.
CEAL is a network of the leading entrepre-
neurs in Latin America. It was established
24 years ago with the principal mission of
stimulating its members’ participation in
trade and cooperation, in all aspects where
private enterprise can contribute to stren-
gthening reciprocal links and to the nations’
social and economic progress.
