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Grifols president accepts "Business Leader of the Year" award from Spain-US Chamber of Commerce
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NEW YORK, NY — Victor Grifols Roura, president and managing director of Grifols, was presented the “Business Leader of the Year 2011” award by the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce at a black-tie dinner in New York Tuesday evening.
The award was presented by Angeles Gonzalez Sinde, Spain’s minister of cultural affairs. Attendees included John Walsh, president & CEO of the Alpha-1 Foundation, and notable political and business figures from both Spain and the United States.
In July, Grifols acquired Talecris Biotherapeutics, the American company that produces Prolastin-C, an augmentation therapy for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
The Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce fosters commercial, economic and industrial relations between Spain and the United States.
This award, given annually, recognizes the professional career of business leaders who stand out in their industries, as well as their contribution to the globalization of the economy. In the case of Grifols Roura, his leadership as sales manager of Grifols since 1979, and as president and managing director since 1987 has driven the transition of Grifols and allowed it to grow from a family company to the third largest producer of plasma protein therapies worldwide.
Grifols Roura studied Business Science at the University of Barcelona and joined Grifols in 1973. A man of great strategic and commercial vision, as the Commercial Director he was the architect of the restoration of Grifols’ sales network in Spain. Additionally, as managing director, he was responsible for the in-depth reorganization of the company that allowed it to establish the basis for the multinational group that Grifols is today.
