Luc\u00eda Casanueva, founding partner of Proa Comunicaci\u00f3n, was selected as a member of the panel of judges of the \"Mujer L\u00edder 2019\" awards (Women Leaders of 2019), whose 15 members have unanimously elected Adriana Dom\u00ednguez, CEO of Adolfo Dom\u00ednguez, as \"Mujer L\u00edder 2019\".<\/p>\n
Adriana Dom\u00ednguez currently spearheads the renewal and reorientation process of the said designer fashion firm, which has thus far allowed the company to achieve its first operating profit (+ 1.2M euros) since 2011. The award ceremony is part of the celebration of the 14th Women and Leadership Forum at the headquarters of the law firm DLA Piper.<\/p>\n
The panel highlighted the career and professional achievements of the executive, as well as her notable humanistic character. Since July 2017, Dom\u00ednguez led the transformation of Adolfo Dom\u00ednguez, first as managing director and later as CEO. The new management of the firm has achieved, in these last two years, an increase of 26% in its comparable sales, an improvement in its stock price of 255%, an online sales growth of 80% and a return to operating profit after improving its Ebitda by 107%.<\/p>\n
In addition to Luc\u00eda Casanueva, the panel was comprised of Sebasti\u00e1n \u00c1lvaro, journalist and writer, \u00c1lvaro Fern\u00e1ndez-Villaverde, Marquis of Santa Cruz, Rita Gasalla, CEO of G\u00e4low and member of Ellevate Network, Mart\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez-Palacios, coordinator of the Women and Leadership Forum, Juana Jim\u00e9nez, businesswoman, Lary Le\u00f3n, journalist at Atresmedia, Pilar Menor, managing partner of DLA Piper, Mariola Olivera, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Madrid, Ana Poyatos, back office manager of UBS Wealth Management, Marta Ripoll\u00e9s, Prodis Foundation, Eva S\u00e1nchez, Citizens C's, Carmen Torres, Association of Fashion Companies of Spain, Bel\u00e9n Varela, expert in organisation and people, and lecturer Eduardo Vizca\u00edno, of the digital editions of Siglo XXI.<\/p>\n
Extensive Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Adriana Dom\u00ednguez Gonz\u00e1lez has been CEO of the Adolfo Dom\u00ednguez group since May 2018. In July 2017, she was appointed managing director and top executive of the company. Years before she had been on the board of directors, she was Director of the Perfumes Brand and Director of Communication.<\/p>\n She speaks five languages and holds a degree in International Business Studies from ICADE and CESEM (France) and The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York. She has a Master of Thought from the Contemporary School of Humanities of Madrid. She has immtimate knowledge of the company which she led for 17 years. She oversaw several projects in different business areas including the design of the company's concept store and the creation of five capsule collections of the women's fashion line.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Luc\u00eda Casanueva, founding partner of Proa Comunicaci\u00f3n, was selected as a member of the panel of judges of the \u00abMujer L\u00edder 2019\u00bb awards (Women Leaders of 2019), whose 15 members have unanimously elected Adriana Dom\u00ednguez, CEO of Adolfo Dom\u00ednguez, as \u00abMujer L\u00edder 2019\u00bb. Adriana Dom\u00ednguez currently spearheads the renewal and reorientation process of the said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":12697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1101,319,1102,1103],"class_list":["post-12690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-proa","tag-adriana-dominguez-en","tag-lucia-casanueva-en","tag-mujer-lider-2019-en","tag-women-leaders-2019"],"yoast_head":"\n