Vicent Berbegal, president and founder of Actiu, has been awarded European Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 at the European Business Awards (EBA) ceremony, during a gala in Dubrovnik (Croatia). The main aim of the awards is to promote commercial excellence and to recognise entrepreneurial innovation.

Berbegal is the first entrepreneur from Spain in the history of the awards to achieve this recognition. The jury, made up of leading international figures in business and international policy, especially valued Vicente Berbegal’s abilities to identify and harness new opportunities to expand business and achieve profitable growth throughout his professional career lasting almost half a century.