Dubai, September 24th, 2018
Fantastic news for the Spanish Business Council.
The members of the SBC have voted yes, to the transition of becoming Official Chamber of Commerce of Spain in UAE.
Since its foundation in 2005, the SBC has grown every year with the effort and support of all members and all people who have worked on it. This achievement is the result of an excellent work done during the past thirteen years.
The Extraordinary General Meeting celebrated yesterday at DUKES Hotel in Palm Jumeirah gathered together the mayority of the SBC members.
We were honored by the presence of the Ambassador of Spain, Antonio Alvarez Barthe, honorific member of the Spanish Business Council and also by the presence of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Spain in UAE, Erik Rovina.
The event started with a welcome drink, followed by a presentation where Guillermo Cobelo, Chairman of the Spanish Business Council talked about the evolution and new goals of the SBC. Ambassador of Spain Antonio Alvarez Barthe continued explaining the support of the Spanish Embassy in this proces and finally Erik Rovina clarified all the changes made in the new Articles of Association.
Once the votation was finished with a 97% of the votes in favor, the guests enjoyed a nice cocktail offered by DUKES Hotel full of Spanish details, like a dessert with the spanish flag.