Esade Alumni has announced the winner of the Esade 2023 Award: Gonzalo Gortázar, CaixaBank CEO. Gortázar will receive the award during the Annual Esade Alumni Day on 19th June at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.

Gortázar, CEO of CaixaBank since 2014, receives the award in recognition of his responsible leadership and commitment to advancing towards a sustainable economy. The Esade Alumni awards committee also took into account Gortázar’s unwavering commitment to social responsibility, transparency and diversity throughout his professional career.

The award will be presented during the 27th Annual Esade Alumni Day, where Gonzalo Gortázar will share his experience with more than 1,000 Esade alumni attending the annual meeting, entitled 'Leading for impact', where he will share his thoughts on major global changes and transitions and how the challenges of sustainability and social responsibility can be addressed.

About the Esade Awards

The Esade Awards are organized by the Esade alumni community to acknowledge and honor people and organizations that, in the course of their careers, activities or services, have demonstrated the values that define the founding spirit of Esade and who are a benchmark and example for others. Previous years’ winners include Joaquín Duato, CEO of Johnson & Johnson; Ana Botín, president of Banco Santander; James Quincey, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company; Enrique Lores, president of HP Imaging & Printing Solutions; Pablo Isla, CEO of Inditex; Mikael Ohlsson, CEO of Ikea; Carlos Slim, CEO of Inbursa; Indra K. Nooyi, president and CEO of PepsiCo; Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, and Hiroshi Mikitani, founder, president and CEO of Rakuten, Inc.