Stability, consolidation of the work carried out over the last eight years and looking to the future also in terms of relief. The Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Cordoba (CECO) opens its doors electoral process for the election of the president for his general meeting he Next October 17. And this in a spirit of continuity. On the one hand, because the candidacy of Antonio Diaz -its general manager for the past eight years- is considered safe, according to sources consulted by ABC. Also because within the employers’ organization, there is unanimity regarding the re-election of the one who is also president of the Chamber of Commerce, which invalidates any attempt at an alternative candidacy.
From today until next Thursday, the deadline for submitting applications opens, which must receive 20% of the support of the voting members of the general assembly (associations and companies). This is going to be something more than 110 mentions. Currently, the highest representative body has more than 550 members, a record number so far within CECO.
Nowadays, both the largest sectoral associations and the individually associated companies They confirmed and modified their representatives to the assembly which now finds itself facing a deliberation which reserves few surprises.
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Antonio Díaz has been at the head of CECO for eight years, although he was previously general secretary for just over 31 years. Born in Cordoba (1958), he is married and father of two children. Degree in Law from the University of Cordoba and Diploma in Senior Management from the San Telmo International Institute. He knows “house” like no one else and his arrival at the presidency caused a statutory modification to give it executive powers to this.
Likewise, it has been the institutional face of the employers’ association in its relations with public administrations, with trade union organizations and with higher-level employers’ organizations or with the administrations themselves. It is one of the four vice-presidents of the CEA. In addition to being a member, he has been president of the Chamber of Commerce since 2019, re-elected in 2023.
A double challenge assumed by Díaz during these eight years in the Confederation of Businessmen of Córdoba was balance internal accounts very affected by the transfer operation to the Huerta de la Reina headquarters in full economic crisis and open the association to dozens of companies who have joined – large and small – individually and believing in the role of the business association. His dialogue with others social agents and institutions They also support him throughout this period.
