BUSINESS INSTITUTE IESIDE campus at A Coruña 4 // IESIDE Business Institute // 5

ABANCA shows its social commitment 2 through its financial activity, contributing to the + 74,100 m economic progress of the region. It provides the finance and development of Afundación of first-class facilities and IESIDE as part of its corporate social responsibility. ABANCA is also committed We offer decentralized presence to financial activities that boost social throughout improvement and sustainable growth, and does so in a transparent manner, in accordance with the 10 principles of the Global Compact, as well as with the development objectives + 60,000 approved by the United Nations. students At IESIDE, we look to educate students as have studied at our campuses leaders of the future and to contribute toward improving the competitiveness of national and international enterprises.

We combine excellence, innovation and new + 40 % learning technologies with a differential, MBA full-time adaptable and eficient academic model based on cognitive and affective competencies. international students We have agreements signed with We develop activities linked to R+D+I and universities in Europe, Asia to the industrial sector, in collaboration with and America the research and technology and innovation centers of ABANCA. + 96 % of our undergraduate and graduate students LEADING UNIVERSITY BUSINESS EDUCATION get a job within their year of graduation FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS With us, your future is guaranteed 210 The Intercontinental Higher Education Business Institute (IESIDE) professors, professionals, IESIDE is a private higher education institution, with a strong international associates and collaborators orientation and specialized in the broad scope of business, with a diverse interdisciplinary quality offer and with more than 30 years of experience with extensive teaching experience in the field. and national and international prestige IESIDE is the strategic project of higher education of Afundación, the non-profit social and cultural institution of ABANCA. It is the first financial institution of Galicia, committed to social and economic development of the Northwest of Spain and Portugal. + 7,800 In addition to IESIDE’s undergraduate and graduate higher education business and industrial programs, it has in combination with Afundación, two community colleges and vocational education institutions. One in A Coruña, specialized in areas enterprises of administration and technology applied to management, and the other have relied on our institution, both to train its one in Vigo, specialized in the industrial, robotics and technological fields. management cadres, and to incorporate new talent through internship programs 6 // IESIDE Business Institute // 7

A DIFFERENTIAL ACADEMIC MODEL

An educational solution oriented to the business • As part of the educational process of our students world for each stage of life. The teaching offered by (internships, exchanges, etc.). IESIDE includes face-to-face, online and hybrid-type • Incorporating professors and professionals actively academic programs, as well as corporate courses linked to the business world. aimed at business and other enterprises, teaching their students to become highly qualified professionals and • Developing management and leadership consulting lead the organizations of which they are part. services for business and enterprises. • Doing extensive in-company education. Contact with business reality. Our degrees were designed with a deep knowledge of the needs of • Performing anticipatory education and simulation of business and with an aim of establishing a strong future business for entrepreneurial learning. emphasis on collaboration: The blended-learning methodology combines The course’s international approach is reflected face-to-face education based on case studies, in the growing profile of our faculty and our striking a balance between practice and theory, students, in their mobility, in the agreements with intensive use of technology. This happens with foreign universities that allow for our joint both in the classrooms, which are equipped degree programs, and in the bilingual character with the latest advances and interactive of several of our degrees. videoconferencing systems, and in the virtual campus. IESIDE is a quality-oriented institution. The design and development of the Quality This technology draws national and Assurance System is endorsed by the Agency international contexts and business scenarios for the Quality of the University System of closer together with regard to the transmission Galicia (ACSUG) and Spain, in accordance with of knowledge. Our institutional cooperation the guidelines of the FIDES-AUDIT program, allows us to develop an excellent educational and the international acreditation systems. model that keeps up with the latest trends.

Yago Vera Cuartero Greater China President of INDITEX (ZARA)

“I chose IESIDE among many other possibilities for my BBA studies and, some time afterwards, I can affirm it was a great decision, the right decision. I have no doubt whatsoever that all the knowledge and useful techniques that I learnt at IESIDE were essential for my professional growth. But, developing and training my soft skills were the most relevant aspects for internationally broadening my career all through these years: negotiation, public speaking, conflict resolution, teamwork and encouragement… and everything based on the principle that in order to become a good leader, one has to primarily be a good person.” AN EDUCATIONAL 8 // SOLUTION FOR EACH PROFESSIONAL STAGE their own circumstances. their complete their education according to Inthis way, dispositions. and they can skills knowledge, their and students situation of each of our personal the adapted tomethodology, be can academic in contract learning and in modules structured programs, Our BBA International International BBA Education University University Joint Degree Joint IESIDE professional degrees. and in official structured ofall them in-company and education, continuing education, executive specialized programs, master's degree, areas:six main degree, bachelor’s into are grouped programs The Professional Graduate Graduate Professional Enter the Labor Education to Professional MBA Full Time Programs Market Social Civic Engagement International Business Graduate Programs Graduate Sales Management Responsibility Digital MarketingDigital Digital Economy MBA Part Time MBA Part Human Capital Human Management Big Data Big Taking Finance SAP Tailored Programs: Education In-Company to each Executive Doctorate inBusiness Doctorate Executive Corporate Social Responsibility business industry or enterprise or industry business From Managing Performance People and to Inspiring Executive MBA Executive Business InstituteBusiness Knowledge Innovation, Knowledge Executive Doctorate (DBA) Doctorate Executive Continuing Education Continuing Specialized Programs Specialized Renewal and Update // 9 10 // IESIDE Business Institute // 11

BBA AND MBA DEGREES

IESIDE is an autonomous university center affiliated with the , which is ranked as one of the best young universities in the world by the Times Higher Education classification. IESIDE, as a Vigo University center, offers the two following official degrees:

BBA International MBA / Master in Business Joint Degree Administration professional experience of our faculty, the development of a global vision of business Practical methodology, bilingual English-Spanish university education, teamwork, We are the only private institution in Northwest management (strategy, finance, marketing, business simulations, solving real cases, skills training (communication, negotiation, Spain offering the opportunity to achieve organization, human capital, etc.), an emphasis etc.), economics, mathematics, psychology, in addition to the possibility of partaking an official university MBA with two different on real business situations and projects about of an international joint degree program in collaboration with Dublin Business modalities: full-time, aimed at recent graduates all types of business that are then presented in School. Those are some of the differentials that make it possible for our students of any academic branch, and part-time, for front of an academic and professional jury. What to become highly qualified professionals in financial services, marketing, digital young professionals who want to boost their also sets our program apart is the practice and media, strategy, management and other state-of-the-art fields. Proof of this is our careers. training of personal skills, the development of employability rate of 70% in less than a month after finishing the program. communication techniques (speaking in public, Our IESIDE differentiating features are a effective presentations, etc.) and decision practical approach based on the teaching and making and time management. 12 // IESIDE Business Institute // 13

PROFESSIONAL MASTER'S DEGREES

Executive MBA

The program seeks to turn students into business managers, leaders of people, and executives. Its structure and operation are focused on teaching and applying the most effective and current company management methods, in both interdisciplinary and funcional areas.

A Sample of Professional International which the current business world will develop. Master’s Degrees The client is at the center of the marketing and The Master in International Business is the sales strategy and activities. Good knowledge Professionals from each field only bilingual master's degree in international and practical implementation of these strategies participate in the design of these management in Galicia. It incorporates the will provide an integrated vision of the role that specialized master’s programs, Purchasing Game technology, in which students marketing and sales play within a company in order to guarantee a training negotiate in real time with suppliers located in operating in an increasingly digitized context. oriented to the business reality different parts of the world. It develops specific and to allow for the immediate modules to deal with cultural differences or The Master in Digital Marketing incorporates application of the techniques and multicultural environments. This is the best the entire world of online marketing in a single tools that are used in the classroom. degree program in Northwest of Spain for those program. It allows the student to master the most professionals who are interested in developing advanced disciplines in marketing, advertising, Finance skills in international business from a strategic communication and online sales, with a learning point of view. methodology based on practice, with real cases, The Master in Economic and and led by active digital experts. Financial Management is oriented Marketing toward effective financial Technology and Management management and the revision of IESIDE offers programs in collaboration with ESIC, the different planning and control which is one of the best business schools in the The Master in SAP, conducted in collaboration systems, in order to take a step world according to the prestigious international with SAP Spain and Minsait, offers the possibility forward toward training in corporate rankings of QS, Wall Street Journal, Times Higher of becoming a SAP-certified consultant. It is the finance, covering methods of Education and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, among only master offering a global vision of the entire business valuation, growth rates and others. ERP and its different components and relations, corporate restructuring. Portfolio in order to then specialize in one particular management plays an important The Master in Marketing and Sales Management field: finance, purchasing, sales, HR, Netweaver, role in this master's degree, in (GESCO) is the reference master in the field of business intelligence, budgeting and financial which students learn to design marketing and business. This program differs consolidation, thus contributing to the digital real strategies to achieve profitable from others in its adaptation to the latest market transformation of the company. growth. needs and its inclusion of the digital approach in 14 // IESIDE Business Institute // 15

Pazo of San Roque (Galician ancestral home), IESIDE campus at Vigo OTHER IESIDE GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Big Data, Blockchain, Business Intelligence, Communication Management, Corporate Applied PROFESSIONAL Psychology, Digital Business, Digital Economy, Human Capital, International Marketing, STUDIES International Logistics, Management for Non-profit Organizations, Organizational Leadership, Project Management, Risk Analysis and Control, Sustainability and Social Responsibility. Specialized programs Continuous training

These are shorter training activities Through seminars, conferences, that allow for in-depth exploration training sessions and workshops, Rafael Sánchez of specific topics, while acquiring we inform and prepare on the CFO at Trison Worldwide the knowledge, abilities and latest trends that affect all areas of leadership skills necessary to face the business world. new challenges.

Areas: Business Management, Executive Development, Project IN-COMPANY Management and Administration, EDUCATION PROGRAMS "The human touch in the relationship with my International Operations classmates, the staff at the school, the close Management, International interaction with the faculty… At IESIDE we are Marketing, International Expansion, As leaders in the professional education of managers welcomed in a way that cannot be captured Financial Management, Planning for more than 30 years, we have acquired a very precise by a catalogue, and I don’t think anyone can and Monitoring Financial knowledge of the reality of the business environment. actually explain it. You have to experience it Management, Big Data, Business Through our in-company training programs, we seek to for yourself. Intelligence and Controlling and pass on that experience and knowledge to each individual […] Human Capital. client. What we offer is professional education tailored to IESIDE uses the same teaching techniques as each company. the best business schools in the world.” 16 // IESIDE Business Institute // 17

DATA FROM OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES 70 % of our students

are hired by the same company in which they did their internship

45,000 students

have studied at our college

IESIDE Community College at A Coruña IESIDE Community College at Vigo +770 students IESIDE Community College at Vigo are currently enrolled Teaching quality, technological This College was created in 1948 in the city of Vigo, under the name of Colegio Hogar. infrastructure and partnerships with the It is considered a two-year college that society’s economically productive sector. enjoys an excellent reputation. It offers three 2 higher-level professional and technical 25,751 m education programs and six intermediate-level vocational education programs. of physical facilities The College also offers courses to persons available to students COMMUNITY who are currently employed, in order to ensure COLLEGES that their specialized professional knowledge is up to date. Intermediate-level vocational education is a part for young persons in the areas of Administration and Higher-level professional and technical Recognized of secondary post-compulsory education, while IT. Currently, this two-year Community College education programs higher-level vocational education or two-year offers three higher-level professional and technical Automation and Industrial Robotics faculty technical education is part of the higher education education programs. • Electronic Maintenance programs, as are the university degrees. They are • Programming of Production in in all specialized study structured in theoretical and practical modules Higher-level professional and technical education • Mechanical Manufacturing programs that are suited to diverse professional fields. The programs majority of our programs involve 2000 hours or Intermediate-level vocational education two-academic years of study, equivalent to 120 • Management Assistant programs ECTS. Development of Multi-platform Applications • Digital Pre-Press Quality and Finance and Administration • • Graphic Printing IESIDE Community College at A Coruña • • Telecommunication Installation employability Electric and Automatic Installation The College was created in 1961 in the city of A • Machining are what set us apart Coruña. Its objective is to offer innovative teaching • • Soldering and Welding 18 // IESIDE Business Institute // 19

INTERNATIONAL 1 SCOPE

Our students can complete their training at the best universities in Europe, Asia and America, thanks to DARI. Advanced Diploma Program our agreements with 19 renowned in International Relations. higher education institutions. 4 We carry out a program of Spanish language and Where they are: international business in EUROPE: 7 collaboration with UIBE NORTH AMERICA: 3 in Beijing. Its intercultural LATIN AMERICA: 7 nature is intended to assist Spanish companies in their ASIA: 2 entry and positioning in the Chinese market, providing them with professionals from China.

Master in International Business Our MIB graduates occupy IESIDE is a member of: international managerial positions, and many of them EFMD, European Foundation for develop their professional Management Development. careers in other countries and in multinational PRME, Principles for Responsible companies such as INDITEX Management Education (United Group (Zara) or Amazon. Nations). SDSN, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (United Nations). International BBA joint degree MBA Full Time Executive MBA CLADEA, Latin American Council of As a result of the agreement Our exchange program The professionals and Business Administration Schools. signed with Dublin Business allows IESIDE students executives of the Executive Fundación Carolina, a foundation School, our students can to study at the Poznań MBA attend the international promoting cultural and educational obtain a joint degree University to obtain a business program at relations between Spain and the that will award them two second master's degree Georgetown University in Ibero-American Community of european official degrees: from that university, and Washington, DC. Nations, chaired by the King of the Irish Degree and the Polish students can attend Spain. Spanish Degree in Business one term of the MBA in Administration. Spain. AASBI, Asian Association of International Business Schools. 20 // IESIDE Business Institute // 21

INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE, OUR COMMITMENT

Majda Elass Product Manager at Zara Kids - INDITEX

"IESIDE has opened many doors for me. Thanks to my degree, I was able to access the company where I am today: INDITEX. They know that when you come from IESIDE, you have been fully trained, with analytical and management skills, and that you are hardworking and work well in a team..."

Lucía Gefaell Sonia Conde The annual satisfaction surveys carried out with the • OUTDOOR TRAINING CMO for Retail of PSA Peugeot-Citroën Project Manager of Adolfo Domínguez students from the University of Vigo place IESIDE in Quick and accurate decision making in complex and Group at Vigo (textile firm present in 43 countries) first place as the best valued center in this university. unfamiliar situations is a fundamental skill for leaders. “IESIDE goes beyond theory and "In addition to the tools that we apply on Leadership and soft skills are central to our educational • STATE-OF-THE-ART TECNOLOGY teaches you about the practical side a daily basis, IESIDE makes us leave our experience. An innovative model that incorporates: Interactive videoconferences in classrooms equipped of real life. Studying at IESIDE gave me comfort zone, it opens our minds. The with automated cameras featuring auto-tracking and the confidence to make decisions and classes and the learning methods are • LEARNING BY DOING face-recognition software, as well as state-of-the-art have a more global vision of what a very enjoyable with lots of teamwork. We combine lectures with the practical application of conference microphones. This shows the considerable company is.” The visiting professors are professionals knowledge. investment made in technological resources in order to from large companies, guaranteeing that guarantee that students make the most of the training the content is up-to-date." • BUSINESS GAMES sessions. Our students put into practice their capacity to analyze and make decisions as well as their own skills, all with • EMPLOYABILITY the support of specialists. Several factors make up our high rate of employability: our assessment center, the job search workshops • MENTORING - COACHING with leading companies in the area (INDITEX, Citröen Our students have advisors to develop their professional Peugeot Group, KPMG, Estrella Galicia, etc.), the expectations and self-sufficiency so they can achieve practical approach of our methodology, as well as the goals we set for them. the academic quality of our faculty, formed by active professionals with great pedagogical capacity. 22 // IESIDE Business Institute // 23

FROM GALICIA TO THE WORLD SF 2. CAMPUS IESIDE has three campuses, in A 1 Coruña, Pontevedra and Vigo, three multicampus libraries with online access, sports facilities and a student residence hall located in Pontevedra. It also has the additional support of SF sites and headquarters of ABANCA and SF Afundación in major cities of Galicia. The facilities include administration, classroom and research buildings, universitary residence and sports facilities, in which the team of IESIDE It is mainly intended for education programs in provides face-to-face education, collaboration with other universities with which 2 complemented with a virtual we have collaboration agreements. Its activity campus for online learning and the SRH SF began with the DARI, the Advanced Diploma most advanced multimedia and 3 Program in International Relations. technological means.

1. A CORUÑA CAMPUS 3. VIGO CAMPUS

This building complex has several areas, such as Its facilities include a four-story modern study and seminar rooms, computer and digital building, parking spaces and large green areas. library, enterpreneurship areas, case study Teaching rooms, equipped with the most modern classrooms, library, modern cafeteria, student tools, stand out for their excellent acoustics and faculty facilities and an auditorium for large and hemicycle design, enabling very active and audiences. They are equipped with the most participative class dynamics. There are also advanced multimedia and technological means. many seminar rooms and offices for group work, It offers underground parking spaces and green a library, computer rooms and multimedia areas. rooms for the students’ personal use outside school hours. A pleasant environment at the service of learning. 24 // IESIDE Business Institute // 25

CUTTING EDGE STUDENT RESIDENCE HALL (SRH) FACILITIES

Located in the city center of Pontevedra, our residence hall can host up to 129 students, with 44 double rooms and 41 single rooms.

SATELLITE FACILITIES (SF)

In each of the Afundación sites in Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense and Santiago, Graduation ceremony for IESIDE students who have earned the International BBA joint degree IESIDE makes 74,100 m2 of facilities available to students, comprising there are excellent physical facilities with specific technological and classrooms, workshops, libraries, workrooms, conference halls and teaching resources with individual workstations, meeting rooms and other spaces for academic use, along with social spaces, coffee shops, auditoriums. We also have additional digital technology facilities as game rooms, a gym, soccer fields and futsal courts, a basketball court, part of IESIDE in Ourense. handball courts, and spacious garden areas. 26 // IESIDE Business Institute // 27

ALUMNI, Some of our more notable alumni A COMMUNITY TO GROW Ana Pastor Julián Yago Vera Cuartero President of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish Greater China President of INDITEX (Shanghai, Parliament (2016–2019) China)

Alumni are the permanent meeting point for IESIDE graduates, where they can carry on developing, both professionally and academically. A place to discuss their professional concerns and needs, to share their perspectives and strengthen ties to succeed in their projects.

Lifelong learning activities -- a network of mentors, business advisors and coaches; job listings; networking activities; work breakfasts; as well as annual meetings -- help members keep in touch with each other and with IESIDE, making this community the most important collective of business managers and executives in Galicia.

José Antonio Chorén Otero Alberto de Francisco Guisasola Telmo Pérez Luaces Managing Director at ARESA Chief Financial Officer of ABANCA Corporación Director of Innovation of ACCIONA Group and Bancaria, S.A., Spain I’MNOVATION Startups, Spain “After graduating from the Executive MBA, I’ve kept in touch with my school thanks to alumni. It has become a meeting point and a place for networking, through both training and leisure activities. Their mentoring services, job listings and counselling have become the cornerstone of my professional development. For me, alumni is much more than an association, it is the red thread of destiny connecting all IESIDE graduates.” the ABANCA foundation The supporting institution of IESIDE

Detail of the facade of Afundación headquarters at A Coruña 30 // IESIDE Business Institute // 31

AFUNDACIÓN, THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENTITY OF NORTHWEST SPAIN: A CSR INSTITUTION OF ABANCA

Reforestation promoted by ABANCA and Afundación volunteers Afundación Theater at Vigo

IESIDE is part of Afundación, At Afundación, we focus on developing a private, non-profit Galician four strategic lines: an innovative and institution dating back to 1842. quality higher education, oriented to The mission of Afundación is to The Intercontinental Higher Education the business world through IESIDE; carry out educational, social and Business Institute (IESIDE) is the main the active participation of the elderly cultural activities in a sustained, in society; the development of people efficient and relevant way and to education project of Afundación through culture; and volunteering as an contribute to the development agent of social transformation. of society as a whole. 32 // IESIDE Business Institute // 33

AFUNDACIÓN’S MILESTONES

We plant the seeds for a more informed, educated and supportive society +1,100,000 persons benefit from our activities

+ 115,000 We are the main institution for the social and cultural participants in the Values promotion of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula. Education program

AFUNDACIÓN’S SIGNATURE PROGRAMS + 22,000 participants Education and knowledge in the Financial Education program

• Technological education • Financial education for all ages • Preschool education 180,000 • ABANCA Responsable and ABANCA Innova Forums users per year of our 5 libraries

Active Aging • Digital and technological education +26,000 • Active leisure (cultural travel, artistic expression, The president of Afundación and IESIDE during the celebration of the European Day of Solidarity Between Generations participate in activities healthy habits) in our 11 centers for the elderly, named Intergenerational programs related to education, • “Espacios +60” work, migration and voluntary services AFUNDACIÓN CODE OF ETHICS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES AFUNDACIÓN AND IESIDE Culture + 1,100 Afundación and IESIDE operate according to a It is the highest governing and administrative participants body of Afundación and includes representatives code of professional ethics and conduct, whose • Exhibition and conservation of Afundación’s art in voluntary service activities collection from: ABANCA, the town councils of the objective is to establish patterns of behavior for seven major Galician cities, the four provincial every person belonging to both institutions in • Performing arts (music, theatre, dance). Afundación Theaters at Pontevedra and Vigo councils of Galicia, the Parliament of Galicia, the exercise of their duties. It prevents them from Xunta de Galicia (The Regional Government), being used with political, private or personal • Sociocultural activities and exhibitions at Afundación’s 7 sites and the entity’s staff. interests or as an instrument for illegitimate + 2,500 or inappropriate purposes that are not those the institution was created for. It is also an sociocultural activities every year ethical reference for people not belonging to Voluntary Service Afundación or IESIDE who maintain any kind of Afundación is committed to social relationship w ith the organization. Environmental 7 • responsibility, sustainability policies All data of public interest are accessible • Educational multifunctional centers Social and cultural and civic engagement permanently on our websites afundacion.org • and ieside.edu in each one of the main Galician cities 34 // IESIDE Business Institute // 35

GALICIA THE BASE OF IESIDE’S AND AFUNDACIÓN’S ACTIVITY

granite art. The region features many lighthouses, baths and hot springs, as well as ancient industrial structures. Among Galicia’s greatest treasures are four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the historical city of Santiago de Compostela and its cathedral; the Way of St James – declared as the first European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe in 1987; the Roman walls of Lugo; and the Roman lighthouse in A Coruña, also known as the Tower of Hercules.

Natural Heritage

Galicia, located in the Northwest corner of and Galician are the two official languages From the sea level to the mountains, the Iberian Peninsula, is an autonomous of the autonomous region, which is Galicia has a wide variety of natural businesses of varying sizes that represent region that is also considered a historical famous for its breathtaking landscapes, habitats. It is home to six Biosphere the following sectors: maritime, nation within Spain. Galicia’s capital, gastronomy, history, and, above all, for its Reserves, which represent 25% of its aeronautic, automotive, lumber, fishing, Santiago de Compostela, is 370 miles artistic and cultural heritage territory, comprising oak, chestnut, canning, agro-alimentary, fashion and from Madrid and 335 miles from Lisbon. walnut and other leafy forests. Some textile, metallurgy, stone, renewable Vigo, Galicia’s largest city, is less than 25 History and Artistic and Cultural Heritage even have rare ferns and lichens. Galicia energy and ICT. Notable enterprises in miles from the Portuguese border. also boasts the most extensive yew forest Galicia include INDITEX (Zara, Pull&Bear, Linked to traditional Celtic populations, in all of Europe, as well as archipelagos, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Situated on the shores of both the Atlantic conquered by the Romans, visited by the islands, beaches, sand dunes, wetlands Oysho, Uterqüe), PSA Peugeot-Citroën, Ocean and the Cantabrian Sea, Galicia is Greeks, Phoenicians, Vikings, Almoravids, and river corridors. Pescanova, Metalúrgica Galaica, Hijos de noted for its coastal landscape of cliffs and many other European peoples along Rivera, Vego Supermercados, GADISA, and 12 estuaries. This, together with more St James’s Way since the 9th Century, Corporate Network Jealsa Rianxeira, Froiz, Constructora San than 700 beaches, makes it an ideal tourist Galicia became a melting pot of cultures José, Pontegadea, COPASA, Viewnext destination. Its mountainous inland areas between the Mediterranean and the Galicia, the home of an ambitious of IBM, Adolfo Domínguez, Sociedad crisscrossed by multiple flowing streams Atlantic. Its heritage is incredibly rich, and enterprising people, boasts an Textil Lonia (Carolina Herrera y have given the land its literary name of with an abundance of prehistoric, Celtic ever-growing production network Purificación García), NETEX, Escurís, “the country of a thousand rivers.” and Roman archeological remains, that is making a transition to a new COREN, Finsa, CUPA Group, Astilleros numerous Roman churches, cathedrals, production model that is more oriented Barreras among many others, including Most of its two and a half million and medieval bridges, baroque and towards technological innovation and our sponsor ABANCA Corporación inhabitants live in coastal cities. Spanish neoclassical palaces notable for their internationalization. The region includes Bancaria, S.A. ieside.edu This leaflet is made with 100% recycled paper and has been is made with 100% This leaflet management. in compliance with sustainable forest produced

IESIDE and Afundación are institutional projects of ABANCA