Last Wednesday the presentation of the Women Award took place in Brussels, Belgium. The winner of this year's edition is Elien Pieters, CEO of Gediflora, world's biggest breeding and propagation company of ball-shaped chrysanthemums.The winner has the privilege to be called 'entrepreneur of the year' for a year.
Hilde Crevits awards Elien Pieters. Photo: Twitter @crevits
Elien received the award from the Flemish Minister of Economy, Innovation, Work, Social Economy and Agriculture and Sea Fishing Hilde Crevits.
It is the first time that someone from the green sector has won this title. It brings many opportunities to show the outside world how dynamic and innovative the green sector is. Elien is therefore determined to seize this opportunity with both hands.
With the company motto: 'Dream, Think, Dare, Do' Elien is driven to make growers all over the world successful. Elien took over the family business from her father in 2013 and has continued the company with the same passion ever since. Under her leadership international growth continued. Every year, Gediflora supplies eighty million cuttings to plant growers in more than forty countries. Worldwide, almost half of all pot chrysanthemums are produced by Gediflora.
source: Gedilora