Mr. Henrik Stamm Kristensen, President of Premium Ingredients, has participated in the Spanish Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Award final after winning  the Award in the Levante Region last October.

Henrik Stamm Kristensen has competed for this award against other important Spanish entrepreneurs from global companies such as Grupo Azvi, Softonic or Desigual, positioning Premium Ingredients at the same level as todays most important business projects in Spain.

Using the words of Mr. Kristensen “The National Entrepreneur of the Year Award is a celebration of innovation and good business practices. Two decades ago, 70% of the innovation was developed in companies with more than 25.000 employees and just a 3% by companies with less than 1.000 employees. Nowadays, almost the 30% of the innovation is created by companies with less than 1.000 employees and just a 20% by companies with more than 25.000”. This situation giving a unique opportunity for new and entrepreneurial companies to compete with multinationals on the global scene.

The award ceremony was carried out on 16th February in The Casino of Madrid becoming a recognition for the hard work and constant effort carried out by Premium Ingredients during the last 15 years, giving the push and confidence to continue the expansion and consolidation of the Premium Ingredients as well as new Blendhub Project.

Organized by Ernst & Young with help of IESE and BNP Paribas

Ernst & Young has carried out the Entrepreneur of the Year Award since 1996 in order to recognize the best entrepreneurs labour and the most successful business practices. The requirements to  participate are to be entrepreneur, shareholders and the main driven force of the  company success.