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Ada Villafafila
Operations Director
AB Azucarera Iberia
Calle Cardenal Marcelo Spínola, 42 280516 Madrid
Head of Engineering, before being appointed Strategy Director in 2013.
Her last challenge in Azucarera came
a couple of years ago, when she was appointed Operations Director, a role that she loves and that has given her the opportunity to go back to her “origins” but with a 360 degrees perspective of the business
Direct Line: +34 917 245 125 Mobile: +34 686 165 129
Email: ada.villafafila@azucarera.es
PA: Melanie Pritchard
Direct Line: +34 917 245 109 Email: melanie.pritchard@abfol.es
Delegate profile
Ada is a doctor in Chemical Engineering which she gained at the Technical University of Denmark.
She joined Azucarera back in 2008 after 3 years’ experience as Project Manager in Energyst-Caterpillar.
Her first role within Azucarera was Shift Manager and project engineer in our factory in Jerez and later in Toro. Ada then moved to the head offices where she held various roles as Operations Controller, PMO Manager and
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