The Rector of the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, Jesús T. Pastor Ciurana, presided today in the auditorium of the Rectorate and Social Council building over the closing ceremony of the Family Business Chairs courses offered jointly by the UMH and the University of Alicante (UA).

Attendees included Mónica Martí Sempere, Vice-Rector for Economic Planning at the UA; Francisco Gómez Andreu, President of the Alicante Family Business Association (AEFA); Francisco Borja Miralles, President of the UMH Social Council; Fernando Vidal Giménez, Vice-Rector for Economics and Business at the UMH; Fernando Olivares Delgado, Director of the UA Chair; Nunci Serrano Segarra, Director of the UMH Family Business Chair; and representatives of sponsors and participating businesspeople. The sponsors are the Alicante Family Business Association (AEFA), the Manuel Peláez Foundation, and Mercadona.

During the ceremony, diplomas were awarded to the students who completed their studies in the Family Business Chairs courses in Elche and Alicante. María Dolores Padilla Garre, a student in the Chair at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), also spoke on behalf of the students.

The aim of the Family Business Management Course is to highlight the role of family businesses in the national and provincial economy, and to complement university students’ academic training with visits from local business owners who explain the unique characteristics that make family businesses an ideal place to develop a professional future. In addition, visits to companies within the province are encouraged to learn about their internal operations and how they address the various aspects that have made them unique and successful. Furthermore, the course provides training on crucial aspects of finding one’s first job, as well as tools for launching one’s own entrepreneurial venture.