Maria helena De felipe lehtonen

Member Employers Group

European Economic and social committee ( E.E.S.C)

CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Member of the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, Employers Group ( E.E.S.C) from 2015-present, Vice-president of the External Relations Section (2023-present), (www.eesc.europe.eu). Set up and current President AFAEMME in 2002 (f Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Organizations from the Mediterranean area) which currently has 63 Member Associations of Businesswomen from 23 Mediter-ranean countries (Albania, Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Slovenia, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon ,Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal Syria, Tunisia, Tur-key)(www.afaemme.org). Vice-President of CEPYME (Confederation of Spanish SMEs) September 2014-present in charge of EU Affairs. (www.cepyme.es). Vice-President of FOMENT DEL TREBALL (Catalonian Employers Confederation set up 250 year ago) July 2014-present (www.foment.com) and President of the External Relations Affairs, October 2022. Vice-President of SMEunited (Confederation of European Crafts and SMEs) Dec 2014-present (www.smeunited.com) and President of the Committee of Social Affairs, February 2022-present. Member of the Advisory Board of ASCAME (Federation of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce) October 2014-present and Co-Chair of Women Commission in November 2019-present and (www.ascame.org). Member of the Advisory Board of EMEA (Euro Mediterranean Economists Association) May 2020-present (www.euromed-economists.org.) CURRENT PROFESIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES I am labour lawyer since 1988. In March 1991, I co-founded FES CONSULTING EMPRESARIAL SL. Company focused in giving legal advice in the labor, tax and accounting areas to the micro and small companies. Senior Advisor of ARMANEXT SA, Listing Sponsor Euronext, committed company in supporting the interna-tionalization and growth process of Spanish medium and Small Companies. January 2022-present (www.armanext.com)