Ignasi Belda wins Prince of Girona Foundation Business Award 2014
King Felipe VI presented the award yesterday at the IMPULSA Forum
The Prince of Girona Foundation (FPdGi) has recognized Ignasi Belda, CEO of Intelligent Pharma, with the Prince of Girona Business Award 2014. This award was presented yesterday, 26 June 2014, at the IMPULSA Forum, presided over by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.
In order to foster initiative and effort, the Prince of Girona Foundation Awards promote research and creativity, solidarity and the development of talent in young entrepreneurs and innovators who are driven to build a more just world in a globalized setting. The Awards include four individual prizes for young people between 16 and 35, and another for organizations: Arts and Literature, Social, Scientific Research, Business and Organization.
This year the panel of judges chose Belda for the “Business” award based on his entrepreneurial spirit and promising career in the biohealth and technology arena. In 2007, Belda founded biotechnology firm Intelligent Pharma, which focuses on developing and marketing new computer technology for drug-discovery research. The company, based at the Barcelona Science Park, already has three offices abroad, in London (United Kingdom), Heidelberg (Germany) and Cambridge (USA).