VII Employment Congress

Maite Valmaseda

A graduate in Business Studies with a postgraduate qualification in Finance from the University of Deusto. Since 2013 she has been Director and General Secretary of the Gipuzkoa Business Federation. From 2009 to 2013 she was Director of Trade at the Basque government Department of industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism. From 1996 to 2009 she  was Director of the Gipuzkoa Business Federation.

She comes from a family of self-employed people who passed on to her the values of dedication to work and to the family. She believes in constancy, perseverance, honesty and enthusiasm as some of the key factors to go on enjoying day-to-day life in all areas of life.