The Asociación Multisectorial de Mujeres Directivas y Empresarias (AMMDE) has presented Esther Alcocer Koplowitz, chairwoman of the FCC Group, with the AMMDE Award for Construction 2024 as a "Woman of Reference", during a ceremony held at the Madrid Court of Arbitration, located in the Palacio de Santoña, in Madrid's Las Letras district.

This award recognises her professional career, her dedication and achievements in the field of construction and her commitment and contribution in the FCC Group to SDG 5 to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls. 

In her speech and addressing the association, the president of the FCC Group said that "you have given me this award, among other things, for my commitment to gender equality and for what it can mean, as an inspiration and reference for female leadership, for a woman to be at the head of a Group like FCC"; He also applauded the efforts of all the women who fight every day to make a place for themselves in the construction sector, stressing that "at the FCC Group, we are committed to eliminating these barriers, making the work of women professionals even more visible and facilitating their working conditions so that they can better develop their careers". 

In her speech, she also dedicated a few words of tribute and gratitude to her mother, Esther Koplowitz, and to her children, Esther, Carmen and Pablo, "in carrying out my responsibilities, I have been fortunate to have the best possible reference point, my mother. A true pioneer in a man's world, from whom I continue to learn every day. And next to her, the impulse of my three children, Esther, Carmen and Pablo, of whom I feel very proud and to whom I would like to leave a fairer world". 

She closed her speech with a beautiful final flourish of thanks to AMMDE and to all the award winners on behalf of her entire family and the entire FCC Group "with the wish that the future will be much better for everyone," said the FCC Group chairwoman.

About the AMMDE awards

The AMMDE awards seek to recognise and make visible the work of women who contribute, from their field of activity, to full and effective gender equality, and who are a point of reference and inspiration for other women and for society in general. 

The AMMDE Association is made up of women who represent the very diversity of the managerial, professional and business world, with a broad group of members belonging to different economic sectors, from family businesses to large multinationals and public administrations. They seek to achieve a greater presence of female business leadership; not only defending the interests of women, but also being aware that the contribution of women is key to building a more social, diverse, inclusive and sustainable economy.