
GWTO Structure


Rafael Ansón
President of Honor

José Antonio Vidal
Founder President CEO

Pablo Singerman
Vice President The Americas

Leonid Gelibterman
Vice President EurAsia
Romanella Paggi
Argentina Director
Milton Zuanazzi
Brasil Director
Judith Ramírez
Chile Director

Jiawei Jiang
China Director

David Furer
USA Director
ADVISORY BOARD
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Rafael Ansón
President of Honour, International Academy of Gastronomy
Dr Honoris Causa and Director Gastronomy Chair, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, UNWTO
AMBASSADORS
Global:
Philippe Françoise
President, World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training (AMFORHT)
Regionals:
LATIN AMERICA
Adolfo Favieres
Ambassador for Spain and Iberoamerica, WTTC
Secretary General’s Advisor, UNWTO
José Carlos de Santiago
Vice President, Iberoamerican Academy of Gastronomy
Founder President, Grupo Excelencias Comunicación
Tomás Poveda
President, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Miami
Former General Manager, Casa de América
Former General Manager of Media and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain
Countries, in alphabetical order:
ARGENTINA
Javier Espina
Director of the Federal Council of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and former Minister of Tourism of Mendoza
Rodrigo Lemos
Wine Tourism advisor, Corporación Vitivinícola de Argentina (COVIAR)
Director, Academic Program International (Gov. Mendoza)
BRASIL
Márcio Favilla
Former Executive Director for Operational Programmes and Institutional Relations, UNWTO
Former Vice Minister of Tourism of Brasil
CHILE
Miloš Mišković
Former Director, SERNATUR Valparaíso
CHINA
Margaret Chen
Founder CEO, Optimus Horizon
FRANCE
Hervé Novelli
President, Conseil Superieur de l’Oenotourisme
ITALY
Nicola D’Auria
President, Wine Tourism Italia (MTV)
PERÚ
Mariela Gutelli
Founder CEO, ‘Caliptra’ Consulting on Wine Tourism Marketing
PORTUGAL
Maria João de Almeida
President, Wine Tourism Portugal (APENO)
SOUTH AFRICA
Monika Iuels
Acting Chief Marketing Officer, Official Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion, Agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape (WESGRO)
SPAIN
Germán Porras
Former General Director of Tourism and Tourspain, Governmet of Spain
TURKEY
Fatma Bilge
President, Urla Viticulture and Winery Association (UVWA)
URUGUAY
Arnaldo Nardone
Former World President, ICCA
MANAGEMENT BODY
PRESIDENT & CEO
José Antonio Vidal
Founder President CEO, Wine Tourism Spain (Spanish Wine Tourism Association-AEE)
Founder President CEO, The Enotourism Institute of Spain (IEE)
2018 Spanish National Wine Tourism Prize
VICE PRESIDENTS
The Americas
Pablo Singerman (ARG)
Director Economic Observatory Wine Tourism and MICE, Ministry of Tourism of Argentina
EurAsia
Leonid Gelibterman (RUS)
President CEO, International Center of Wine and Gastronomy
COUNTRY DIRECTORS
Argentina
Romanella Paggi
Owner, Ketek Eventos & Turismo
Moderator ‘Mendoza en Una Copa’, Ministry Tourism of Mendoza
Brasil
Milton Zuanazzi
Co-founder & CEO, Hotel Sustentável consulting
Institutional Director, Viajar Faz Bem
Former National Secretary of Tourism Policies, Ministry of Tourism
Chile
Judith Ramírez
Partner, La Recova Wines
China
Jiawei Jiang (CHN)
Assistant Director, Monitoring Center for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories in China
Gao Ruylene
United States of America
David Furer
Adult Beverage Communicator & Marketer
COMMUNICATIONS
Central EurAsia
Julia Smirnova
Travel advisor, Komsomolskaya Pravda
Press advisor, Cervantes Institute Moscow
Latin America
Verónica de Santiago
Dir. General, Grupo Excelencias Comunicación
Teresa Cruz
Former Marketing & Communications Director, ‘Brand Spain’ (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain)
MICE Managers
Congresses and Exhibitions
Arnaldo Nardone
Director, MICE International Consulting
Former World President, ICCA
Incentives and Events
Charo Trabado
Director, MITM Events
ADMINISTRATION & TREASURY Head
Mercedes Sánchez
GWTO Co-Founder
Secretary General & Treasurer, Wine Tourism Spain (AEE)
CORPORATE ASSISTANT
Dina Gimbatova
Former PPRR Assistant, Four Seasons Hotels Qatar
LEGAL Head
Maurizio Di Ubaldo
President, Di Ubaldo Advocats