
GWTO Structure

Rafael Ansón
President of Honor

José Antonio Vidal
Founder President CEO

Carlos Vogeler
Senior Advisor

Coralie Haller
Director GWTO Academy

Adolfo Favieres
LatAm Ambassador

Tomás Poveda
LatAm Ambassador

José Carlos de Santiago
LatAm Ambassador

Pablo Singerman
Regional Director: LatAm

Robin Shaw
Regional Director: Oceania

Erik Wolf
Regional Director: Central & Western Europe

Margaret Chen
Regional Director: Eastern Asia

David Furer
Regional Director: North America

Marisah Nieuwoudt
Regional Director: Africa

Leonid Gelibterman
Regional Director: Eastern Europe, Western & Central Asia
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
PRESIDENCY OF HONOR
Rafael Ansón
Dr. Honoris Causa and Director Gastronomy Chair, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
President of Honor, International Academy of Gastronomy
Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, UNWTO
AMBASSADORS
Adolfo Favieres
Ambassador for Spain and Iberoamerica, WTTC
Secr. General’s Advisor, UNWTO
Tomás Poveda
Former General Manager, Casa de América
Former General Manager of Media and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain
José Carlos de Santiago
Vice President, Iberoamerican Academy of Gastronomy
Founder President, Grupo Excelencias Comunicación
NATIONAL DELEGATES
(Countries in alphabetical order)
- France
Hervé Novelli
President Conseil Superieur de l’Oenotourisme
- Italy
Nicola D’Auria
President Movimento Turismo del Vino (MTV)
- Moldova
Irina Bîstritchi
Deputy Director Moldova National Office of Vine and Wine
- Portugal
Maria João de Almeida
President Associação Portuguesa de Enoturismo (APENO)
- South Africa
Labeeqah Schuurman
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, Ministry of Tourism of Spain
Former General Director of Tourspain, Ministry of Tourism of Spain - Turkey
Fatma Bilge
President Urla Viticulture and Winery Association (UVWA) - Uruguay
Laura Nervi
Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura de Uruguay (INAVI)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT CEO
José Antonio Vidal (ESP)
Founder President CEO, Spanish Wine Tourism Association-AEE
Founder President CEO, Spanish EnoTourism Institute
2018 Spanish National Wine Tourism Prize
Lecturer Master ‘VitEno’, Polythecnic Univ. Madrid
SENIOR ADVISOR
Carlos Vogeler (ESP)
Former Executive Director, UNWTO
Former Affiliate Members President, UNWTO
REGIONAL DIRECTORS:
(Regions in alphabetical order)
Africa
Marisah Nieuwoudt (SAF)
Wine Tourism Manager, VinPro South Africa
America, Latam
Pablo Singerman (ARG)
Director of the Wine Tourism Economic Observatory and Marketing Strategy for the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina
America, North
David Furer (USA)
Adult Beverage Communicator & Marketer
Asia, Eastern
Margaret Chen (CHN)
Founder CEO, Optimus Horizon
Europe, Eastern; Asia, Western & Central
Leonid Gelibterman (RUS)
President CEO, International Center of Wine and Gastronomy
Europe, Western & Central
Erik Wolf (UK)
Founder CEO, World Food Travel Association
Oceania
Robin Shaw (AUS)
Founder & CEO, Wine Tourism Australia
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS:
ADMINISTRATION
Mercedes Sánchez
SECRETARY
Dina Gimbatova
TREASURY
Mercedes Sánchez
LEGAL
Maurizio Di Ubaldo
Di Ubaldo Advocats
COMMUNICATION
Alexandra Stilwell
Com & Press Director
Global PR & Media Manager
- SOCIAL MEDIA
Luisa Giraldo
Former Social Media Chief ‘Marca España’, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain - PRESS DELEGATES
Italy: Concetta D’Emma
Food & Green Marketing Strategies
Founder ‘Unconventional Hospitality’
LatAm: Paula Labonia and Laura Gutiérrez
‘The Fire Fly Solutions’ Communication
Spain: Teresa Cruz
Former Marketing Director ‘Marca España’, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Former External Relations Manager ‘Red.es’, Ministry of Tourism and Industry
QUALITY
Ilya E. Loevsky
Deputy CEO, Russia Quality
ECONOMIC MONITOR
Pablo Singerman
Director of the Wine Tourism Economic Observatory for the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina
MICE
Arnaldo Nardone
Director, MICE International Consulting
Former President ICCA
SECTORIAL COMMISSIONS:
(Founding Members)
- Ana Paula Pais (POR)
Head of Education, Turismo de Portugal
- Almudena Alberca (ESP)
Master of Wine
Technical Director, Bodegas Grupo Palacios
- Rodrigo Lemos (ARG)
Wine Tourism Advisor, Corpor. Vitivinícola Argentina (COVIAR)
Director, Academic Program International (Gob. Mendoza)
- Julio Valles (ESP)
President, Academia Castellana y Leonesa de Gastronomía
President, Consejo Regulador de la D.O.P. Cigales
- Paula Sosa (POR)
Wine Tourism Lecturer, Lisbon, Minho Universities, IPP-Porto
Wine Tourism manager, Adega Aveleda
- April Cullom (USA-ESP)
CEO, Global Bridges LLC Consultancy
- José Ramón Lissarrague (ESP)
Full Professor and Dir. Master ‘VitEno’, Madrid Polytechnic Univ.
Director, GiViTi Consultancy
- Lluís Tolosa (ESP)
Sociologist, consultant and writer specialized in wine tourism
- Diana Isac (UK)
Founder CEO, Winerist
- José María de Juan (ESP)
Partner & Director, KOAN Consulting