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Bioelements Appoints Irene Teruel Head of Growth & Business Development in the US

Teruel brings over 10 years of business development, strategic alliance building, legal and executive leadership to the newly created position.

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By: Lianna Albrizio

Associate Editor

Bioelements Group, a sustainable packaging company in Latin America and the US, has appointed Irene Teruel to the newly formed position of head of growth and business development for the US market.

Teruel brings over 10 years of business development, strategic alliance building, legal and executive leadership to the newly created position.

“We are very excited about Irene’s role for Bioelements USA and are eager to see what impact she will have as we gain greater traction in the US market,” said Ignacio Parada, CEO and founder of Bioelements. “She has a tremendous amount of experience in business development and executive leadership that will help lead us to success in the US market.”

“I am tremendously excited about this opportunity with Bioelements,” said Teruel, who is based in New York. “Biodegradable packaging is gaining traction in markets around the globe and the United States is no exception. We look for incredibly good things to happen here as we make our presence known more and businesses in the United States better understand the highly effective biodegradable packaging technology we have to offer.”

Tenures at Nowports and Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Prior to joining Bioelements, Teruel was the global head of strategic partnerships with Nowports, a comprehensive international logistics service for foreign trade operations where she was responsible for evaluating business opportunities to establish platform partnerships that enhance supply chain solutions, including sustainability. She spent nearly two years as chief of staff before Nowports and six years as a mergers and acquisitions analyst and corporate lawyer with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, an international law firm with a presence in New York and Madrid. Additionally, she has spent the last two years actively involved in WhE Women Executives Association and WLW Women in a Legal World.

This year, Teruel was the youngest recipient of the Top 100 Women Leaders in Spain in the International category.

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