As CEO of IE University, Diego del Alcázar Benjumea plays a key role in leading the institution to fulfill its purpose of fostering positive change through education, research and innovation.
Since 2014, he sits on the board of Headspring, a joint venture created by IE Business School and the Financial Times Group to design and implement customized education for companies. Passionate about entrepreneurship, he is co-founder and member of the board of the South Summit, the leading startup and innovation conference in Europe and Latin America, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022. In 2017, he was awarded the David Rockefeller Fellowship, in recognition of his active leadership role in civic and public affairs. Previously consultant at Bain & Company, he also co-founded Step Up Capital, a vehicle to identify, invest, and manage business opportunities.
Diego del Alcázar Benjumea holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School and a double degree in Law and Business Administration from Madrid’s Complutense University. His areas of expertise are Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Digital Transformation, Humanities, and Governance of Change.
