César Álvarez Alonso

César is currently an Adjunct Professor of Public Law and Economic Regulation at IE University. He is the General Manager of Envision Group in Spain, a world leading company that  provides a total solution for achieving net zero. This solution spans clean energy generation, energy storage systems, EV batteries, and software systems that can orchestrate energy systems on a global scale.

César has also been a consultant to the United Nations, OSCE, OECD, among others. He has worked as the International and Institutional Relations Director for the Spanish governmental agency for internationalization of higher education and research. He was the Chief of Staff of the Department for Energy, Ministry for Ecological Transition, Government of Spain. In this role, he presided over the Energy Interconnections Committee at the Department for National Security, in the Prime Minister’s Office. He has represented the Spanish Government in international summits such as G20 and the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Professor Álvarez Alonso was a member of the US-Spain Fulbright Commission and a Board of Trustees member of the High Level Councils by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with India, China and Japan. He was also appointed by OSCE as an international observer to the US presidential election. He was the Chair of the Strategy Group at the European Association for International Education based in Amsterdam. He is currently Advisory Board member of the Rethinking the XXI Century Skills Project of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at NYU, as well as a member of the Madrid Bar Association.

He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Global Law and Policy (Harvard Law School) and the Vice-President of the Harvard European Law Association. His areas of expertise are Global Policy, Energy and Sustainability, Law and Society, Regulatory Law, Diplomacy, and Migrations. He published a book on the geopolitical dimension of migrations in Latin America by Palgrave Macmillan. He earned a Ph.D. in Law and Political Science from Pablo de Olavide University. He also holds a MA in Higher Education Management (Alcalá University), as well as a JD in Law (University of Valladolid) and a MA in Political Science and Public Administration (Complutense University).

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• General Manager, Envision Group, Spain, 2022 – Present

• General Manager, EnerHi Hydrogen, Spain, 2020 – 2022

• Chief of Staff, Ministry for Ecological Transition, Spain, 2018 – 2020

• Executive Director, Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, USA, 2015 – 2018

• General Manager, StoneHill Group, Central Africa, 2014 – 2015

• Director for Institutional and International Relations, Universidad.es (SEPIE), Spain, 2010 – 2013

• Adviser to the President of the Spanish Rectors Council, Spain, 2007 – 2010

• Executive Director, SGroup European Universities Network, Belgium, 2003 – 2007

• Associate, Law School University of Valladolid, Spain, 2001 – 2003

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Law and Economic Regulation, IE University, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Full Professor of Law and Academic Board member, ISDI, Spain, 2016 – Present

• Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, USA, 2016 – 2019

• Associate Lecturer of Law, University of Valladolid, Spain, 2001 – 2003

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Post-doctoral Fellowship. Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard University, USA, 2019

• Ph.D. in Law and Political Science, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain, 2015

• MA in Protocol and Institutional Relations, University of Barcelona, Spain, 2012

• MA in University Management, Alcalá University, Spain, 2010

• Bachelor in Political Science and Public Administration, Complutense University, Spain, 2005

• JD in Law, University of Valladolid, Spain, 2003

• Bachelor in Law, University of Valladolid, Spain, 2001