Manuel Bermejo

Prof. Manuel Bermejo, PhD is the Chair of the “Family Advisory Board”, a firm specialized in the counseling of leaders and family business both in Europe and Latin America. Throughout his long professional career, Prof. Bermejo has been working with dozens of entrepreneurs supporting them on the transformation of the family business for the cohesion and sustainable growth.

As a consequence, Manuel Bermejo, has become a recognized expert in governance with a long career in the creation and participation of governing bodies such as Board of directors, Advisory boards and Family councils.

According to the Family Business United ranking, he is the 3^rd most influential person in social networks in terms of family business and the 1^st of the Spanish-language ones.

Prof. Bermejo has worked on the theme of the family business in the academic field as a Professor of Practice at IE Business School since 1992. He is an international lecturer, visiting professor of the main business schools of Latin America, and a regular contributor to multiple media.

He is one of the main researchers and professor of governance and management of family business and he has developed relevant researches on this topic. He currently is the General Director of Family Business Programas at IE Business School  Executive Education where he develops academic courses to family business´ leaders and their next generation.

Prof Bermejo is founder and President of The Family Advisory Board, a global firm specialized in attending to the specific needs of business families through continuous strategic advice.

He obtained his doctorate from the University of Granada, Spain “Cum laude” with his thesis: (“An ethical vision of the family business: consequences of the accounting manipulation from the perspective of the shareholder and the stakeholders within the family business “). He is engineer on agriculture by the University Politécnica of Madrid), MBA by IE Business School, Diploma on Scaling Entrepreneurship at Babson College, and diploma from Instituto de Consejeros- Administradores de España of “Well Governance of the companies”.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Practice of Entrepreneurship, IE, 1992 - Present

Academic Background

• PhD in Economy (specialized in Family Businesses), Universidad de Granada

• MBA, IE University

• BSc in  Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

• Diploma in Corporate Entrepreneurship, Babson College, (USA)

Corporate experience

• President of Agrexpansion SA and World Wide Tobacco Spain S.A.

• Director of Senior Management Programmes, IE, 2002 - Present

• Director of the Senior Management Programme for Family Businesses, 2000 - Present

• Director of the MBA Programmes, IE, 1995 - 1998

• Associate Director of the Chair in Family Businesses, IE and Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)

• Country Manager, Najeti Ventures, NAJETI, 2000 - 2002

• Director of Postgraduate Training and MBA programmes, IE, 1995 - 1999

• Director of IE Entrepreneurship Department, 1997 - 2000

• Director of International Projects and Clients, Executive Education, IE, 1998 - 2000

• Founder and Manager, Agro Services, (Spain), 1988 - 1992

• Member of several boards of directors and advisory committees of different companies

• Consultant for franchises, family businesses and new businesses