Diego del Alcázar Benjumea

Diego del Alcázar Benjumea is Executive Vice President of IE Business School & IE University and sits on its Board of Directors. Diego plays a key role in the strategic vision and the general management of the institution, highly focused on promoting the innovation strategy and its execution. He is the driver of IE’s digital transformation, leading IE’s technological immersion.

In late 2014, Diego joined the board of FT|IE Corporate Learning Alliance (FT|IE CLA), a joint venture created by IE Business School and the Financial Times Group to design and implement customized education for companies.

He is also the co-founder and member of the board of The South Summit, one of Europe’s leading startup and innovation conferences. He has also previous experience as consultant at Bain & Company and he co-founded Step Up Capital, a vehicle to identify, invest, and manage business opportunities.

In 2017 he was awarded with the David Rockefeller Fellowship granting his participation in the Trilateral Commission in plenary and regional meetings for a term of three years (www.trilateral.org).

Diego 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 Business Education, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Digital Transformation, Advanced Technologies, Government of Change and Energy Efficiency, among others.