Manuel Cortes Fontcuberta has a master’s degree in economics with concentration in Industrial Organization, Microeconomics and Environmental and Agricultural Economics from The Ohio State University. He also has a master´s in Executive Management from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Manuel has a vast experience in university administration, Project development statistics, consultancy and teaching. He is the Director of Quality Assurance at UPC, faculty member of the School of Economics at UPC and at University of Arizona. Specialist in Quality management and accreditation.