Cristina Manzano is the director if IE Insights, the thought-leadership publication of IE University. She also runs esglobal, a leading digital publication on global affairs in Spanish. Her experience includes various roles in journalism, notably as a columnist for El Pais and El Periódico de Catalunya, and as a regular commentator for different Spanish media, such as the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE) and Cadena SER. Additionally, Manzano participates as a speaker on topics related to international affairs, Spanish and EU foreign policy, and globalization. Today, Cristina Manzano also serves as president of the Board of the NGO Alianza por la Solidaridad, the Spanish member of Action Aid. She sits at the Board of different organizations like the Club of Madrid, the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome and the Global Governance Forum. She is also part of the Scientific Councils of the Elcano Royal Institute, the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Manzano has a degree in Information Sciences, specialized in Journalism, from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and postgraduate studies at the University of Maryland (US), thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship.