Ignacio de la Vega has an outstanding career as an entrepreneur in the academic, financial, and governmental fields.
Before joining Tec of Monterrey, he was the general director of Babson Global, an organization that integrates the Global Centers of Entrepreneurial Leadership of Babson College, for which he developed innovative collaborative research programs and initiatives with an entrepreneurial focus.
De la Vega participated in the launch of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MSBC), in Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with Babson College, Emaar Group, Lockheed Martin, and crown prince Mohamed Bin Salman. Previous to this he was the global Chief Learning Officer of BBVA, where he worked with the president, the CEO, and the Executive Committee of the Group to transform their corporate training model.
De la Vega served as president of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), an international observatory that studies entrepreneurial activities across the world, that works with more than 450 researchers and collaborators in more than 90 countries. During 20 years he was a professor, researcher and director in the IE Business School, an institution where he also served as the director of the International Center for Entrepreneurship and Development Business Projects.
In the past years he has been an active entrepreneur and investor in different start-ups and SMEs.