Manuel Muñiz

Provost, IE University

Manuel Muñiz is the Provost of IE University in Madrid and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of IE New York College. Dr. Muñiz served as Dean of IE’s School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs (SPEGA) from 2017 to 2024. From June of 2023 to January of 2025 Dr. Muñiz served as President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). From 2020 to 2021 Dr. Muñiz was State Secretary (Vice Minister) at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. In this capacity he led the Strategy and Foresight unit at the Ministry as well as the Economic Diplomacy team, and the Communications department, including the Office for Diplomatic Information.

He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Club of Madrid and a council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Lastly, Dr. Muñiz is a recipient of a number of awards and recognitions including the Grand Cross of Spain’s Order of Merit, the Trilateral Commission’s David Rockefeller Fellowship, the Atlantic Council’s Millennium Fellowship, and the Eisenhower Fellowship.

Dr. Muniz holds a Master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a DPhil (PhD) in International Relations from the University of Oxford