Manuel González-Toruño

Professor of Negotiation. Professor of Business Policy.

Master in Business Administration (IESE, Universidad de Navarra), Licenciado en Derecho (Universidad de Sevilla)

Manuel is an entrepreneur and Business School professor with 25 years of professional
experience in the fields of Negotiation and Business Strategy.

Manuel is also an entrepreneur who has launched several companies in different industries: Agriculture, Real Estate Development, Renewable Energies, Wealth Management and Talent International Mobility. He serves in the Board of some companies and has extensive experience in advising CEOs and top managers about Strategic planning and implementation.

He started his teaching career in 1991. He has taught courses both in English and Spanish in different countries such as Spain, Ireland, Morocco, Russia and Rwanda. He has designed and delivered tailored-made programs on Negotiation for executives in many companies.

He moved with his family for two years to Ireland (2012-2013) to launch and develop Timoney Leadership Institute a joint venture by San Telmo and a group of Irish business leaders to deliver world-class senior executive education programs in Ireland. Timoney L.I. is today a well stablished institution in Ireland. In 2014 and 2015 he was the promoter and first Director for Russia of the activities that San Telmo launched in that country. He served at San Telmo since 2016 until 2019 as Managing Director for Africa. From 2019, he was Director of a new international Program in STBS with a focus in food industry, inFOOD.

Manuel got his High School Diploma at Williamsville, NY, USA. He is a Law Graduate and Master in Business Administration (MBA) by IESE, Barcelona and studied at HEC Paris as part of his MBA Program. He received the course Teaching Negotiation at Harvard University, addressed to trainers and professors in Negotiation. He is also a Certified Mediator registered to act in conflict resolution. Manuel is the author of more than thirty Case-Studies and Technical Notes in the fields of Business Policy, Strategy, Negotiation, and Entrepreneurship.

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