Rafael Puyol, Executive Director of the International Centre for Migration and Health (ICMH), USA

Rafael Puyol is President of the Board of Governors of IE University in Segovia, and Vice President of the Instituto de Empresa Foundation, As well as teching Economic Environment at IE. Furthermore, Rafael is a senior lecturer (on leave) at Madrid’s Complutense University. Prior to joining IE he served as Rector of Madrid’s Complutense University between December 1995 and 2003, where he also taught Human Geography in the School of Geography and History. He has served as President (and continues to be a member) of the Population Group in the Association of Spanish Geographers (AGE), and as Vice-President of the Real Sociedad Geográfica, and is a Member of the Board of the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome, and President and Vice-President of the Universidad-Empresa (University-Business) Foundation. He was awarded the Commemorative Medal of UNICEF’s 50th anniversary, and is an honorary member of UNICEF’s Spanish Committee. A specialist in demographics, he has authored numerous publications and papers in his field. Overall, he has published 16 books and over 100 articles.