Manuel is President and General Director of Bayer in Mexico, and leader of its Agricultural Division for the North of Latin America. He is a Chemical Engineer from the Universidad Iberoamericana with a postgraduate degree in Administration from Northwestern University; and has dedicated most of his life to agriculture. Currently, he is also President of the Council of Global Companies in Mexico, which brings together the main 60 international companies with operations in the country, responsible for 10% of the GDP.