The International Advisory Board of IE Business School acts as a counselling body aimed at maintaining and promoting levels of academic excellence, quality and prestige at IE. Members of the Board advise the Executive Committee on strategic objectives and on the development of new initiatives. Thus they play an important role in achieving the IE Business School mission: To serve the needs of the business community, providing an education model for corporate leaders and lawyers at every stage of their careers based on an overall global approach with a special focus on entrepreneurship and a firm commitment to innovation, information technologies and applied research projects.