Manuel Gil graduated in Psychology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has a Masters in Commercial Management and Marketing from the Instituto de Empresa de Madrid. He was a member of the first Advanced Programme in Publishing Management course at the instituto de Empresa. After 30 years of professional experience in important publishing-related companies – Cadena de Librerías 4 Caminos, Paradox, Marrcial Pons – he presently divides his time between being Commercial Director of Ediciones Siruela and consultancy work.