Diego Hidalgo is a co-founder and member of the board of El Paìs, the leading Spanish daily newspaper. He is founder of the Club of Madrid; chairman of the Fund for Research and Investment for the Development of Africa (Frida); chairman of the board of the University of Extremadura (Spain); and president and chief executive of the publishers Alianza Editorial. He has also been chief of the Africa Division and an operations officer at the World Bank.