Dr. George (Jorge) Monray, DBA, MBA, MCIM, Fellow GAFM
Executive Profile
Dr. George (Jorge) Monray is an international business strategist, professor, researcher, and executive consultant with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations improve strategic decision-making, leadership effectiveness, international growth, and organizational performance.
His career uniquely combines executive leadership, international entrepreneurship, top-tier HR consulting, and university education. Before entering academia full time, he held senior management positions at Hay Group (now Korn Ferry), where he specialized in marketing, organizational strategy, and human capital consulting for multinational organizations in Spain. This experience provides him with a practical understanding of how strategy, leadership, talent, and organizational design create competitive advantage.
As Founder of Econtime Human Capital, Dr. Monray advises organizations on the economic value of flexible work, productivity, workforce strategy, and the future of work. His research introduces innovative methodologies that quantify the hidden economic value employees receive from flexible work arrangements, enabling organizations to make better compensation, retention, and HR policy decisions.
Throughout his international career he has founded and managed businesses in Europe and Southeast Asia while advising companies across manufacturing, consumer goods, technology, and international trade. His professional experience includes executive and consulting roles serving organizations such as Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Cadbury Schweppes, Staedtler, YKK, Aviko, Kettal, and many other multinational companies.
Academic Leadership
Dr. Monray is Head of the Business and Economics Department at the Institute for American Universities and the American College of the Mediterranean, where he teaches International Business, Strategic Management, Economics, and Finance to students from leading U.S. universities. He has also taught MBA and executive programs at institutions including IESE Business School, ESADE, ESIC, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, NIDA Business School (Thailand), Kasetsart University and UPH (Indonesia). His experience is shared amonth three continents.
Having completed IESE Business School's prestigious International Faculty Development Program, he specializes in highly interactive MBA teaching, executive education, case-method instruction, and leadership development.
Areas of Expertise
International Business Strategy
Corporate Strategy and Executive Decision-Making
Human Capital Strategy and Organizational Performance
Leadership Development and Executive Education
Workforce Flexibility and the Economic Value of Time
Business Growth and International Expansion
Research and Thought Leadership
Dr. Monray's research focuses on helping organizations understand the relationship between economics, human capital, productivity, and competitive advantage. His recent work on the Economic Value of Personal Time (EVPT) is pioneering new approaches for measuring the financial impact of flexible work arrangements and employee well-being. He is the author of multiple books and peer-reviewed publications in international business, economics, corporate risk, and global competitiveness, with research indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, EconLit, SSRN, RePEc, and other international databases.
Value for Organizations
Dr. Monray helps organizations:
Design evidence-based HR and workforce strategies.
Improve leadership and executive decision-making.
Understand the financial impact of flexible work and employee value propositions.
Navigate international expansion and geopolitical uncertainty.
Develop international business strategies based on economic analysis.
Deliver executive education programs for senior managers and leadership teams.
Value for Universities
Universities benefit from Dr. Monray's unique combination of executive experience and academic leadership. He contributes by:
Developing internationally focused business curricula.
Teaching MBA, executive, undergraduate, and doctoral programs.
Building stronger university-industry partnerships.
Leading applied research with practical business impact.
Delivering executive education and corporate training.
Supporting institutional internationalization and academic excellence.
Education
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Swiss Business School University of Applied Sciences Institute (Zurich, Switzerland)
MBA, Nottingham Trent University (U.K.)
International Faculty Development Program, IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain)
Executive Education in FinTech, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Member of the American Economic Association
Fellow, Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM)
Languages
English, Spanish, and Catalan (native); French; Thai.
