Gustavo Pego is an engineering graduate from the University of Navarre (Spain). In 1998, he received two master's degrees from the Technological campus of that University in San Sebastian, called Tecnun, one in Mechanical Engineering and the other in Industrial Engineering. His first job was for a company specialized in molds for injection of plastics and which worked in the automotive sector for companies such as Volkswagen, Citroën, Audi and Nissan. This he did for two years.

In 2000 he made a career switch and went back to his "alma mater" and became Director of Training Programmes at Tecnun and also Director of the Alumni Association. He began to work in close relationship with European companies, seeking to establish agreements with them in order to find placements and research projects for students and aiming at different types of collaborative arrangements. Besides, Mr. Pego is the Director for international student exchange programmes at Tecnun.

Updated: 10/16/2003