The president of ASEPELT and full professor of Applied Economics (Statistics) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), José-María Montero, has joined Exponential Education as director and coordinator of the International Academic Council, which also includes Nobel laureates in Economics Edward C. Prescott, Finn E. Kydland and Thomas J. Sargent.
 
President of the International Association of Applied Economics (ASEPELT) and long-life honorary member  of the International Atlantic Economic Society (USA), Prof. Montero is also Vice-President of the International Association CESTIRA and advisor for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, In addition, Prof. Montero is a member of the Editorial Board of prestigious international journals in Economics, Finance and Statistics
 
Exponential Education groups owners, executives, academics, entrepreneurs, technologists and scientists wich firmly believe that continuing education is the key to future success on a personal and social level.The main functions of the International Academic Board leaded by Prof. Montero are "to advise on the strategic lines pursued by Exponential Education and collaborate in the prediction of trends and the evolution of education and knowledge in the twenty-first century across multiple disciplines".