2022 edition

Voices to Inspire

Meet the purpose-driven leaders who were present at the 2022 edition of Estoril Conferences, on 1-2 September, sharing their visions and perspectives on the major global challenges for Planet, for People, for Peace.

Speakers

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Former President of Poland

Poland
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Anatoliy Aleksandrov

Head of International Cooperation Division – Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine

Ukraine

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Andri Magnason

Writer & Documentary Film Director

Iceland
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Anne Applebaum

Staff writer for “The Atlantic” & Pulitzer-prize winning historian

USA
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António Simões

CEO of Santander Spain & Regional Head of Europe

Portugal
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António Vitorino

Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Portugal
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April Rinne

Futurist, Advisor & Author of “Flux”

USA
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Aya Chebbi

Founder and Chair of Nala Feminist Collective & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

Tunisia
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Bertrand Piccard

Initiator & Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation

Switzerland
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Bodour Al Qasimi

President of the International Publishers Association and CEO & Founder of Kalimat Publishing Group

United Arab Emirates
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Brigette Hyacinth

Bestselling Author & Thought leader on Leadership, HR, AI & Digital Transformation

Trinidad and Tobago
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Catherine Duggan

Dean of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB)

South Africa
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Cátia Batista

Associate Professor of Economics at Nova SBE, Founder & Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA and member of Estoril Conferences’ Academic Board

Portugal

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Carlos Carreiras

Mayor of Municipality of Cascais

Portugal

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Daniel Traça

Dean of Nova School of Business and Economics

Portugal

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Emile Von Schomberg

CEMS Master in Management Student at Nova SBE

Netherlands

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Fehmi Yüksel

Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company

Germany
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Francis Fukuyama

Writer, Political Theorist & Professor of Political Science

USA

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Gerd Leonhard

Futurist, Humanist & Author

Switzerland
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Gonzalo Fanjul

Policy Director at Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Head of Research & Co-founder at porCausa Foundation

Spain
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Helena Gualinga

Environmental & Human Rights Activist from the Kichwa Sarayaku Community

Ecuador

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Hryhoriy Nemyria

First Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine

Ukraine

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Irene Heemskerk

Head of European Central Bank of Climate Change Centre

The Netherlands

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Isabelle Christina

Founder of “Instituto Meninas Negras”

Brazil
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Joséphine Goube

CEO at Sistech

France
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José Ulisses Correia e Silva

Prime Minister of the Republic of Cabo Verde

Cape Verde
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Katharina Wagner

Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company

Germany
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Former President of Croatia

Croatia
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Lars Strannegård

President of Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden
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Lee Crockford

Social Impact Advisor

Australia
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Luisa Gómez Bravo

Global Head of Corporate & Investment Banking BBVA

Spain

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Luc Oster-Pecqueur

Manager at McKinsey & Company

France

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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

President of Portugal

Portugal

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Mário Centeno

Governor of Banco de Portugal

Portugal
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Mette Morsing

Head of PRME – Principles for Responsible Management Education

USA
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Miguel Pinto Luz

President of Alfredo de Sousa Foundation

Portugal

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Natalya Sindeyeva

Founder of the Dozhd media holding

Russia
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Oya Özarslan

Board Member of Transparency International

Turkey
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Paola Antonini

Influencer, Actress & Founder of “Instituto Paola Antonini”

Brazil
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Paulo Portas

Geopolitics Expert, Professor at Nova SBE & Estoril Conferences’ Advisory Board Member

Portugal

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Peter Bakker

President & CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Switzerland
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Pedro Neto

Executive Director at Amnesty International Portugal

Portugal
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Princess Zahra Aga Khan

Member of the Board of Directors of the Aga Khan Development Network

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Randi Zuckerberg

Founder & CEO of Zuckerberg Media

USA

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Ricardo Costa

SIC TV Editor in Chief

Portugal

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Roberta Metsola

President of the European Parliament

Malta

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Robin Teigland

Professor at Chalmers University of Technology & Co-Founder of Peniche Ocean Watch

USA – Sweden

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Safia Tmiri

Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company

Morocco

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Shani Dhanda

Award-winning Disability Specialist & Entrepreneur

United Kindgom
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Tima Bansal

Professor at Ivey Business School & Head of Innovation North

Canada
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Tina Thörner

Race Director for FIA Smart Driving Challenge

Sweden

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Vasco Rato

Former President of Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)

Portugal

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Veneta Andonova

Dean of Universidad de Los Andes

Bulgaria
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Vera Pinto Pereira

Executive Board Member at EDP, CEO EDP Comercial & President of the EDP Foundation

 

Portugal
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Yulia Tymoshenko

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine

Ukraine

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Vladimir Milov

Former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia

Russia
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Xiye Bastida

Co-Founder of Re-Earth Initiative

Mexico
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Facilitators

Méabh Mc Mahon

Master of Ceremonies & Euronews European Affairs Correspondent

Ireland

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Aashish Bergi

Co-Founder & CEO of MASH Project Foundation & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

India

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António Alexandre

CEMS Master in Management Student at Nova SBE

Portugal

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Adriana Pomante

CEMS Masters in International Management Student & Co-Founder of Nova SBE Politics Club

Italy

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Carlo Alberto Frassinetto

CEMS Masters in International Management Student & Co-Founder of Nova SBE Politics Club

Italy

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Jana Degrott

Co-Founder of We Belong Europe

Luxembourg

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José Pedro Frazão

Journalist, News Editor & Reporter at Rádio Renascença

Portugal

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Lester Vargas

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of FractalUp & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

Peru
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Linh Do

Director, Wattle Fellowship at the University of Melbourne & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

Australia

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Melissa Hermanns

CEMS Master in Management Student at Nova SBE and the University of Sydney

Germany

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Nondumiso Holphe

Director – Global Shapers Mbabane

Kingdom of Eswatini

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Radek Oros

PhD candidate, Teaching Assistant & Student Well-being Coach at NOVA SBE

Czech Republic

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Roman Dobrokhotov

Founder & Editor-in-chief of The Insider

Russia
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Stefan Grobe

Brussels Correspondent for Euronews

Belgium

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Weza Bombo João

Student at the University of St. Gallen & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

Angola

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Parallel Sessions Contributors

Ana Costa

Sustainability & Blue Economy Industry Lead

Portugal

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ANA PIMENTEL

Author of the book “Unicórnios Portugueses” & Editorial coordinator of Lua de Papel

Portugal

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Aya Chebbi

Founder and Chair of NALA Feminist Collective & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

Tunisia
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BEATRIZ FERNANDES

Secretary-Geral of the upcoming mandate for JE Global

Portugal

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CÁTIA BATISTA

Associate Professor of Economics at Nova SBE, Founder & Scientific Director of NOVAFRICA and member of Estoril Conferences’ Academic Board

Portugal

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CRISTINA GONÇALVES

Teacher & Actress

Portugal

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Dr Neli Koleva PhD

Chief Officer of Public Policy of Teach For Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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DRª YASMIN BHUDARALLY

CEO of NEYA Hotels

Portugal

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Deimantė Žemgulytė

Project Leader at Transparency International Lithuania

Lithuania

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DIOGO TEIXEIRA

Co-Founder & CEO Beta-i

Portugal

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FILIPA MARQUES

NOMA’s President

Portugal

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FILIPA PINTO COELHO

From Vila com Vida and the social enterprise Café Joyeaux*

Portugal

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FRANCISCO CARDOSO

Teach For Portugal Mentor

Portugal

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INÊS JUSTINO

Teach For Portugal Mentor

Portugal

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Lee Crockford

Social Impact Advisor

Australia

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Jana Degrott

Co-Founder of We Belong Europe

Luxembourg

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Jane Hoffman

CEO of Daloop

USA

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JOANA CASTRO E COSTA

Executive Director of Nova SBE LFI Knowledge Center

Portugal

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JOÃO MENESES

Secretary General at BCSD Portugal

Portugal

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JOSÉ MARIA PIMENTEL

Economist

Portugal

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KARINA CARVALHO

TI Portugal

Portugal

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KELSEY BELTZ

Managing Director at The Good Lobby

USA

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LAURENCE FABRE

Head of Integrity for the Private Sector and Higher Education Programs

France

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LENA BELL

Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company

Germany

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LUÍS ARAÚJO

President Turismo de Portugal & European Travel Commission

Portugal

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MADALENA JALLES

Commercial manager at Just a Change

Portugal

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MANUEL TÂNGER

Co-Founder & Head of Open Innovation Beta-i

Portugal

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MARIA AZEVEDO

Co-Founder & Head of Training Teach For Portugal

Portugal

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MARIA JOSÉ FRANCISCO

Engineer Neuroinnovation

Portugal

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MARIANA NUNES

President of Nova Junior Consulting

Portugal

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MÁRIO CENTENO

Governor of the Portuguese Central Bank

Portugal

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MATIA LOSEGO

Youth & Education For Human Rights
Director at Amnistia Internacional Portugal

Italy

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MATILDE OLIVEIRA

International Manager at JE Portugal

Portugal

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MATTEO CHIAROFONTE

President of JE Europe

Italy

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MINNA VUORIO

The Director of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

Portugal

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MINNIE FREUDENTHAL

Internal Medicine Expert & Founder of Mind Blackout

Angola

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Monika Lewicka

CEO Transformational Travel Council

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Oya Özarslan

Board Member of Transparency International

Turkey
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PAULO FONTES

Communication & Campaigns Director at Amnistia Internacional Portugal

Portugal

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PEDRO ALMEIDA

CEO & Co-Founder of Teach For Portugal

Portugal

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PEDRO VICENTE

Full Professor of Economics at Nova SBE & Founding Scientific Director NOVAFRICA

Portugal

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Radek Oros

PhD candidate, Teaching Assistant & Student Well-being Coach at NOVA SBE

Czech Republic

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RITA WENGOROVIUS

Creator, Actress & Artistic Director of Teatro Umano

Portugal

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Rodrigo Guedes de Carlvalho

Journalist & Writer

Portugal

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ROSA PIRES

Mindfulness, compassion and trauma-based psychologist

Portugal

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SALVADOR MENDES DE ALMEIDA

Founder & President of Associação Salvador

Portugal

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SUSANA PERALTA

Associate Professor of Economics at Nova SBE

Portugal

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Artists

AY Young

Producer, Singer, Entrepreneur & Estoril Conferences’ Youth Ambassador

USA

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Cuca Roseta

Fado singer

Portugal

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DJ Kamala

Artist, DJ & Producer

Portugal

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DJ Tony Okungbowa

DJ, Actor & Producer

UK

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Joana Rodrigues

Pianist

Portugal

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Organization
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Aleksander Kwaśniewski is the former President of Poland (1995 – 2005). He participated in the famous “Round-Table” negotiations that finally brought the peaceful transformation of Poland and the whole Central and Eastern Europe from communism to democracy. It was under his leadership that Poland finally joined NATO and become a member of the European Union. Aleksander is one of the leading figures in European Politics and author of numerous local and regional initiatives.

Andri Magnason

Author of “On Time and Water”, a national best seller in Iceland, shortlisted for the Nordic Councils Literary Prize of 2021. Andri has written novels, poetry, plays, short stories and essays. He is a popular public speaker, with sold out performances in The Reykjavik City Theatre, and the codirector of the documentary film “Dreamland”, “The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole” and more recently “Apausalypse”. Andri’s work has been published or performed in more than 40 countries.

Anne Applebaum

Currently writing for “The Atlantic”, Anne is a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Agora Institute, where she co-directs Arena, a program on disinformation and 21st century propaganda. Anne has occuppied several editorial positions in different newspapers and magazines, such as the Washington Post and the Evening Standard. She is also the author of several books, being “Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism” the most recent.

António Simões

António is a global banking executive nominated as CEO of Santander Spain & Regional Head of Europe in June 2021 and a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion. His work experience includes HSBC Group Managing Director in 2016, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Europe; Chief of Staff to the Group Chief Executive and Group Head of Strategy and Planning. He was also the Chairman of the Practitioner Panel of the FCA, a Partner of McKinsey & Company, and an Associate at Goldman Sachs.

António Vitorino

António has over 27 years of international and national political and academic experience, including former positions as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of Portugal and European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, for instance, which brought him consistently in touch with the migration context. He is an experienced lawyer, advocate against inequalities, discrimination, violence and social exclusion endured by migrants and a fond promoter of civil society and private sector engagement, having contributed to the work of several prestigious think tanks and foundations.

April Anne

A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and ranked one of the “50 Leading Female Futurists” in the world by Forbes, April Rinne is a change navigator: she helps individuals and organizations rethink and reshape their relationship with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux. She’s a trusted advisor, speaker, investor, adventurer (100+ countries), insatiable handstander, and author of  “Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change”

Aya Chebbi

Aya Chebbi is a multi-award-winning Pan-African feminist and diplomat who served as the first as the first-ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. She rose to prominence as a voice for democracy as a political blogger during 2010/2011 Tunisia’s Revolution. Aya’s decade of experience made her an influential leading voice known for rebranding Africa, with a commitment in peacebuilding, gender equality and Africa’s integration, honoured with several awards and recognitions.

Bertrand Piccard

Psychiatrist and explorer, Bertrand Piccard made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts – flying around the world non-stop in a balloon, and more recently in a solar-powered airplane plane without fuel. Pioneer in his way to consider ecology through the lens of profitability, he began working in the early 2000s to promote renewable energies and clean technologies. As Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, he has succeeded in his mission to select 1000 profitable solutions to protect the environment and support clean growth.

Photo Credits: © Solar Impulse

Bodour Al Qasimi

A trailblazer in the global publishing scene, Bodour is creating a positive impact on the world by pushing IPA’s agenda on the freedom to publish and intellectual property rights. Under her leadership, IPA launched the International Sustainable Publishing and Industry Resilience (InSPIRe) initiative to build solidarity and collaboration between members of the publishing ecosystem. She also oversaw the launch of the IPA Academy, a one of its kind online educational platform designed to support publishers in developing core business skills to build more resilient and sustainable organizations.

As the CEO and founder of Kalimat Publishing Group, Bodour has been an avid advocate of the role of books and literacy in enlightening children. In 2019, Bodour’s work in women’s empowerment crossed a unique milestone as she established PublisHer, an informal networking body that seeks to increase the number of women in leadership roles within the publishing industry.

Brigette Hyacinth

Brigette has authored 5 books, including “The Future of Leadership: Rise of Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence” which has been ranked Top 100 Best Artificial Intelligence Books of All Time. She is also the founder of MBA Caribbean Organisation, specialized in seminars and workshops in leadership, management and education. Recognized as an international influencer on Leadership, among other acnkowledgments, Brigette has been travelling around the world, sharing her insights with organizations all over globe.

Catherine Duggan

Dr Duggan’s research is focused on the political economy of development in Africa, where she has worked for more than twenty years and in more than two dozen countries. She is the author of numerous case studies and regularly advises businesses, governments and educational institutions on the continent and beyond. She was previously Vice Dean at ALUSB, a new business school in Rwanda, and spent nearly a decade on the faculty of Harvard Business School.

Cátia Batista

Cátia Batista is an Associate Professor of Economics at Nova University Lisbon, where she is also the Founder and Scientific Director of the NOVAFRICA research center. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Batista’s research interests relate to international migration and remittance flows, mobile money, entrepreneurship, technology adoption, education, and policy evaluation. Cátia taught at the University of Chicago, University of Oxford, Trinity College Dublin, and Notre Dame University. She is currently a Research Fellow at the international research centers CReAM (United Kingdom) and IZA (Germany). Previously, Batista worked at the International Monetary Fund and the Portuguese Catholic University and consulted for the World Bank and the International Growth Center.

Carlos Carreiras

Carlos Carreiras has been Mayor of Municipality of Cascais since 2011, winning three elections with an absolute majority and some of the most expressive votes ever in the municipality.

During his terms in office, Carlos Carreiras was Vice President of the Social Democratic Party (2014/2016), President of the social democratic think-tank Instituto Francisco Sá Carneiro (2010/2013) and founder of the Social Democratic Youth.

He is a training manager and, before executive politics, he was a company administrator in the field of FMCG and tourism. 

A columnist for the “i” newspaper and author of the book “Com vista para o Atlântico”, Carlos Carreiras was born in 1961 and is the father of five daughters.

Daniel Traça

Daniel Traça is the Dean and Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) in Lisbon. He is also a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, in France and Singapore, where he was previously an Assistant Professor. He held the Marie et Alain Philippson Chair in Managing for Sustainable Human Development, at the Solvay Business School, in Brussels, where he was Vice-President and Director of the MBA Program.

Daniel was a Visiting Professor in the KDI School of Management and Policy in Seoul, and the Graduate Institute of International Economics, in Geneva. Daniel graduated from Nova SBE and obtained his PhD from Columbia University, New York. He worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the European Commission. He published his scientific research in several leading international academic journals in the field of Globalization and Economic Development.

Emile Von Schomberg

Emile studied Mathematics at Utrecht University and is currently enrolled in the CEMS Master in Management at Nova SBE. He has worked as an university teaching assistant and as an exam preparation coach. Along with his academic experiences, his passion for travelling has led him to found Philoxenia: an ongoing project in which he previously coordinated and managed an Erasmus+ funded intercultural exchange for 40 people from 17 different nationalities. Last year, he joined the Estoril Conferences Organization team. In his free time, he composes music and performs in different music concerts.

Fehmi Yüksel

Fehmi joined McKinsey 10 years ago and serves mainly clients from the Advanced Industries sector around multiple industry-shaping topics. Being among the EMEA core leads in McKinsey’s Sustainability & Decarbonization Service line, Fehmi shapes strategies as well as the day-to-day client agenda on topics such as ESG positioning, Product & Supply Chain Decarbonization, or Circular Business Models. Fehmi serves clients mainly in Europe, Japan, and the USA and also led McKinsey’s work together with the World Economic Forum’s Circular Cars Initiative. Fehmi holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering & Business Administration from RWTH Aachen University having also studied at UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich.

Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a faculty member of FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL).  He is also Director of Stanford’s Ford Dorsey Masters in International Policy Program, and a professor (by courtesy) of Political Science.

Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on issues in development and international politics.  His 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, has appeared in over twenty foreign editions.   His most recent book,  Liberalism and Its Discontents, was published in the spring of 2022.

Francis Fukuyama received his B.A. from Cornell University in classics, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in Political Science.  He was a member of the Political Science Department of the RAND Corporation,  and of the Policy Planning Staff of the US Department of State.  From 1996-2000 he was Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, and from 2001-2010 he was Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.  He served as a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics from 2001-2004. 

Dr. Fukuyama holds honorary doctorates from Connecticut College, Doane College, Doshisha University (Japan), Kansai University (Japan), and Aarhus University (Denmark), and the Pardee Rand Graduate School.  He is a non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rand Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Pardee Rand Graduate School, the Board of Trustees of Freedom House, and the Board of the Volcker Alliance.  He is a member of the American Political Science Association and the Council on Foreign Relations.  He is married to Laura Holmgren and has three children.

Gerd Leonhard

Gerd is a Futurist and a Humanist, a leading global Keynote Speaker (on stage as well as virtually), the Author of 5 books including ‘Technology vs. Humanity’ and a Film-Maker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in London, and the CEO of “The Futures Agency” in Zürich. “Embrace technology but don’t become it” is his credo.

Gonzalo Fanjul

Gonzalo Fanjul is a policy analyst, activist and social innovator working on global poverty and inequality, with a particular interest on the future of global health, child poverty and the narratives that will transform a broken migration regime. Since 2018, he’s a fellow at Ashoka social innovation network. He is the author of ‘3.500 Millones’, El País’ referential blog on poverty, and a regular contributor to various media platforms.

Helena Gualinga

Helena Gualinga, 20, of Kichwa Indigenous and Finland-swedish decent is an Indigenous climate justice and human rights defender who advocates  for the protection of the Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous people’s rights. Gualinga is from the Kichwa community of Sarayaku, a community that has been fighting against big oil for decades. She is a co-founder of  Polluters Out and has attended conferences such as COP 26 and other Climate Summits. She has been featured in Vogue, Vice magazine and in Forbes for her attendance in Davos and recently in the documentary “Helena Sarayakumanta”.

Hryhoriy Nemyria

Hryhoriy is the First Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine and Deputy Chairman of the Batkivshchyna Party. In the previous Rada convocations, Dr. Nemyria chaired the Committees on European Integration and on Human Rights.

He served as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Tymoshenko (2007- 2010). He was Governor from Ukraine in the World Bank and Co-Chairman of the Ukraine-China Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

From 2006-2007, Dr. Nemyria was the Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Delegation to the PACE and the Ukrainian delegation to the Committee on Parliamentary Cooperation between Ukraine and the EU. In Ms. Tymoshenko’s first government (2005), he served as her Foreign Policy Advisor.

Dr. Nemyria comes from Donetsk where he began his academic career. He has an MA in History from Donetsk University and a Ph.D. from Kyiv Shevchenko University. He became Vice-Rector of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and chaired the European Integration Department of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the National Security Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.

Irene Heemskerk

Irene Heemskerk was appointed Head of the European Central Bank of Climate Change Centre in 2021, a position she occupies today, on a mission to shape and steer the ECB’s climate agenda internally and externally. She is currently an Observer at EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board, member of the TIME 2030 Committee Advising on Solutions for the Future and member of the Advisory Board of the International Union for Conservation of Nature for their Finance for Nature initiative. Irene has worked previously as a Sustainability Fellow at the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation and was until recently advisor to the Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System at De Nederlandsche Bank, where she held several positions, including Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Risks and Sustainability.

Isabelle Christina

As a teenager, Isabelle founded “Meninas Negras”, a social project that combats racial and gender inequalities in Brazil. She is currently leading it as Head of Strategy, while working at Oracle as a Business Development Consultant. Board member of “Força Meninas” and Ambassador of the “One Million Opportunities (1MiO)” initiative led by UNICEF, Isabelle is also a member of the first generation of Ashoka Young Changemakers in Latin America.

Joséphine Goubeo

Joséphine is Sistech’s CEO (previously #TF4Women by Techfugees), a non-profit empowering uprooted & displaced women through the qualified and sustainable tech & digital jobs of their choice, with a team of 9 people in France, Italy and Greece. Recognized as one of the “30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs” by Forbes and member of the board of the Norwegian Refugee Council and she acts as an informal expert for the European Commission on migration.

Ulisses Correia e Silva

His Excellency José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva is the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of Cabo Verde and is also President of Movement for Democracy (MPD), the country’s majority party. Since he became the head of government in April 2016, Prime Minister Correia e Silva has led Cabo Verde along the path of sustained economic growth and critical political reform, having also championed a pragmatic, regional approach to problem-solving and forged unprecedented partnerships with municipal leaders. Internationally, Prime Minister Correia e Silva has been instrumental in building Cabo Verde’s reputation as the historic crossroads of Africa, the Americas, and Europe while simultaneously strengthening its emerging strategic value for transatlantic collaboration.

Katharina Wagner

Katharina Wagner is an Associate Partner in McKinsey’s Berlin office. She is passionate about all topics relevant to the prosperity, wellbeing and security of European citizens. In her work, she supports her clients in defining strategies to achieve these goals. In her free time, she loves to move (spinning, running, yoga, skiing) and play board games. Katharina holds a Master in International Business (WHU) and a Master in International Affairs (Columbia University).

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is the 4th President and 1st female President of the Republic of Croatia, first female Assistant Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as Croatia’s first female Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States. Experienced politician, national and international diplomat, with expertise in geopolitical studies, the Trans-Atlantic relationship, inter-faith and inter-cultural relations, European and Eurasian studies, relations with Russia, gender issues and global security issues. Kolinda has been honoured with several awards, decorations, honorary doctorates and honorary citizenships.

Lars Strannegård

Lars is a Professor of Management Studies and holder of the Bo Rydin and SCA Chair in Business Administration, Leadership. Focused on aesthetics, branding, organization and leadership, Dr. Strannegård has carried out research on organizing and management practice in multinational organizations and his work has been published in several journals. He is the chairperson of Beckmans School of Design and member of the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS).

Lee Crockford

Lee is a social impact advisor and non-executive director working to solve complex global challenges through innovation, design, impact measurement, and behaviour change. His work spans the domains of mental health, education, environment, technology, and justice across private, public, and non-profit sectors.

Lee has been a Global Laureate Fellow, Impact Academy Fellow, G20 Youth Representative, Victorian LGBTIQ+ Leader, AMP Tomorrowmaker, and D&F Academy Fellow. His work has also been awarded by Good Design, UNLEASH, Impact 25, Australian Scholarships, Pro Bono Australia, and Advance Queensland.

Luisa Gómez Bravo

Luisa Gómez Bravo is currently the Global Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA). She has worked in the BBVA Group for more than 20 years, having served in several relevant positions, such as Global Head of Investment & Cost Management (2017-2018); Head of Investors & Shareholders Relations (2014-2017); Head of Transformation & Operations at BBVA Spain & Portugal (2012-2014), and Global Head of Asset Management (2008-2012), for instance.

Luc Oster-Pecqueur

Luc is a manager at McKinsey & Company’s Paris Office, part of the sustainability practice, helping his clients understand their emissions footprints, setting targets and measuring their alignments with the goals of the Paris agreement, and detailing actions they can take to reduce their emissions, mainly with the financial sector. Beyond his work, Luc has historically been part of the lead of GLAM, McKinsey’s LGBTQ+ community in the Paris office.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was elected President of the Republic for the first time in 2016 and was re-elected for a second term in 2021. He has held various positions in local government, including Municipal Deputy, Metropolitan Deputy, Councillor and President of the Municipal Assemblies of Cascais, Lisbon, and Celorico de Basto. A Law Graduate, he received a Doctorate in Legal and Political Science in 1984. He was a tenured professor at the Faculty of Law of Lisbon University, and has taught throughout his career in various institutions of further education, in Portugal and abroad. He was a journalist, as editor of the Expresso newspaper, and worked on the Seminário newspaper. Subsequently, he appeared on the media as a political commentator on TSF radio and, later, the TV stations RTP and TVI. He works with various civic institutions and associations, as well as in the social sector, as founder, sponsor, director, or simply as a volunteer.

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Mário Centeno

Mário Centeno is the Governor of Banco de Portugal since July 2020. He was Minister of Finance of Portugal between 2015-2020 and former president of the Eurogroup and chair of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism. An experienced economist, Mr. Centeno has held several positions in Banco de Portugal, where he started his career in 1993. He has a strong academic background with a PhD in Economics, from Harvard University. Author and co-author or several scientific publications, books and book chapters related to his areas of interest, such as Labour Economy, Econometrics, Microeconomics and Contract Theory.

Mette Morsing

Mette is the Head of PRME – Principles for Responsible Management Education, an initiative of the UN Global Compact. Mistra Chair of Sustainable Markets and Scientific Director at Misum, she has been a professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), where she was Founding Director of the CBS Center for Corporate Social Responsibility for 10 years. She also served as an Academic Director of the CBS Sustainability Platform. Mette teaches sustainability management and corporate social responsibility in Executive Education at SSE and at PhD level.

Miguel Pinto Luz

Miguel Martinez de Castro Pinto Luz is the current Deputy Mayor of Cascais/Portugal (population 230,000).
Since 2005 he has held various public positions, both in central government, as Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications during Portugal’s XX Constitutional Government, and in his hometown, Cascais. Miguel is currently President of the Alfredo de Sousa Foundation, Vice-President of the Tourism Board of the Lisbon region and member of the Board of Directors of the Inclusive Community Forum. He has a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon), he continued his academic and research career at the same school, completing a master’s in computer networks, where he also taught in several undergraduate and postgraduate courses, he currently teaches at the Nova School of Business and Economics.
He also has an MBA from AESE / IESE Business School (University of Navarra) and is currently developing a PhD in Leadership at Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University). His research interests include public service motivation, servant leadership and public sector governance.

Miguel Pinto Luz is a weekly contributor to a national radio station. He is frequently invited to comment in the main national media. In 2021, he has launched the book ‘Voltar a Acreditar na Política’, in which he shares his strategic vision of the world, Europe and Portugal. He has been developing a new vision for the future of cities and has already implemented successful cases in Cascais.

He is internationally recognized for this work, being invited as a keynote speaker all over the world about Smart Cities.

Natalya Sindeyeva

Natalya is a Russian journalist, founder, main owner and chief executive officer of the Dozhd media holding, which includes Dozhd TV channel, the Republic.ru online magazine and the Big City [ru] magazine. She is the co-founder and former general producer of the Silver Rain radio station. Three times laureate of the “Media Manager of Russia” prize and honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Radio.

Oya Özarslan

Oya is a board member of Transparency International, a global organization fighting against corruption, and has been chair of the Board’s Ethics Committee thereof. She is the founding chair of Transparency International Turkey, leader of the Youth Integrity Initiative in TI and has also been Co-Chair of G-20 Governance Working Group. Throughout her career, Oya has worked as an international lawyer, being recognized as well-known anticorruption, anti-money laundering, fraud, ethics and corporate governance expert, working closely with the European Commission, European Parliament, UN, OECD and GRECO, while serving multiple government offices and multinational clients.

Paola Antonini

Model and author of “Perdi uma parte de mim e renasci”, a book where Paola tells how she fought her way back after losing her leg. By choosing to keep a positive outlook on life, she has been an inspiration to millions of people from all over the world, who follow her on social media. Founder of the “Instituto Paola Antonini” that supports the rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities.

Paulo Portas

Paulo Portas served as Portugal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (2011-2015) and the Minister of Defense (2002-2005). Portas graduated in Law from the Catholic University of Lisbon and now teaches Geo-economics and International Relations at Nova SBE University, IE, Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, and Emirates Diplomatic Academy (Abu Dhabi). In 2016, he withdrew from party politics and came back to the private sector. He became the Chairman of the International Strategic Council of Mota-Engil, was a member of the international board of Pemex Gas (Mexico), and Deputy Chairman of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a founding partner of Vinciamo Consulting, focused on advising business internationalization in Africa, Latin America, GCC, and Asia. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Champalimaud.

Peter Bakker

Peter is a distinguished business leader who has been leading WBCSD for a decade, the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature positive, and more equitable future. Former CFO and then CEO of TNT NV, the global transport and logistics company, Peter has been recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award (2009) and the Sustainability Leadership Award (2010). Currently serves as a member of several corporate sustainability advisory boards.

Pedro A. Neto

Pedro has been serving as Executive Director of Amnistia International – Portugal since 2016, advising the Commission for Equality and Against Racial Discrimination (CICDR). He was one of the founders and Executive President of ONGD ORBIS – Cooperation and Development, in Aveiro, where he carried out development projects in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Former deputy director of CUFC – Centro Universitário Fé e Cultura, in the Diocese and University of Aveiro, he was also a teacher for several years. Pedro has participated in many volunteer missions, since 2004, including in the interior of Angola, where he worked in an UNHCR refugee camp, and then in Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Amazon and Morocco, with capacity building and community development projects. He is currently a weekly columnist at TSF radio and was one of the authors of the book “Vozes Sem Rosto” by ORBIS – Cooperação e Desenvolvimento, published by Sete Mares in 2008.

Randi Zuckerberg

Randi Zuckerberg’s unique background puts her at the forefront of both technology and the arts. As an early employee at Facebook and the creator of Facebook Live, she was on the front lines of shaping Web 2.0 technology. She is also an accomplished artist who has performed on Broadway, won three Tony awards for producing Broadway shows: Hadestown, Oklahoma! and The Inheritance and produced the first ever simulcast of a commercial Broadway show during the height of COVID.

Now she is putting these two worlds together at the start of Web3. One of the most prominent voices for women in crypto and NFTs, Randi is passionate about the unparalleled opportunities for financial success that Web3 can provide for women. Her fun, educational crypto videos on YouTube and Twitter have been viewed more than four million times.

In addition to being one of the largest NFT collectors of women-led projects, she founded HUG, a platform to support NFT creators and buyers, featuring a community curated discovery platform for NFTs (HUGhub), a growth accelerator for established NFT projects and artists (groupHUG) and an early stage creator program (hedgeHUG.) Through these initiatives, Randi and her team are currently working with more than twenty different crypto, NFT & metaverse related projects.

A Harvard graduate, Randi hosts a weekly business talk radio show, Randi Zuckerberg Means Business on SiriusXM, a weekly podcast, Crypto Cafe, and is the author of two best-selling business books, Dot Complicated and Pick Three. When she’s not trading jpegs, she can be found at the theater or doing her best to unplug at home with her husband and three children who are now almost as obsessed with crypto as she is.

Ricardo Costa

Ricardo Costa is a political journalist since 1989, when he joined Expresso as a trainee. In 1992 he integrated SIC TV newsroom at the launching of the first private television in Portugal. Since then, he worked both at Expresso and SIC TV/SIC News, is a regular commentator on political and economic affairs and co-hosts Expresso the Meia Noite since 2002, one of the most relevant political shows on portuguese cable news.

Roberta Metsola

Roberta Metsola was elected President of the European Parliament in January 2022. She was first elected to the European Parliament in 2013, becoming one of Malta’s first female Members of the European Parliament. Metsola was re-elected in 2014 and then again in 2019.In 2020 she was elected as the First Vice President of the European Parliament, becoming the first Maltese national to hold the post. She was responsible for the European Parliament’s relations with national parliaments and for the Parliament’s participation in the interreligious dialogue governed by Article 17 of the treaties. Within the European Parliament, President Metsola was the EPP Group’s Coordinator in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, between January 2017 and 2020. President Metsola was the Parliament’s rapporteur on the European Border and Coastguard Regulation in 2019. She also co-authored the Parliament’s own-initiative report on the need to protect journalists in the European Union from Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation.

Professionally she is a lawyer who has specialised in European law and politics.Prior to her election as a MEP, President Metsola served within the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union and later as the legal advisor to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. In her student years, she campaigned actively for Malta’s EU membership was active in various organisations, acting as the Secretary-General for the European Democrat Student organisation between 2002-2003. She completed an ERASMUS exchange in France and graduated from the University of Malta and the College of Europe in Bruges. Born in 1979, Roberta Metsola is married to Ukko Metsola and is the mother of four boys.

Robin Teigland

Robin is Professor of Strategy and Management of Digitalization at Chalmers University of Technology, a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and Director of Ocean Data Factory Sweden. She has co-founded several circular economy initiatives and startups in Portugal: Peniche Ocean Watch and Ocean Tech Hub LDA, and in Sweden: Ekbacken Studios AB. She has published several books on digitalization and is a globally sought after speaker.

Safia Tmiri

Safia is an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, focusing on human capital development with a focus on future skills and public-private partnerships. She led 20+ projects with policy makers, NGOs and education providers working at a classroom and school level to transform education models and deliver better outcomes for students and society. Safia co-leads McKinsey regional efforts for social impact and serves as board member of the Harvard African Alumni.

Shani Dhanda

As a keynote speaker and practitioner for inclusion across business, government, non-profit and wider society, Shani helps organisations break barriers and integrate inclusion into their business frameworks. Founder of “Diversability”, “Asian Woman Festival” and “Asian Disability Network”, three disruptive platforms united by the common purpose of empowering underrepresented communities. Listed as one of the UK’s most influential disabled people.

Tima Bansal

Founder of the Network for Business Sustainability and Ivey’s Centre for Building Sustainable Value, Tima is currently leading Innovation North, which helps businesses create value for themselves and society simultaneously over the long term. She is also the Vice Chair of United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Education and is on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management. At the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), Tima chaired a multidisciplinary panel examing the potential economic, environmental, and social impacts of advancing a circular economy in Canada.

Tina Thörner

Tina is one of Sweden’s most successful co-drivers in rally with three gold medals in the world championship. She is also an entrepreneur, certified coach and motivator, currently leading her own consulting company in the areas of management, leadership, motivation lectures and mental training for sport teams, while developing an educational platform for students of the world, focusing on entrepreneurial skills and innovation.

Vasco Rato

Vasco Rato holds a PhD in Government from Georgetown University. A Professor of International Relations, he has written extensively on great power politics and American foreign policy. His latest book is De Mao a Xi: o ressurgimento da China(2020). He is a former President of the Luso-American Foundation (FLAD).

Veneta Andonova

Veneta is the Dean of Universidad de los Andes School of Management in Colombia, where she also occupies the role of Associate Professor of Business Strategy. She is an accomplished educator, entrepreneurial mentor and researcher, having thought for some of the top business schools in Latin America. Her scientific contributions have been published in high-ranked international journals in economics and management and she is a co-author of two successful books: “Multilatinas: Strategies for internationalization” and “Entrepreneurial ecosystems in unexpected places”.

Vera Pinto Pereira

Vera Pinto Pereira graduated and Post-Graduated in Economics by Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and has an MBA from INSEAD. In 2018, Vera was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of Directors of EDP, where she is also the CEO at EDP Comercial. She is also a member of the Board of EDP Spain, EDP Brazil and EDP Renewables and President of the Board of EDP Foundation. Previously, she was the Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Spain and Portugal at Fox Networks Group and member of the Executive Leadership Team Europe and Africa, after working for several years in consulting and the telecommunications industry.

Yulia Tymoshenko

Yulia Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician and businesswoman. She co-led the Orange Revolution and was the first female Prime Minister of Ukraine, serving two terms in office (2005; 2007-2010). In the mid-1990s, she became President of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, which helped supply gas to Ukraine’s huge industrial base, having pursued an active political career afterwards. First elected to the Ukrainian parliament in 1996, she was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy in 1999, having continued to taking part in several political activities from 2014 to 2018, participating in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. Founder of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, she is one of Ukraine’s most high-profile political figures.

Vladimir Milov

Vladimir Milov is a Russian opposition politician, publicist, economist & energy expert. Former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia, adviser to the Minister of Energy, and head of strategy department at the Federal Energy Commission, the natural monopoly regulator. Author of major energy reform concepts, founder and president of the Institute of Energy Policy, a leading independent Russian energy policy think tank. Columnist of major Russian political and business editions, Mr. Milov had became a vocal public critic of Vladimir Putin’s dirigiste and authoritarian course since he left the Russian Government.

Xiye Bastida

Xiye Bastida is a Climate Justice Activist who advocates for the centering of frontline communities in climate policy. She organized with Fridays For Future NYC for three years, where she helped mobilize up to 300,000 people for climate strikes. In 2020, she co-founded Re-Earth Initiative, which is a youth-led Climate Justice education organization. Xiye is a public speaker who advocates for youth and Indigenous rights. And she currently attends the University of Pennsylvania where she is pursuing a BA in Environment Studies.

Méabh McMahon

Méabh McMahon is a European Affairs correspondent, reporting on European politics from the Brussels bureau for Euronews’ English language edition. Méabh closely follows the political development of the EU institutions, including policy announcements, the plenaries of the European Parliament, the response to the coronavirus crisis, the EU-UK relations and other foreign policy issues. She also covers local and regional news in the Benelux area.

Méabh has interviewed prominent figures like US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executive Director Emer Cooke and former Irish president Mary Robinson. She has hosted and moderated numerous public events, including a Euronews Debates session led by European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans. In the build-up to the 2019 European elections, Méabh took part in Euronews’ Road Trip Europe around the continent to hear first-hand from European citizens about their concerns and aspirations. Méabh holds a B.A. in European Studies from Trinity College, Dublin. Besides her native English, Méabh speaks Spanish, French and German.

Aashish Bergi

Aashish Beergi is the Co-founder and CEO of MASH Project Foundation, an award-winning social enterprise that is building an eco-system for young social entrepreneurs in India. He is a Scholar at the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. His social enterprise was conferred with Goalkeepers Global Goals Award by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2020. MASH Project has a presence in India and builds a community for social entrepreneurs through events & workshops, aggregating platforms between mentors and mentees, providing media support to social entrepreneurs, and partnering with other key stakeholders. Aashish has been a British Council – Global Changemaker (London), Official Indian Delegate to BRICS Youth Summit (Guwahati), UNESCO Youth Forum (Paris), International Youth Forum – (Seliger, Russia).

António Alexandre

Graduated recently in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and joining now the CEMS MiM community. My international R&D background and experience organizing cultural events made me a versatile professional with a diversified skillset. Being a surfer since a young age complemented my critical thinking methodologies and softs skills and nurtured a deep-care for the ocean. I now seek to empower this generations voice bringing an innovative and effective approach to sustainability concerns increasingly being raised worldwide.

Adriana Pomante

Adriana is a 23-year-old student at Nova SBE pursuing the CEMS Master’s in International Management. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She is the co-founder and President of the Nova SBE Politics Club, a student initiative that aims to bring Nova students closer to the spheres of politics, diplomacy, world economy and international relations, through both theoretical and on-field experiences. She is also a member of NOMA Marketing Consulting, the student-run Strategic Marketing firm of Nova SBE, where her role ranged from Project Manager to Project Supervisor to (currently) Head of Supervisors. In the last 4 years, she has worked and studied in 4 different countries, namely Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany. Outside of university, she is passionate about Sailing, Traveling and Arts.

Carlo Alberto Frassinetto

Carlo Alberto is an Italian 24-year-old student and volleyball player. While pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, he was working closely with United Nations bodies and several representations within the Italian capital. During his exchange semester at the Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, Carlo Alberto got the opportunity to learn more about business administration, therefore deciding to start a new academic journey at Nova SBE, where today he is part of the CEMS Master’s in International Management Program, of which he is also Student Board Representative. As a reflection of his academic path and professional experiences in several countries, Carlo Alberto embarked on the mission of building more bridges between the private and the public worlds, by – among the others – co-founding and being the first President of the Nova SBE Politics Club.

Jana Degrott

Jana Degrott is an Obama Leader and the Co-Founder of We Belong Europe, an initiative to inspire next-generation leadership for young European women of color to create a future pool of role models. We Belong brings women of color together in healing spaces, free of hatred and discrimination, to share and reflect on their experiences, examine their histories and identities, and construct their own life narratives. Jana’s work has led to a popular podcast in Luxembourg, entitled “Wat Leeft?” that focuses on building a more inclusive and tolerant Luxembourg and Europe. As a believer in the importance of youth voices in government, Jana is also a local councilor in her hometown of Steinsel and one of the youngest elected officials in Luxembourg.

José Pedro Frazão

Started on radio in 1989 in Torres Novas. Conducted numerous special broadcasts and debate programs over the past 20 years in Rádio Renascença. Reporter in Pakistan during the Afghanistan War and in Ukraine during the Russian invasion of 2022, had special assignments in post war conflict zones such as the Balkans, West Bank or Iran and covered 2005 London Attacks. Collaborated with television and the press, has frequent activity as a conference moderator. He closely follows the areas of international and environment, presenting weekly debates about european, political and social topics. He also presents the weekly program “Da Capa à Contracapa”, in partnership with the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation.

Lester Vargas

Lester is a Full Stack Developer, Tech Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of FractalUp, a social learning platform that replaces the traditional educational system by using Artificial Intelligence to create personalized learning paths, fostering new educational trends while re-inventing schools, universities, institutions and corporate training. Recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 Fellow in Education in 2015, Lester’s work has been recognized with FractalUp by several entities, including MIT and Qatar Foundation for instance.

Linh Do

Linh Do has spent the last decade working across advocacy and engagement, media and social enterprise. Co-founder of the technology start-up OurSay and member of Global Shaper, she is currently the Director, Wattle Fellowship at the University of Melbourne, and a board member at Climate Action Network Australia. Linh was most recently Australia and Pacific lead for The Climate Reality Project, Al Gore’s climate change leadership program. She has worked with a wide array of individuals from high school students to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Reuters Foundation.

Melissa Hermanns

Melissa is a 24-year-old student pursuing her CEMS Master in Management at NOVA Sbe and the University of Sydney. She holds a Bachelor degree in International Business from Maastricht University. In the last years she has worked and lived in 3 different cities in the field of Marketing at several FMCG companies and now specializes in the field of Technology Consulting and Digital Business. Last year, she joined the Estoril Conferences Organizing team. Besides, in her free time she is passionate about traveling and has visited over 30 countries already, plays Lacrosse and Volleyball and loves game nights.

Nondumiso Holphe

Nondumiso is currently the Director – Global Shapers Mbabane. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science with Honors degree, in Political and International Studies, from Rhodes University.  She was named an inaugural Queen’s Young Leader winner by Queen Elizabeth II and a Commonwealth Young Achiever (2015), being recognized as a policy influencer on SADC’s Top 100 Youth list (2018). She serves as Advisor to the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. Her areas of interest include education, gender, health, foreign and public policy.

Radek Oros

Radek is a PhD candidate, Teaching Assistant & Student Well-being Coach at NOVA SBE. Having a degree in Psychology, his present doctoral research and consulting practice mainly span the areas of applied mindfulness, innovative education, and purposeful career construction. Through his work, Radek seeks to help others find more resilience, meaning and fulfilment in their personal and professional lives.

Roman Dobrokhotov

Roman is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Insider, a Russian independent online magazine focused on investigations and debunking of fake news. He has a Ph.D. in political science and used to be a civil activist and organiser of protest campaigns in support of human rights. “The Insider” was founded in 2013 and since than Roman has participated in many important investigations concerning Russian trolls and hackers, invasion in Ukraine, GRU operations in Europe, corruption of the Russian government and many others. Winner of the 2019 European Press Prize with “Unmasking the Salisbury Poisoning Suspects: A Four-Part Investigation”, in collaboration with Christo Grozev and Daniel Romein.

Stefan Grobe

With over 30 years of journalistic experience, Stefan Grobe is one of Euronews’ most familiar faces. Based in Brussels since 2017, he hosts “State of the Union”, a weekend magazine on European Affairs. He also regularly anchors the flagship evening programme “Euronews Tonight”. From 2012 to 2017, he has worked as Euronews’ Washington correspondent, having covered the 2012 and 2016 presidential primaries and election campaigns. Stefan has routinely covered the White House and Congress, as well as the Washington-based international institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank.

During his years at Euronews, Stefan has served as Head of Business desk, Head of German-speaking Service, and host and producer of the Business Weekly show. He has also covered the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum in Davos, as well as G20 and G8 meetings. German-born, Stefan speaks French and English, has studied in Bonn, Hamburg, Pari and the United States and holds a PhD in American history on Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Weza Bombo João

Weza Bombo João is currently building a sustainable goldsmith company with a blockchain tracking system in Switzerland and studies Managing Climate Solutions, International Law (M.A.) and International Management (M.Sc.) at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland.

He is the Founder and Chairman of the Africa Association in Switzerland and won with his team the first Global Leadership Challenge (2020) from the Oxford Character Project, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and St.Gallen Symposium.

Since this year, Weza writes a Memoire “The Power of Perspective Taking” about Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Purpose-driven Leadership, served in Warsaw as a Chairman at the CEMS Climate Policy UNFCCC, simulating the upcoming COP27 and supports the Sustainability Consulting (EYCarbon) department at Ernst and Young, guiding SMEs along their decarbonization journey.

Ana Costa

Ana holds a degree in Environmental Engineering, with a post-graduation in Business Management. Her professional path has started in the wastewater sector in Portugal, leading her to Angola to work in the O&G industry, where Ana had the chance to work with global companies (BP, KBR, Subsea 7) leading the way to find sustainable solutions to the sector with a triple bottom line approach.

Ana is the founder Baseville, a sustainable fashion brand, and co-founder of Fashion Catalyst, a fashion consultancy studio. Creating purpose centered innovation ecosystems has been one of her missions while working at Beta-i.

Ana Pimentel

Ana Pimentel is the author of the book Unicórnios Portugueses – A história das startups de mil milhões de dólares (Portuguese Unicorns – The Story of the Billion Dollars Startups), and has hosted the Unicórnios Podcast. Journalist, editor, writer, and podcaster, she wrote about entrepreneurship and technology for several years at Observador and moderated national and international conferences such as Web Summit, Portugal Digital Summit and European Commission Initiatives. She has been working as editorial coordinator of Lua de Papel, an imprint of the LeYa group, since August 2021.

Beatriz Fernandes

Currently a researcher at iMed.ULisboa in the area of Neuron-Glia Biology and Secretary-General of Junior Enterprises Global.Started her path in LisbonPH -Junior Enterprise of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon as a member of the Innovation and Scientific Department and then as President, in the position of Secretary-General.

Cristina Gonçalves

Currently an actress in Companhia Maior, she has been a teacher of German, English, and Portuguese for 40 years. As a teacher she realized the importance of teaching to “choose the words carefully and also the gestures”. As an actress, she discovered that it was possible to “rehearse life.” As a community member, she believes that it is urgent “to have time to say all the words.”

Dr Neli Koleva PhD

Dr. Neli Koleva, PhD is the Head of Government Relations & Public Partnerships at Teach for Bulgaria where she has worked for the past 11 years. She has led two successful multi-national teams in KA3 Eramus + projects in policy experimentation (www.newtt.eu, www.projectnest.eu). In 2021, she served as an advisor to the caretaker Minister of Education and Science. Dr Koleva teaches a course on social entrepreneurship at the American University of Bulgaria’s EMBA program.

Drª Yasmin Bhudarally

Drª Yasmin Bhudarally took her degree in Law from Universidade Clássica in 1991. Post-graduated in Notarial and Registral Law, Drª Yasmin is the CEO of NEYA Hotels since 2008 and Chairman of the Mediation and Arbitration Department of the Ismaili Community.

Deimantė Žemgulytė

Deimante is a Project Leader at Transparency International Lithuania. She holds a Bachelor‘s degree in Political Science from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. Currently she is studying for a degree in MSc Public Policy at University of Bath.At Transparency International Lithuania, Deimantė coordinates various initiatives related to whistleblower protection, money laundering prevention, media transparency, citizen participation and inclusion, together with the team organizes annual Transparency International School on Integrity. Prior to joining TI Lithuania, she gained experience in Vilnius City municipality and in private sector working with anti-money laundering compliance.

Diogo Teixeira

Diogo Teixeira is Co-Founder of Beta-I since January 2018, and since January 2022 CEO of the company. Previously he was a founder and partner at Couture, Head of Strategy, Business Development and Client Services.With a bachelor’s in Communication Studies, before founding Couture in 2010, Diogo worked for PT Multimedia, RTP, Euronews and Euro 2004.

With a passion for entrepreneurship, Diogo is still a partner of TorkeCC, an internationally awarded creative agency, and founder of Billy The Group, a startup accelerator that invests in disruptive businesses. He is a lecturer at Catolica Lisbon School of Business Economics and frequent speaker at Innovation and Strategic Marketing conferences.

Filipa Pinto Coelho

Filipa graduated in Social and Cultural Communication at Portuguese Catholic University in 1998, post-graduated in Marketing and later specialized in Luxury Marketing at the same university. Her professional career started as communication manager due to her passion to help companies to efficiently reach their internal and external customers, and has done that in several companies in Porto and Lisbon.

After having been invited to work as a marketing director at a portuguese luxury Group for about four years, she set up her own consultancy business as an independent marketing professional in the lifestyle market. It was when she’s got pregnant of her third child – Manuel – who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome at the 15th week of pregnancy – that her life and professional path changed completely.

Love and Passion commanded the rest of Filipa’s story up to now. She used her know-how to set-up a social entrepreneurship project named CafécomVida, on behalf of the NGO that she created together with a group of parents of children with cognitive impairment – VilacomVida -, whose mission is to transform people’s lives by promoting a quality-based experience with young adults diagnosed namely with Down Syndrome and Autism, allowing them to show the world their hidden super-powers. Now Filipa represents exclusively, through the ONG VilacomVida and the company Joyeux Portugal, the first social franchising of the mission and brand Café Joyeux, which it intends to expand throughout the country, so that more and more people get to know the added value of difference.

Francisco Cardoso

Francisco is a Law graduate and he has worked with children, as a volunteer, since he was 17 years old in inumerous summer camps, activities and groups. These experiences gave him the desire to help children find their talents and put them in service of others. Because he wanted to find ways for more children to get these opportunities, Francisco joined Teach For Portugal in 2021 as a Mentor at Agrupamento de Escolas de São João do Estoril.

Inês Justino

Born and raised in Algarve, Inês is a Sociology graduate and post-graduated. Ever since she was little, Inês wanted to go to university, but her parents didn’t support her financially. So she started working while studying. At 21 she discovered her passion for Education. She found Teach For Portugal and she truly believes all children must have an education that allows them to fulfill their potential, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Now, Inês is a Teach For Portugal Mentor at Agrupamento de Escolas Alexandre Herculano.

Jane Hoffman

Jane Hoffman is the CEO of Daloop. Before moving from New York to Porto, she has started and led other companies like Veniam through the stages of founding, growth, acquisition and public company exit. In the roles of President, COO, and CBO (Chief Business Officer), she has complemented the CEO and their leadership teams.

Joana Castro e Costa

Joana Castro e Costa is currently Executive Director of the Leadership for Impact Knowledge Centre. She has a master’s in management, from Nova SBE, and several years of field experience in consulting and management in the private and public sectors. Namely she has worked in telecommunications, education, and IT, and in functions regarding project management, marketing, business development, partnership management, quality & security, and advisory to board of directors.

João Meneses

João Meneses is the Secretary-General of BCSD Portugal. He holds degrees in Business Administration (bachelor), Marketing (bachelor) and Development Studies (master), and executive programs from Harvard, Stanford, Kellogg School of Management, IMD, Cambridge and INSEAD. With solid management and leadership experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, as well as teaching in two top Portuguese universities, he is currently the Secretary-General of the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Portugal, a member of the Global Network of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Previously, he was general manager of a venture fund, director of two incubators (one web-tech and the other one for creative industries), Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, head of the team in charge of the rehabilitation of an historic area in the center of Lisbon (Mouraria and Intendente), cofounder and CEO of a Portuguese NGO working in Portugal and Africa, and CFO at Chapitô. He’s also Co-Founder of Festival Sónar in Lisbon.

José Maria Pimentel

José Maria Pimentel is an Economist, having worked for various years in Banking Supervision. He is also the author of the podcast 45 Graus, a space where he holds conversation and debates ideas with experts from various sectors, ranging from science and politics to philosophy and economy.

Karina Carvalho

Karina Carvalho is currently the Executive Director of Transparency International Portugal, the Portuguese chapter of Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption coalition, where she also serves on the Membership Accreditation Committee. Graduated in Sociology at the University of Coimbra, she continued her advanced studies in Globalization, Development Cooperation, Migrations, Inter-Ethnicities and Transnationalism and is now concluding a Master in African Studies at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. In 2017, Karina obtained the SCCE Business Compliance & Ethics Professional (International) certification.

Before joining TI Portugal, she worked as expert in HRM and Human Capital and developed consultancy projects in many and different fields, from education and training to gender mainstreaming, organizational capacity building, internal communications, social responsibility, corporate governance, and entrepreneurship, for companies and NGOs in Portugal and Angola.

Kelsey Beltz

Managing Director at The Good Lobby, where she leads projects on advocacy, transparency, and sustainability. With a background in human rights campaigning and migration policy, she holds a Master of Public Policy from Sciences Po Paris and a Master of Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Laurence Fabre

Laurence practiced as a lawyer in business criminal law. It leads the program relating to the integrity of economic actors. She steers Transparency France’s partnerships with private sector organizations on ethical issues. Laurence Fabre is a referent on “justice and law” issues and leads the actions on whistleblowing. She is also responsible for the Higher Education program as part of which she coordinates the awareness campaigns delivered by the organization to higher education establishments; it leads the Erasmus program of which Transparency France is a partner. Laurence also teaches business criminal law at universities.

Lena Bell

Lena is currently a Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she mainly works on projects enhancing sustainability, capturing lifecycle value and pushing green business building – in established companies and within new start-ups.

Just before shifting her work focus to green topics, she pursued a PhD in “Green last mile logistics” at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in collaboration with Zalando.

In her freetime, she loves to volunteer in local projects with refugees and homeless poeple, is active in her Carnival association and pushes “Social Responsibility” inside and outside of McKinsey.

Luís Araújo

Luis Araújo is the President of Turismo de Portugal (Portuguese National Tourism Authority) since February 2016. He is also President of ETC – European Travel Commission since September 2020 and President of NEST – Tourism Innovation Center in Portugal. He has a degree in Law. Board Member at Group Pestana responsible for the Hispanic America hotels operations Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba. He was also Head of Development for the same Continent and Head of Sustainability since the creation of the department in 2009. From 2001 to 2005 he worked for the Brazilian branch of the company where he was successively Board’s Associate for New Projects in Brazil, Board Member and Vice President for the Group Pestana in South America, with responsibility for New Business Development and Area Operations. He served the Portuguese Government as Head of the Cabinet of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism between 2005 and 2007.

Madalena Jalles

Just a Change is a portuguese association that focuses on combating national housing poverty. Madalena is responsible for planning and developing team building activities that Just a Change organizes, while also managing the organisation’s partnerships.

Madalena has a degree in PR and a post-grad in Hospitality Management, having working in hospitality before joining Just a Change.

Manuel Tânger

Manuel Tânger holds an MSc in Physics from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon which he concluded with a top graded final thesis supervised by Physics Nobel Prize Winner 1999 Gerard t’Hooft at the University of Utrecht. He started his professional career at Mercer HR Consulting, worked for Danone before becoming Brand Manager of Vitasnella.

In 2009, Manuel co-founded Beta-i, where he is a board member and Head of Future. As founder of LC Ventures, one of the most active funds in Portugal, Manuel has been supporting the early-stage startup ecosystem. Manuel is also a Singularity University faculty member, specializing in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Maria Azevedo

Maria graduated in Biochemistry and worked as a cancer researcher for 10 years. After working and living in Portugal, London and Madrid, at the end of her PhD, she had the opportunity to move to Manvi, a small town in central India, where she taught Biology and Chemistry at secondary school for 1 year. What Maria learned from her students and from the children of the orphanage where she lived was much more than she taught. This year changed her forever. In 2015, Maria joined Pedro in founding Teach For Portugal as she believes that only the transformation of education can make our world fairer. It is in this better world that Maria wants her children and all children to grow up. For her, it is a privilege to be able to contribute to change!

Maria José Francisco

With 30 years of international experience in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship, she has integrated neuroscience and emotional intelligence into her main areas of engineering. With this plurality of knowledge and some easy and practical brain-based techniques, she helps people and companies to work at their best performance, with minimum effort and maximum happiness. She loves to simplify and solve difficult problems. Humane, flexible and very, very resilient!

Mariana Nunes

Mariana is Undertaking a International MSc in Finance and CEMS MiM at Nova SBE and Ivey Business School, Marianais the President of Nova Junior Consulting – Nova SBE’s Junior Enterprise which focus on providing strategic consulting services.

Mário Centeno

With a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, he was Portugal’s Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2020 and Eurogroup’s President from 2018 to 2020. During his tenure as President, Centeno represented the Euro Area at the G7 Finance Ministers group and the G4 Finance Ministers group.

Matia Losego

Matia has a degree in Socio-Cultural Animation with specialization in Intercultural Mediation from Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa and a master’s degree in Education and Society from ISCTE-IUL. He is currently the Director of Youth and Education for Human Rights at Amnesty International Portugal.He has developed his work in the youth and non-formal education sector, focusing on Education for Human Rights, the promotion of Youth Participation in its various dimensions and the promotion of social inclusion. Matia coordinated the most recent Portuguese edition of Compass – Manual of Education For Human Rights with Young People from the Council of Europe, published by Dínamo. Besides non-formal education, he works as a storyteller for children and adults.

Matilde Oliveira

Matilde Oliveira graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, as Informatics Engineering. Started her journey in the Junior Enterprises Network as member of FEP Junior Consulting and was Partnerships Manager at Junior Enterprises Portugal. Currently is the International Manager for Junior Enterprises Portugal, the Federation responsible for representing the Portuguese Junior Enterprises. As Head of International Affairs, the responsibilities are to discuss and exchange the vision of the European and Global network, to align the Portuguese strategy with it.

Matteo Chiarofonte

Matteo Chiarofonte is the President of Junior Enterprises Europe representing 34’000 Junior Entrepreneurs from 16 European countries. As Head of Public Affairs, he tackles topics such as sustainability, entrepreneurial education, and skills development. His work is focused on empowering higher education students, promoting learning by doing philosophy, and fostering economic and social growth through Junior Enterprises.

Minna Vourio

Since May 2020, Minna Vuorio is the Director of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and the Principal of the European School of Administration (EuSA). She oversees the daily running of staff selection procedures for recruiting EU institutions and the provision of top-quality training courses for their staff. A core part of her five-year mandate involves change management and the modernisation of EPSO and its underlying IT systems.

Her career in EU institutions started shortly after her home country, Finland, joined the European Union on 1 January 1995. She worked for twenty-five years in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, starting out as a translator and reviser. In 2007, she became an open source analyst of the Joint Situation Centre which reported to Javier Solana, the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for EU Foreign Policy. In 2010, Minna Vuorio returned Finnish language unit as its head and moved on for six months in 2016 as head of the resources and translation support unit. As of July 2016, she became the Director of LING1, including one operational unit and 12 language units to a total of about 450 staff.

Minna Vuorio has three sons and is passionate about diversity, multilingualism and collaborative approaches to work.

Minnie Freudenthal

Minnie’s international experience and her holistic approach to medicine, has led her to integrate nutrition, clinical hypnosis and mindfulness in her practice. She is currently a Doctor of Internal Medicine, having studied and done residencies in many parts of the world, including the US, Angola and London. In addition to her consultations, Minnie has also been working with the younger generations in projects designed to empower young people’s minds.  She finds that understanding the brain and training the mind are the best strategy to prevent mental illnesses.

Monika Lewicka

Tourism industry leader, impact and heart-driven initiator, connector, vulnerability advocate, seasoned solo traveller, and public speaker. Brand Ambassador and Head of Partnerships at the Transformational Travel Council, passionate about building stewardship and belonging through tourism seen not as a product or a transaction, but as an engaging process and an intentional practice.

Paulo Fontes

Director of communication and campaigns at Amnesty International in Portugal, Paulo Fontes was previously a researcher at the University of Porto, teacher and team manager in communication and marketing.

He has worked and conducted research in several contexts of social and community marketing, non-governmental organizations, museums and science centres, having published several articles and spoken at national and international conferences in this area.

Paulo has a PhD in communication and marketing, with a specialization in alternative public engagement strategies for non-commercial contexts.

Pedro Almeida

Pedro graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering in Porto, and then did an MBA at INSEAD. He worked in London as an analyst for a consulting firm in Fast Moving Consumer Goods and then at Bain in Madrid as a Strategy Consultant. He was the Director of Strategic Marketing in a multinational industrial group, in the United States and Portugal, where he has worked in the financial and business development areas. In addition to teaching during college, Pedro volunteered in Angola where he taught English in the most vulnerable communities of Benguela. This transformative experience was the basis for launching Teach For Portugal, because Pedro does not accept the current reality where so many children, depending on the place they are born, have so little opportunities to develop their full potential.

Pedro Vicente

Pedro C. Vicente is a Full Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), where he is also the founding scientific director of the knowledge centre NOVAFRICA. He specializes in development economics and Africa, with a focus on political economy issues. Previously to Nova SBE, Pedro Vicente was a professor and researcher at the University of Oxford and Trinity College Dublin. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame and a consultant to the World Bank. Pedro Vicente has published in leading Economics journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, and the Journal of Development Economics. His research has entailed substantial fieldwork efforts in African countries including Mozambique, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as funding by national and international agencies such as DFID, USAID, 3IE, IZA, and FCT. Pedro Vicente has a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.

Rita Wengorovius

Creator and actress, master in applied creativity and artistic director of Teatro Umano, she believes in re-enchanting the world through participating arts, as a place of humanity. Through the disciplinary intersection of applied creativity, social theater and community art practices, she developed the methodology of Umano Theater and applies it to different audiences and contexts. She defends the love, plants the hope, and when she grows up, she wants to be a poet.

Rodrigo Guedes de Carvalho

Rodrigo Guedes de Carvalho was born in 1963, in Porto. He was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the FIGRA International Festival, in France, for a major report on hospital emergencies (1997). He debuted in fiction with the novel “Daqui a Nada” (1992), winner of the UN Young Talent Award. This was followed by “A Casa Quieta” (2005), “Mulher em Branco” (2006), “Canário” (2007), “O Pianista de Hotel” (2017) – SPA Authors Award for Best Narrative Fiction Book 2018 -, “Jogos de Raiva” (2018) and “Margarida Espantada” (2020). Praised by critics, he has been considered one of the most important voices in new Portuguese literature. He is also the author of the film scripts for “Coisa Ruim” (2006) and “Entre os Dedos” (2009), and the play “Os Pés no Arame” (premiered in 2002, with a new staging in 2016). “Cuidado com o Cão” is his most recent novel.

Rosa Pires

Life enthusiast with a twist of lightness and humor, Rosa is a mindfulness, compassion and trauma-based psychologist. Working out of the box, shifting paradigms, using anchors such as emotional intelligence, neuroscience and a bit of unknown tools, she brings fresh heart-minded perspectives and reminds companies of how to function and flourish like humans again. Also, she uses her own Psycho – Alchemic style when working in individual sessions with the bravest hearts.

Salvador Mendes de Almeida

At the age of 16, an accident left Salvador quadriplegic, but he never gave up.

In 2003, he founded Associação Salvador, through which he fights daily to integrate and improve the quality of life of people with physical disabilities, boosting their talents and creating equal opportunities in society.

Every year Associação Salvador support hundreds of people through direct aid, promoting integration in the labor market; stimulating the practice of adapted sports; sharing knowledge; promoting awareness actions; and many other activities.

Susana Peralta

With Ph.D. in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain, she is a specialist in Public Economics andPolitical Economy, and served as the academic director of the MSc in Economics and the PhD in Economics at Nova SBE.

She is regularop-ed contributor to the Portuguese newspaper Publico, and regularly appears at Portuguese National Television, RTP.

Ay Young

AY is a producer, singer, songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur. He powers his concerts (“The Battery Tour”) using renewable energy. He was recently named a UN Youth Leader for SDGs and performed at President Biden’s inauguration. AY is currently working on a Global Goals album, labeled “Project 17” in collaboration with earth’s biggest artists to create one song for each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.