The Hon. Rui Moreira
Rui de Carvalho de Araújo Moreira was born in Porto on August 8, 1956. From an early age, he was an active voice in the defence of the interests of the city of Porto and the North Region, organizing and participating in conferences on the subject and writing in the press, where he was a […]
Alicia Montalvo
Alicia Montalvo Santamaría is, since June 2022, Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity at the Development Bank of Latin America, CAF. Her professional career has focused on the field of international financial cooperation and environmental economics, always in public institutions. In the international arena, she has held the following positions: Chief Counselor of the […]
H.E. Charles Michel
Charles Michel was born in the Belgian town of Namur in 1975. He studied law at the University of Brussels. In 1999 he was elected Member of the Federal Parliament and later became the Walloon Minister for Interior Affairs and Civil Service, and in 2007, Federal Minister for Development Cooperation. He played an important role […]
Gonçalo Saraiva Matias
Gonçalo Saraiva Matias is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Foundation. He is a professor at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal, where he also obtained his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees. He was director of the Catholic Global School of Law and […]
The Hon. Randi Levine
Randi Charno Levine has been the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal since 2022. Nominated by President Biden in November 2021, she was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. A national advocate for the arts, cultural diplomacy leader, and philanthropist, Ambassador Levine has made mission-wide efforts to enhance the long-standing diplomatic, commercial, educational, cultural and defense […]
Ambassador Akif Çağatay Kılıç
Ambassador Kılıç studied economics and political sciences at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. He was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports for the 61st Government of the Republic of Türkiye on 25 December 2013 and remained in office for 62nd and 63rd Governments of the Republic of Türkiye under Prime Ministry. Ambassador Kılıç […]
Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
Elisa Ferreira is the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms. Before that, she was Vice-Governor of the Bank of Portugal (‘Banco de Portugal’). During her tenure, she was Portugal’s representative in the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the European Central Bank. Between 2004 and 2016 she was a Member of the European […]
The Hon. Mário Centeno
Mário Centeno is the Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank since July 2020. He served as President of the Eurogroup and Chair of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism, and for over four years he was Finance Minister of Portugal. An experienced […]
The Hon. Maria da Graça Carvalho
Maria da Graça Carvalho is currently Minister of the Environment and Energy in Portugal. Former member of the European Parliament, she was vice-chair of the Fisheries Committee (PECH), a full Member of Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE) and a substitute member of Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Women’s Rights (FEMM) committees. Before […]
Jingxin Zheng
In his current role, Jingxin oversees the EDB’s investment promotion and industry development efforts in North and South America. His sectors of coverage include Aerospace, Agriculture, Business Services, Consumer Goods, Semiconductors, Healthcare, Industrials and Technology. Prior to this appointment, Jingxin spent two years (2019 to 2021) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, overseeing EDB’s investment promotion efforts […]
Richard Zaltzman
Richard is an experienced board member and executive with a proven track record of business transformation and leadership through innovation, focussed on addressing the global challenges we face today. For the past five years, Richard has held different roles in the European innovation arena, and is now Chief Executive of EIT Food, Europe’s largest food […]