Vice-Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University and Professor of Management at CATÓLICA-LISBON, where he teaches Corporate Governance and International Business. Ph.D in Management from the University of Glasgow - School of Financial Studies and Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from CATÓLICA-LISBON. He is Chairman of the Board of AEM - Association of Companies Issuing Securities Listed on the Market. He is co-founder and academic coordinator of the Católica International Business Platform.

He has extensive international experience in senior positions, notably as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Galp Energia, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Brisa CR, Member of the Executive Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon and Interbolsa, and Executive Director of Euronext NV. Previously, he held positions with responsibility for international business on the Executive Committees of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Jerónimo Martins. He was President of ICEP. He has taught at several business schools, notably in the United Kingdom and China (Beijing/Shanghai).

Partner at Sérvulo & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados. He teaches on the Corporate Governance program at CATÓLICA-LISBON and is Coordinator of the Governance Lab research group.

Throughout his career, he has held several prominent positions, including: Vice-Chair of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (2011–2012); Member of the Drafting Committee for the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2011–2013); Member of the Securities Market Code Review Committee (1997–1999); Member of the Coordination Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006–2008); Member of the European Securities Committee (2006–2008); Member of the Bureau of the Chair of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (2006–2008); Member of the OECD working group responsible for drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (1998–1999); and Member of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (1999–2008).

Nuno Moreira da Cruz holds a law degree from the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon, a postgraduate degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium), and an MBA from IE Business School (Madrid). He is a Certified Coach (European School of Coaching, Madrid) and Mentor for Startups. After a brief stint in the banking sector, Nuno joined the BP group, where he held various business positions in Europe, working in Brussels, Madrid, and London. He returned to Portugal to join Galp as a member of the Board of Directors and was CEO of Galp Spain for five years. At CATÓLICA-LISBON, Nuno taught International Business and Strategy, and currently teaches Responsible Business and Business Ethics in MBA, Master's, and Bachelor's programs. He was Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business and Leadership and is currently Dean for Executive Education.

Vice-Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University and Professor of Management at CATÓLICA-LISBON, where he teaches Corporate Governance and International Business. Ph.D in Management from the University of Glasgow - School of Financial Studies and Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from CATÓLICA-LISBON. He is Chairman of the Board of AEM - Association of Companies Issuing Securities Listed on the Market. He is co-founder and academic coordinator of the Católica International Business Platform.

He has extensive international experience in senior positions, notably as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Galp Energia, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Brisa CR, Member of the Executive Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon and Interbolsa, and Executive Director of Euronext NV. Previously, he held positions with responsibility for international business on the Executive Committees of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Jerónimo Martins. He was President of ICEP. He has taught at several business schools, notably in the United Kingdom and China (Beijing/Shanghai).

Professor of Governance and Reputation at Henley Business School (UK) and visiting professor at the INSEAD-Paris Advanced Board program with the Scandinavian Executive Institute (SEI). Filipe is director of Henley’s MSc in Management for Future Leaders program. He is also an Independent Partner at AMROP in Lisbon and a Core Member of the European Board Services Practice (London). He is the author of books, chapters, articles, reports, and case studies on Corporate Governance and ESG. He was invited to be part of the judging panel for the 2023 ESG Investing Awards in the UK. Filipe is on the Editorial Board of California Management Review and the advisory board of Governance magazine and the board of a financial services company in South Africa. He is a proud member of the Governance Lab.

Partner at Sérvulo & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados. He teaches on the Corporate Governance program at CATÓLICA-LISBON and is Coordinator of the Governance Lab research group.

Throughout his career, he has held several prominent positions, including: Vice-Chair of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (2011–2012); Member of the Drafting Committee for the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2011–2013); Member of the Securities Market Code Review Committee (1997–1999); Member of the Coordination Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006–2008); Member of the European Securities Committee (2006–2008); Member of the Bureau of the Chair of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (2006–2008); Member of the OECD working group responsible for drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (1998–1999); and Member of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (1999–2008).

Isabel Rute Ucha da Silva is Chair of the Board of Directors of Euronext Lisbon, the company that manages the Portuguese Stock Exchange, and also serves as a director of Euronext N.V., a multinational group that includes several European stock exchanges. She holds a BSc in Economics from CATÓLICA-LISBON, an MSc in Economics from Universidade Nova, and an MSc Degree in Finance from London Business School. Professionally, among other activities, she served as Advisor for Economic Affairs to the Prime Minister for four years, headed the Issuance and Markets Division of the Portuguese Treasury and Government Debt Agency (IGCP), held positions at the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM), and was an executive partner in a consulting firm for about seven years. At the same time, she has taught at CATÓLICA-LISBON, lecturing on various economics and finance programs (Economics, Corporate Finance, Economics of Finance, Economics of Regulation, European Economics, Portuguese Economy, Corporate Governance).

PhD in Legal Sciences from UCP. Researcher in the areas of Civil Law, Contract Law, Commercial Law, and Business Law.

She is a researcher and member of the Catholic Research Centre for the Future of Law – Centre for Legal Studies and Research (Lisbon School), integrating the Research Lines in “Business Law”, “Law and Artificial Intelligence” and “Solidarity, Citizenship and Social Inclusion” and a member of the Governance Lab and the LSGL Research Group on ESG.

Céline Abecassis-Moedas is Vice-Rector for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She holds a PhD in Business Strategy (École Polytechnique, Paris), a Master's in Management (Université Paris Dauphine), and a Bachelor's in Economics and Management (École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and La Sorbonne). She is an Associate Professor (with Aggregation) in the areas of Strategy and Innovation at CATÓLICA-LISBON and director of the Longevity Leadership executive program. She was Director of Executive Education between 2019 and 2024. She is a non-executive director at Vista Alegre Atlantis and Lectra. She was a professor at Queen Mary University of London and worked as a strategy consultant at AT Kearney in London and as a Product Manager at Lectra in New York. She was an International Faculty Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management. Céline's research interests focus on the role of design in innovation, design management, innovation management, and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. Her work has been published in scientific journals such as the Journal of Product Innovation Management, Creativity and Innovation Management, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Journal of Business Research, Innovation: Organization & Management, and International Journal of Operations and Production Management.

Vice-Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University and Professor of Management at CATÓLICA-LISBON, where he teaches Corporate Governance and International Business. Ph.D in Management from the University of Glasgow - School of Financial Studies and Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from CATÓLICA-LISBON. He is Chairman of the Board of AEM - Association of Companies Issuing Securities Listed on the Market. He is co-founder and academic coordinator of the Católica International Business Platform.

He has extensive international experience in senior positions, notably as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Galp Energia, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Brisa CR, Member of the Executive Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon and Interbolsa, and Executive Director of Euronext NV. Previously, he held positions with responsibility for international business on the Executive Committees of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Jerónimo Martins. He was President of ICEP. He has taught at several business schools, notably in the United Kingdom and China (Beijing/Shanghai).

Partner at Sérvulo & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados. He teaches on the Corporate Governance program at CATÓLICA-LISBON and is Coordinator of the Governance Lab research group.

Throughout his career, he has held several prominent positions, including: Vice-Chair of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (2011–2012); Member of the Drafting Committee for the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2011–2013); Member of the Securities Market Code Review Committee (1997–1999); Member of the Coordination Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006–2008); Member of the European Securities Committee (2006–2008); Member of the Bureau of the Chair of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (2006–2008); Member of the OECD working group responsible for drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (1998–1999); and Member of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (1999–2008).

Abel Sequeira Ferreira is a Member of the Board and Executive Director of AEM - Associação de Empresas Emitentes de Valores Cotados no Mercado (Association of Listed Companies), and a member of the Board of Directors of the European Issuers federation.

A lawyer with a Master's degree in Law, he is currently preparing his doctoral thesis on Corporate Governance, to be presented at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University.

Among several other positions he holds, he is also a member of the Executive Committee for the Monitoring and Oversight of the IPCG Corporate Governance Code, and a member of the Delegate Committee responsible for revising the same code in 2020 and 2023.

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University, where he obtained his PhD in 2010 (On the Inclusion of Illegal Profits and Punitive Effects among the Consequences of Non-Contractual Civil Liability: their Legitimacy through Damages). He teaches in the area of Private Law, covering Contract Law, Property Law, and Consumer Law. He is a member of several international working groups. He has published articles and monographs on various topics, notably civil liability, collective protection of rights, foundation law, and property rights. He was Director of the Lisbon School of the UCP Faculty of Law between 2011 and 2013.

He graduated in Economics from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1973 and completed his PhD in Economic Planning at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, in 1978, and his PhD in Economics at Columbia University in New York in 1986. He was an economist at Banco de Fomento Nacional (1978-81), the Bank of Portugal (1986-88), and the International Monetary Fund (1988-92), consultant to the Bank of Portugal (1996-98 and 2013-2015), and professor of economics and finance at various stages of his career at ISCTE and UCP. In management and supervisory bodies, he was a director of Banco de Fomento e Exterior (1992-96), a member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Insurance Institute (1998-2000), a director of Banco de Portugal (2000-2008), president of the Competition Authority (2008-2013), chairman of the Supervisory Board of Banco BPI (2018-2020), non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Banco BPI (2020-2023), and since 2015, non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of REN SGPS, S.A.

Filipe Santos is Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Dean of CATÓLICA-LISBON, holding the Alfredo da Silva Chair in Entrepreneurship and the Chair Girl Move Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. He served as Deputy Dean for Faculty before his appointment as Dean in February 2019. He is also a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, where he was a career professor for 12 years between 2003 and 2014. At INSEAD, Filipe Santos directed the Entrepreneurship Center between 2009 and 2013 and founded and directed the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative from 2007 to 2014. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and a master's degree in Management and Strategy. He holds a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, with a focus on Entrepreneurship. He received the Lieberman Award from Stanford University for his extraordinary contributions to the University while serving as Chair of the Graduate Student Council of Stanford University of 8,000 Graduate Students.

Professor Filipe Santos' research has been published in the most prestigious scientific journals in Management and has been cited more than 15,000 times (Google Scholar). His research lies at the intersection of strategy, organizational theory, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on the emerging field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Other research topics include innovation in business models, impact investing, corporate entrepreneurship, and family businesses. He is co-author of the “Manual para Transformar o Mundo” (Manual for Transforming the World), the first guide for social entrepreneurs published in Portuguese in 2013, with a second edition (in Portuguese and English) published in 2016. As an educator, Professor Filipe Santos has won several awards for teaching excellence at INSEAD, in executive and MBA programs. He also received the 2012 EFMD award for the best case study in the Africa category with the Nuru Energy case series. At CATÓLICA-LISBON, he teaches courses on social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and corporate entrepreneurship. He is a regular speaker at national and international events on entrepreneurship and social innovation. He mentors entrepreneurs and social investors.

As a social entrepreneur, Professor Filipe Santos co-founded and served as president of IES-Social Business School in 2009 and the Social Investment Laboratory in 2013, known as Maze-Decoding Impact. In 2015, he founded and was the first president of the public initiative Portugal Inovação Social, which launched an innovative policy to promote and finance social innovation in Portugal, considered a best practice by the OECD and the European Commission. Professor Filipe Santos is President of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) and a member of the investment committee of the Social Innovation Fund, as well as a jury member for several social innovation initiatives and awards in Europe. He seeks to contribute to the development of an economic system aligned with the generation of well-being and prosperity, based on the entrepreneurial energy of citizens who seek purpose and generate social impact. Finally, in September 2019, he received the Social Innovation Thought Leader award from the Schwab Foundation, one of the organizations of The World Economic Forum.

Postdoctoral degree in Banking from Harvard Business School, PhD in Management from IESE (Barcelona), and Bachelor's degree in Management from CATÓLICA-LISBON. She is a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and teaches “Financial Institutions” in the Master's Program in Financial Analysis at the Carlos III University of Madrid. She is currently a Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, and member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee at Banco Caixa Geral, Non-Executive Director, member of the Executive Committee and Audit Committee at Grupo Empresarial San José, and member of the Advisory Board at the economic newspaper Expansión. She is also a partner at the consulting firm Diagnóstico & Soluciones. At CATÓLICA-LISBON, she has taught in the MBA program, undergraduate program, and executive programs in the area of banking.

Rita Canas da Silva is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon School). She is a member of the Executive Committee and coordinating partner of the Labor Department at Sérvulo e Associados. She holds a PhD in Private Law from the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon, with a thesis dedicated to the Suspension of Employment Contracts. She is a guest speaker at conferences and seminars on Labor Law, with extensive published work in her area of expertise. She is a founding member of APODIT – Portuguese Association of Labor Law and a founding member of AJJ – Association of Young Labor Lawyers. Between 2011 and 2015, she was an assistant in the Office of the Secretary of State for Employment (Ministry of Solidarity, Employment, and Social Security) and an advisor in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State to the Prime Minister. Registered with the Bar Association since 2004.

Vice-Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University and Professor of Management at CATÓLICA-LISBON, where he teaches Corporate Governance and International Business. Ph.D in Management from the University of Glasgow - School of Financial Studies and Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from CATÓLICA-LISBON. He is Chairman of the Board of AEM - Association of Companies Issuing Securities Listed on the Market. He is co-founder and academic coordinator of the Católica International Business Platform.

He has extensive international experience in senior positions, notably as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Galp Energia, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Brisa CR, Member of the Executive Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon and Interbolsa, and Executive Director of Euronext NV. Previously, he held positions with responsibility for international business on the Executive Committees of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Jerónimo Martins. He was President of ICEP. He has taught at several business schools, notably in the United Kingdom and China (Beijing/Shanghai).

Partner at Sérvulo & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados. He teaches on the Corporate Governance program at CATÓLICA-LISBON and is Coordinator of the Governance Lab research group.

Throughout his career, he has held several prominent positions, including: Vice-Chair of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (2011–2012); Member of the Drafting Committee for the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2011–2013); Member of the Securities Market Code Review Committee (1997–1999); Member of the Coordination Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006–2008); Member of the European Securities Committee (2006–2008); Member of the Bureau of the Chair of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (2006–2008); Member of the OECD working group responsible for drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (1998–1999); and Member of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (1999–2008).

Law degree (University of Coimbra, 1961) and Doctorate H. C. (University of Lisbon, 2011).

Founder of SEDES, minister in three governments, he pursued a professional career in banking and philanthropy.

He was president of the General Council of the IPCG (2007-2011).

He is currently a member of the Superior Council of the Portuguese Catholic University, president of the Founders' Council of the Serralves Foundation, Senior Advisor to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and president of the Ethics Committee of the Bank of Portugal.

Vice-Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University and Professor of Management at CATÓLICA-LISBON, where he teaches Corporate Governance and International Business. Ph.D in Management from the University of Glasgow - School of Financial Studies and Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from CATÓLICA-LISBON. He is Chairman of the Board of AEM - Association of Companies Issuing Securities Listed on the Market. He is co-founder and academic coordinator of the Católica International Business Platform.

He has extensive international experience in senior positions, notably as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Galp Energia, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Brisa CR, Member of the Executive Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon and Interbolsa, and Executive Director of Euronext NV. Previously, he held positions with responsibility for international business on the Executive Committees of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Jerónimo Martins. He was President of ICEP. He has taught at several business schools, notably in the United Kingdom and China (Beijing/Shanghai).

Partner at Sérvulo & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados. He teaches on the Corporate Governance program at CATÓLICA-LISBON and is Coordinator of the Governance Lab research group.

Throughout his career, he has held several prominent positions, including: Vice-Chair of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (2011–2012); Member of the Drafting Committee for the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2011–2013); Member of the Securities Market Code Review Committee (1997–1999); Member of the Coordination Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006–2008); Member of the European Securities Committee (2006–2008); Member of the Bureau of the Chair of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (2006–2008); Member of the OECD working group responsible for drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (1998–1999); and Member of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (1999–2008).