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The Brazilian beauty brand celebrates four decades of presence in the Portuguese market, which remains its biggest international operation.
António José Seguro recalled that Ludgero Marques led the Porto Industrial Association between 1985 and 2008, an institution that, under his leadership, became the Portuguese Business Association (AEP).
Ludgero Marques, one of the most influential figures in Portuguese business associations in recent decades, has died at the age of 88. Former president of the AEP for 23 years, he also stood out at the helm of Cifial and various national industry organisations.
The Portuguese business community lost one of its most prominent and combative figures of the post-1974 era this Monday. Engineer Ângelo Ludgero da Silva Marques, the historic president of the Portuguese Business Association (AEP) and a key figure in the industrial growth of Northern Portugal, passed away this morning at the age of 88. A native of Santa Maria da Feira, Marques was a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Porto and a central figure in the transformation of the metallurgical and hardware sectors, most notably leading the Cifial group until 2013. He served as president of the AEP for 23 years, overseeing its modernisation and the creation of the Exponor exhibition centre. Throughout his career, he received numerous state honours, including the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, for his contributions to the national economy.
Businessman and association leader, he served as president of the Portuguese Business Association from 1985 to 2008. The AEP described him as “one of the greatest figures” of business associationism.
Businessman and former association leader Ludgero Marques has died at 88, according to a statement of condolence published this Monday by the Portuguese Business Association (AEP), which he presided over for 23 years when it was still called the Porto Industrial Association (AIP). A native of Santa Maria da Feira, where he was born on March 26, 1938, Ângelo...
When Chawa Jablonsky, born in Poland in 1930, arrived in Portugal at just six years old, she could never have imagined that the small knitwear company created by her parents would stitch together an authentic empire of perfumes and cosmetics in the following century. Despite the textile business in the city of Lisbon, it was during a trip that...
Manuel Tarré, president of Gelpeixe, is the 73rd guest on the podcast “E Se Corre Bem?”. He grew up following his parents' businesses, who for many years were dedicated to selling fabrics and clothing accessories, but he ended up inheriting that legacy in a completely different field: the food industry. “I grew up behind a counter.”
Miguel Horta e Costa, former BES administrator, remembers the “childhood friend” who became a “demanding manager”.
The former banker, who led BES Investimento from 2003 until its sale to the Chinese group Haitong, passed away this Wednesday at the age of 71.
José Maria Ricciardi, a member of one of the five branches of the family and former president of the group's investment bank, has passed away, ECO learned from sources close to the family. The man who challenged the leadership of Ricardo Salgado died on Tuesday at 11:00 PM, following a long illness. He was 71 years old.
