Latest news and stories about business leadership in Portugal for expats and residents.
Paulo Barradas Rebelo is the chairman of Bluepharma. He stepped down as CEO this year. A Catholic manager who created a successful pharmaceutical company and, more recently, the “Torre de Palma” hotel in the Alentejo region.
Gustavo Paulo Duarte has 18 years of experience in association work at Antram, including six years as president.
After more than a decade at Ravasqueira, where he worked closely with the José de Mello family, Pedro Pereira Gonçalves has just stepped down as CEO of the WineStone group, a position he held since the holding company's creation in 2023, also ceasing to be a director in all subsidiary companies. The announcement was made in...
The current CEO of CTT, João Bento, whose term ends at the end of the month, will be the new chairman of the Board of Directors of Lisnave, the shipyard company announced.
Lisnave has invited João Bento, who will step down as CEO of CTT at the end of April, to chair the board of directors, at a “particularly relevant moment for the company” whose concession is coming to an end.
Pedro Lobo has been appointed as the new leader of Pernod Ricard in Portugal.
Pernod Ricard has announced the appointment of Pedro Lobo as managing director of its Portuguese operation, effective July 1st, “reinforcing the group's commitment to the development and consolidation of the Iberian market,” according to a company statement. The executive will report to the CEO of Pernod Ricard Iberia, Sébastien Mouquet, and will...
Pedro Lobo is appointed as the new leader of Pernod Ricard Portugal, effective from the 1st of July.
Born in Venezuela with Portuguese roots, she has had a global career at companies such as McKinsey, Amazon, Uber, and Australia Post. The career path of Laura Gonçalves, current General Manager of Powerdot Iberia, was built by balancing risks and opportunities.
With a professional background in the automotive industry, Zineb Ghout is the new managing director of the Stellantis group for Portugal and Spain, succeeding Marco Cane who took on the role in December 2024. Cane will now take up the position of profitable volume growth, reported the newspaper El Economista this Thursday. The Algerian Zineb Ghout...
From Caracas to leading Powerdot in the Iberian Peninsula, Laura Gonçalves has built a global career defined by difficult decisions and unexpected paths at companies such as McKinsey, Uber, Amazon, and Australia Post. Discomfort, she asserts, is her engine for growth.
Vasco Falcão is the president of Konica-Minolta Portugal and Spain, a company he joined two days before his wedding in 2003. On the day he signed his contract, he was informed of the merger. And then, Japan.
McDonald’s Portugal has merged Marketing and Digital Transformation into a single department. João Pedro Machado, who has been the Digital Transformation director at McDonald’s Portugal since October 2024, assumes leadership of the new department. Sérgio Leal, who spent about 20 years at McDonald’s, the last seven as marketing and communications director, has left the company.
The new chief executive succeeds her father, Luís Montez. In an interview, she discusses the financial situation of the concert promoter, the festival crisis, and a personal vision: “I want to forge my own path.”
Vasp – Distribution and Logistics announced this Friday the new composition of its Board of Directors, consisting of five members, which includes Manuel Aguiar as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Bruna Alves as a member of the Executive Committee. As of March 30, the company's board is composed of Marco Galinha, Chairman of the Board...
Teresa Gonçalves is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Impresa, replacing Paulo Reis, who is stepping down after more than 16 years with the group. The group announced in a statement that she will take up the position on April 17, joining the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.
L’Oréal has just appointed a new general manager for its professional products division for the Portuguese and Spanish markets. The role goes to Joana Fleury, who led the division in Brazil for the last three years, has been with the L’Oréal group for 11 years, and also previously worked at Unilever. In Brazil, the fourth largest market...
Maite Trujillo, Country Manager of AXA Spain, will now lead the business in Portugal, as reported by the newspaper Grupo Aseguranza. The executive will be responsible for the Credit and Lifestyle Protection (CLP), Travel, Automotive and Home Assistance divisions, as well as the Legal Assistance division. Trujillo will also assume...
L'Oréal has appointed Afonso Cruzeiro as the new market director of its consumer products division (CPD) in Portugal, effective April 1st. The executive succeeds Rui Alexandre, who takes on the role of Iberian commercial director for the division. This reorganization follows the appointment of Guillaume Sonolet as general manager of the division.
“I do not like to treat marketing as a cost centre, but rather as an investment centre. If what we do generates value, there are no budget limits, provided we can produce value for the organisation.” This is the vision of Sérgio Carvalho, head of marketing and client at the Fidelidade group, regarding the contribution of...
Carlos Tavares left Stellantis in December 2024. He has been retired since then. He returned to Portugal and released his autobiography. Speaking to Observador, he discusses the automotive industry and his life as a manager.
André Folque, who spent the last year as director of Choreograph, the WPP group's data and technology unit, is the new managing director of Mindshare in Portugal. He succeeds Teresa Oliveira, who was appointed in April 2023 and will now take on new roles in the investment area of WPP Media, according to the group led by...
Mónica Gonçalves is the new Marketing Director of Nestlé Portugal. “It is with great enthusiasm that I take on the leadership of the Marketing department at Nestlé Portugal. I believe in the power and influence of brands on consumer decisions, and above all, in the power of creativity and curiosity, which are the most powerful tools...”
We live in an era where leading an organisation requires unprecedented versatility. The Portuguese edition of PwC's 29th Global CEO Survey shows that CEOs in Portugal are aware of the speed and depth of change in the economic and business context, but continue to face a central challenge: transforming that awareness into creation.
Bruno Calvão will take over the leadership of Pernod Ricard Japan, effective from 1 April (scheduled date). The executive has been the managing director of Pernod Ricard Portugal since 2021. Information regarding his successor in the Portuguese market has not yet been revealed. Pernod Ricard owns brands such as Absolut, Jameson, and others.
Accenture Song has new leadership in Portugal with the appointment of Andrea Sá Couto as the new lead for this division of the consulting firm. Accenture Song is the area dedicated to customer experience and growth, where strategy, creativity, design, and technology unite to create and transform products, services, and channels.
Just arrived in Paris and responsible for 30 countries, Pedro Afonso, the newly appointed director-general of Vinci Energies International & Systems, is just one example of the many Portuguese executives who hold top positions around the world.
