Economy

Economist and vice president of the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (ASF). He was formerly Coordinator of the Technical Budget Support Unit (UTAO). He has also served as Professor of Economics at the University of Minho, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development and Executive Board Member on the Portuguese Public Finance Council.

Last updated: June 2025

Full professor at the department of Sociology at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE) and senior researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES ISCTE). Since 2009, he has also served as scientific coordinator at the Emigration Observatory.
His research interests include sociological theory, international migration and development sociology.
He served on the Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (2007–2010).
He is the author of several publications, including «Migration and Integration: Theory and Applications to Portuguese Society» (Celta, 2003) and the «Atlas of Portuguese Emigration» (Mundos Sociais, 2023).

Last updated: June  2025

William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University. His research focuses on working from home and management practices. He previously worked at the UK Treasury and McKinsey & Company and the IFS. He has a BA from Cambridge, an MPhil from Oxford, and a PhD from University College London.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the Guggenheim and Sloan Fellowships, the Frisch Medal and a National Science Foundation Career Award. He was elected to Bloomberg50 for his advice on working from home.
On the personal side he is English, living with his Scottish wife and American kids on Stanford campus, in a multi-accented English household.

Last updated: may 2025

Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, and director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School.
Dr. O’Sullivan draws on her broad experience in government, diplomacy, academia, and business to contribute insights that benefit her students and colleagues, the U.S. government, global businesses, and the public debate.

Last updated: april 2025

Economist at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, where he is part of the Territorial Data Analysis and Modelling (TEDAM) team. His research interests include labour economics, fiscal policy, regional economics, technological innovation and ecological economics. He holds a master’s degree and a PhD in Economics from the International University of Andalusia (UNIA).
Before joining the JRC, he worked as a research assistant and adjunct professor at the University of Huelva. Furthermore, he was a visiting assistant professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Management Studies at IST (CEGIST).

Last updated: March 2025

Nonresident fellow in energy and global oil at Rice University’s Baker Institute. He has over 35 years of experience working at the intersections of energy, economics and public policy.
Before joining the Baker Institute, he was the senior U.S. economist at BP. For 12 years, he led the production of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, the world’s longest-running compilation of objective global energy data. He also was responsible for the company’s long- and short-term oil market analysis, and he led the global oil market and transportation sector analyses for the long-term BP Energy Outlook.
Prior to joining BP, he was an analyst and manager at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. He was responsible for assessing the implications for U.S. strategic interests of developments in global oil and other energy markets,
Finley is a senior fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics. He has held leadership roles in the International Association for Energy Economics, the National Association for Business Economics, and the Conference of Business Economics, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan and holds graduate degrees from Northwestern University (in economics) and the George Washington University (in finance).

Last update: march 2025

Founder of the consulting company ‘MD Media Fusion’, presenter of the programme ‘Economia Sem Fronteiras’ and television commentator on the ‘News Now’ channel.
She has spent most of her career in the USA, where she was a reporter for ABC News, Fox News and a correspondent for TVI, based in New York, covering the major global events of recent decades.
Specialising in Justice and International Politics, she followed media cases in the New York courts, including those of Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and ‘El Chapo. She has interviewed figures such as Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Last updated: January 2025

He is an artificial intelligence specialist and co-founder of ‘Data Science for Social Good Portugal’, an association that develops data science and artificial intelligence projects with a positive social impact.
He leads the Data and Artificial Intelligence teams at Mollie, one of Europe's major fintech companies.
With a decade of experience in data and AI, he has developed and implemented artificial intelligence solutions in various sectors. He combines in-depth scientific knowledge with a practical and effective approach to implementing AI, and has been recognised with awards in the field.
He is a guest speaker on ‘data & AI’ at Nova SBE and has a diverse background in national and international companies.

Last updated: january 2025

DeepMind Professor at the University of Cambridge, where he leads the AI field, and a Senior AI Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute.
As a former Director of Machine Learning at Amazon, he implemented solutions for Alexa, Prime Air, and the company's supply chain.
A co-host of the Talking Machines podcast, he has written a series for The Guardian and regularly contributes opinion pieces to various media outlets.
Known for his political and social work with the UK's Council for Artificial Intelligence, the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), and the OECD's Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), his research focuses on improving data management, scientific discovery, and empowering humans to regain control over large AI systems.

Last updated: january 2025