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Finnish biologist and executive director of RePlanet, an environmental NGO that seeks science-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity collapse, without losing sight of the need to eliminate poverty. Interestingly, this environmental activist played American Football, winning two bronze medals at the World Championships.

last update: September 2022

Labour economist, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and affiliated with IZA – Institute of Labour Economics. In 2020, she completed the Max Weber postdoctoral programme at the European University Institute. She got her PhD from the Nova School of Business and Economics.

Last updated: June 2022

Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics, he holds a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University and is one of the authors of the study «Financing Entrepreneurship in Portugal».

Last updated: November 2023

Professor of Finance at Imperial College London. While she is a financial specialist with a PhD from the London School of Economics, she has a lifelong passion for humour. She coordinated the panel «Humour and Finance» at the annual conference of the European Financial Association and has published several articles on this topic. Her work regularly appears in academic journals and is also referenced in top-tier media outlets such as the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Forbes and NPR.

Last update: february 2026

Full Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) and holder of the BPI | "la Caixa" Foundation Chair in Responsible Finance.

He is also President of the Scientific Council and Dean of Faculty and Research at Nova SBE. He is a research associate at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He has a PhD in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master’s degree in Economics from Nova University Lisbon and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from ISCTE-IUL.

His research areas are corporate finance, corporate governance and asset management and his work has been published in international academic journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance and Review of Financial Studies. He has received several grants and research awards from international and national organisations including the European Research Council (ERC) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He currently teaches corporate finance in undergraduate programmes. He also has extensive experience as a trainer in executive training programmes, legal expert and consultant to companies, banks and international government agencies.

Last updated: January 2023

He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Kent and has worked at the European Central Bank and Banco de Portugal. He was a professor at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management and assistant professor at Instituto Superior Técnico.

Last updated: January 2024