Economy

He became Mayor of Braga in 2013, after working with the municipality since 2001, first as a member of the Municipal Assembly and then as a Councillor.
He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Board of the cross-border association of municipalities «Atlantic Axis of the Northwest Peninsula», Chairman of the Executive Board of the Intermunicipal Community of Cávado and Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the municipal companies Theatro Circo and InvestBraga. He is a member of the Executive Committee of EUROCITIES, the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors, the Committee of the Regions and the board of ATP – Associação de Turismo do Porto.
He has a degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics of Porto and an Advanced Course in Political Studies from the IEP, Catholic University of Lisbon.
He was Secretary General of the Portuguese Association of Financial Analysts and director of the Euronext Lisbon Capital Markets Institute. For several years, he worked as a public and business consultant and Lecturer at Universidade Fernando Pessoa, ISAG – Instituto Superior de Administração e Gestão do Porto, Universidade Lusíada and IESF – Instituto Superior de Estudos Financeiros e Fiscais.

Last updated: June 2023

Maria Manuel Leitão Marques has a bachelor degree in Law from the University of Coimbra, and later obtained her PhD in Economics from the same University. She is a Full Professor at the Economics School of the University of Coimbra and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies since its foundation. She is also the Vice-president of Association Internationale de Droit Économique. Throughout her career, Maria Marques has participated and coordinated several national and internationl projects on the subjects of Economic and Competition Laws, as well as Legal Sociology and Public Administration. She has authored several books and articles on these specialized themes. Between 2005 and 2011, she was appointed Secretary of State for Administrative Modernization, being responsible for the Simplex program, under which the online acess platforms to government and public administration were implemented. Her current research interests focus on regulation of economy by the Government and innovation of public services. Currently serves as member of the High Level Group on Administrative Burdens of the European Commission. Resign in lieu of her election to the Portuguese Parliament, October 4, 2015.

Last updated: october 2023

Former CEO and member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, David Lopes holds a college degree in Business Management. He was until September 2014 the President of the international area of Daymon Worldwide (a leading global company in consumers’ brand development) where he was also responsible for managing international joint ventures, business operations development and expansion in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He previously was General Manager at Daymon Portugal for three years, where he led the team that established the hub which became the basis of this North American international business in Europe. He transitioned from this role to serve as CEO of the leading Portugese wholesaler «Recheio Cash & Carry» before rejoining Daymon. His professional career also includes leadership positions in the polish company Biedronka and as member of the Board of Directors of the companies «Parque Expo», «Oceanário de Lisboa» and «Fundação do Gil». He is a founding member of the Portuguese Diaspora Council.

Last updated: april 2020

Graduated in Marine Biology from Lisbon Classic University, in 1986, with executive education at IMD (1995) and Harvard (1997), and Alumni Member of Stanford (2000). Executive President of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos B.V., the main shareholder of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A., since its establishment in 2012. Member of the Board of Directors of Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A. from 1995 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Company since April 2019. Chairman of Unilever Fima, Lda., Gallo Worldwide, Lda., JMDB Representação e Distribuição de Marcas Lda. and miMed, Cuidados de Saúde S.A. Chairman of Movendo Capital B.V., since 2017. Since May 2020, he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, of which he was a Board Member from 2009 to 2018. Since September 2015, he is the Chairman of Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A., and, since December 2016, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Oceano Azul Foundation.

Last updated: may 2020

Bosch’s representative in Portugal since 2015, he also manages Bosch Car Multimedia in Braga. He has a degree in global leadership and management (Japan) and from Carnegie Mellon University. His strategic priorities include a permanent commitment to innovation and developing highly technological products, as well as growing Bosch's activities in Portugal.

Last updated: October 2018