Economy

Economist and researcher in Political Science at ISCTE-IUL. Director of the postgraduate Pprogram in Critical Thinking and Decision-Making at ISCTE Executive Education, and guest lecturer at Católica-Lisbon.
Consultant, trainer, and speaker on critical thinking and decision-making, with organizations such as Sonae, Nestlé, Fidelidade, Bosch, Isdin, E.Leclerc, Auchan, and C2, among others.
Host of the award-winning podcast «45 Graus» (currently, in partnership with the newspaper Expresso).
Commentator on the program «Contraponto», broadcast on the tv channel RTP News.

Last update: may 2025

He has worked in consumer policy for about 40 years. In addition to his work, he was an association representative, having served on the Consumer Advisory Committee, in the European Commission and on the board of the European Consumers’ Association. He was the author of television and radio programmes, as well as several works in the specific field of consumption.
He often works with regional press and blogs and does voluntary work with consumer associations as their representative. Since 2006, he has also devoted himself to studies on the Portuguese colony in Guinea and political life in Guinea-Bissau, subjects on which he has published a number of books.


Last updated: January 2023

Francisco Furtado is the coordinator of the Foresight and Planning team at the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Public Policies (PLANAPP), where he coordinates the drafting of the Law on Government Planning Options (GO), the structural part of the National Medium-Term Fiscal-Structural Plan (POENMP), studies on foresight, the development of decision-making support models and the coordinated development of the national strategic planning system. He also worked as a modeller/analyst at the International Transport Forum (ITF -OECD, Paris) from 2016 to 2021.
Francisco has a PhD in Transport Systems (MIT - Portugal, Instituto Superior Técnico), a Master’s degree in Complex Transport Infrastructure Systems (MIT - Portugal, Instituto Superior Técnico) and a Bachelor’s degree (5-year course) in Civil Engineering from IST. His Master’s and PhD theses both focused on rail freight, and he has professional experience in the construction area, particularly public works.

Last updated: August 2025

Born in 1947, he graduated in Philosophy from the University of Lisbon and led several Ministries in different governments (Internal Affairs, National Defense and Foreign Affairs). He was Member of Parliament from 1975 to 2011, were he held office as Speaker, consequently becoming a member of the Council of State. Presently, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Lisbon University and of the Strategy Board of the Political Studies Institute of the Lisbon Catholic University. Member of the Supervisory Board of the Military University Institute and of the High Council of the Navy’s Centre for Strategic Studies. He also belongs to the Aspen Ministers Forum. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novo Banco Azores and Chairman of the Supervisory Board for the electronic newspaper Observador. He is Senior Strategic Counsel at Albright Stonebridge Group. He was awarded several Portuguese and foreign decorations. He received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of the Azores and is Chancellor of the Ancient Portuguese Military Orders.

Last updated: september 2022

She is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Lugano (Switzerland), a field in which she completed her Master’s degree at the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), specialising in public policy. She graduated from Nova SBE in January 2021 with a thesis on the impact of tax incentives on the adoption of electric vehicles in Europe, for which she received the highest grade. In addition to economics in the public sector, his areas of interest range from environmental and resource economics to energy markets. Before starting her PhD programme, she worked in the consulting sector as an information and market research analyst, and also at Nova SBE's Environmental Economics Knowledge Centre.

Last updated: October 2021

He has been a diplomat since 1999 and has worked in Lisbon, Luanda, Brussels, Tokyo and Paris (OECD). He was head of office and diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and the Sea (2011-2015). He has written «Travels in Other Lands – Almeida Garrett, Diplomat in Brussels» (2011); «Blue Diplomacy – the Sea in Portugal’s Foreign Policy» (2017) and several articles in national and foreign magazines. He is currently the Consul General of Portugal in Manchester.

Last updated: February 2022

Director of publications and member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, António Araújo was born in Lisbon in 1966. He obtained a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in law at the University of Lisbon and holds a PhD in contemporary history from the Catholic University of Portugal. He was a teacher at the Faculty of Law and teaches now at NOVA FCSH. He is adviser to the Constitutional Court, in unpaid leave, and was consultant to the President of the Republic for political affairs. He is the author of several books and articles in political science, constitutional law and contemporary history. He represents FFMS on the Board of the Portuguese Foundation Center.

She is President of the ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management at the University of Lisbon, where she has been a full professor of Finance in the Management department since 2010. She has taught at ISCTE and the University of Oxford. She holds a PhD from the London Business School. Her research areas are corporate finance and corporate governance, and she has published her work in international academic journals. She holds several non-executive directorships and is a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Last updated: February 2022

João Tiago Gaspar joined Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos in 2016, taking on increasing responsibilities within the research team before becoming the Foundation’s head of content and international affairs in 2024. He also serves as editor of «Resumos da Fundação», the Foundation’s book series that decodes its research studies for a wider audience. Before joining the Foundation, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS), as part of the 2015 Portuguese Electoral Study, and as a teaching assistant at NOVA FCSH. He holds a BA in political science and a master’s degree in governance, leadership and democracy studies from the Catholic University of Portugal, where he also completed the curricular phase of a PhD in political science and international relations. His academic path has taken him abroad as an exchange student at the University of Colorado (Boulder) and a visiting student at the University of Oxford (Lincoln College). More recently, he completed the strategic management programme at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

Last updated: august 2026

He recently graduated from the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) with a Master's degree in Economics. Before that, he studied Economics and Business Management at Maastricht University, with a semester based in Chile. Alongside his studies, he gained work experience at GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Germany), where he worked on the international development of green bond markets, and at Triodos Bank, where he was involved in financing renewable energy projects. Dietrich currently works as a research assistant at Nova SBE's Environmental Economics Knowledge Centre and as an independent information analyst. An environmental enthusiast, his interests focus on the social equity issues inherent in the transition to a more sustainable society. He loves outdoor sports, cooking and delving into the philosophy of human behaviour.

Last updated: October 2021