Economy

Born in 1952. Degree in geography, from the Faculty of Letters, UL and a PhD from UL in Human Geography. As a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, he coordinated the «Environment, Territory and Society» Research Group and the ICS-UL Observatories Council.

PhD student in Economics at the University of Coimbra and Research Fellow at the Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER). His research focuses on productivity, financial constraints and firm dynamics.

Economist in the Bank of Portugal’s Economics and Research Department, where he has worked since 2001. He graduated and obtained his PhD in Economics from Nova University Lisbon, where he has taught since 1993. He has also taught at the Nova School of Business and Economics and the School of Law at Universidade Nova, in the areas of Portuguese and European Economics, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. João Amador has been an editor and author of book chapters on the Portuguese Economy and International Trade and has published articles in international scientific journals.

Assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism at the University of Aveiro and researcher at CIPES (Higher Education Policy Research Centre). He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Porto and a PhD in Business Sciences from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He works with GOVCOPP – Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies at the University of Aveiro and is an affiliate of the Global Labour Organisation. His research focuses on Labour Economics, Education and Higher Education.

Assistant Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include fluctuations and applied macroeconomics, topics on which he has been published in several national and international academic journals. He is a member of the Statistical Council and a board member of the Institute of Public Policy. He also works as a consultant at LX Partners.

Last updated: March 2022

He heads the largest Portuguese footwear group, Kyaia, which owns Fly London, the eighth best-selling shoe brand in the world, and the Foreva multi-brand chain.
He has dedicated his entire career to this sector: he started at the age of 14 sweeping up at the Campeão Português shoe factory, going on to open his first factory in 1976. Eight years later, in 1984, he founded Kyaia with his partner Amílcar Monteiro. The initial staff of 50 eventually grew to almost 600, and today the group has five factories and over 80 stores in 57 countries. Operating in a sector that has been experiencing a rebirth, the Kyaia group broke its seventh consecutive export record in 2016, with over 81 million pairs of shoes exported. Its corporate group has diversified its business by entering distribution and information technology. Fortunato Frederico was President of the Portuguese Footwear Manufacturers' Association (APICAPS) for 18 years, a position he did not stand for again in the April elections. He was born in Guimarães in 1943.

Consultant at Augusto Mateus & Associados.

Last updated: March 2022

A specialist in Political Economy and Public Economics, she got her PhD in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She has been an associate professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) since 2004, where she was academic director of the doctoral and Master’s programmes in Economics. She has also taught at the Catholic University of Portugal, the University of Luxembourg and the Catholic University of Louvain. She is an associate researcher at CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) and CORE (Centre for Operations Research and Econometrics) at the Catholic University of Louvain.
Between 2014 and 2017, she was an economic consultant at Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Last updated: September 2017

He has a PhD in Economics from Birkbeck, University of London and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra. He is the author or coordinator of eight books on the Portuguese economy and has published articles in international scientific journals. He has worked as a consultant for public and private organisations, including the European Commission, the Portuguese Government, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Court of Auditors, the Portuguese Business Confederation (CIP), the Portuguese Insurance Association and the Porto Commercial Association. He is a member of the panel of commentators on RTP3's 360º programme and works regularly with the media.

Last updated: April 2024

PhD student in Economics at the University of Coimbra and research fellow at the Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER). His areas of interest focus on endogenous technological change, competition and business dynamics and income inequality. From 2014-2017, he served as Undersecretary of State for Strengthening Knowledge in the Government of Ecuador.