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She holds a PhD in Public Law and specialises in public law and regulation. She is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (ERSAR).
She is also assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of NOVA University Lisbon, where she teaches administrative law, administrative procedure, regulation, public procurement law and arbitration in urban planning and public law.
Previously, she served as a lawyer at Linklaters LLP, heading the Public and Regulatory Law department. Her practice focused on public and regulatory law matters involving administrative litigation. Additionally, she has also worked on project implementation, execution and financing, as well as on acquisitions involving companies operating in regulated or environmentally significant sectors.

Last updated: june 2026

She has a degree in psychology from the University of Lisbon's FPCE, studied film studies at Lisbon's ESTC, worked for RTP and, as a director for SIC, attended a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) course in TV Production.
She was a director for SIC from 1992 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 she completed the Advanced Programme in Political Journalism at the Institute of Political Studies of the Catholic University of Lisbon. From 2004 to 2008, she was a documentaries advisor to RTP's Programme Direction. In March 2018, she unanimously received her PhD in contemporary history, specialising in empires, colonialism and post-colonialism, earning a distinction and praise for her work. In 2007, she was awarded the Lusophony Grand Prize for the documentary «The Prodigious Writer», a film about the life of Jorge de Sena, which she wrote and directed. In 2018 she was awarded the Fernando de Sousa prize by the European Commission for her work directing and co-authoring the screenplay for the 6-film documentary series Europa 30, shown on RTP2. In 2021 she premiered the documentary «Visions of Empire» at the DocLisboa festival, which she also directed and wrote.

last update: January 2023

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies and a Master’s degree in Human Ecology and Contemporary Social Problems, she worked as a producer of content for radio and television, directed documentaries and wrote fiction scripts. She is a founding member and vice-president of the Circular Economy Portugal association – CEP.

Sociologist and assistant researcher at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa). She is a member of the LIFE research group - Life Paths, Inequality and Solidarity: Practices and Policies.
She has a degree and PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL and a master's degree in Social Sciences from ICS-ULisboa.

Chief content officer at the Impresa Group. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper «Expresso» and head of news at the television channels «SIC» and «SIC Notícias».
He is a columnist for «Expresso» and a television commentator, where he discusses national and international politics and the economy.

Last update: april 2026

Margarida Marques is a Portuguese MEP from the Partido Socialista, part of the Socialists and Democrats group.
She was elected a member of the European Parliament in 2019 and currently serves as vice-chair of the Committee on Budgets and member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and of the Committee on International Trade. Marques was the European Parliament rapporteur on the European Economic Governance Review and Parliament´s co-negotiator on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027.
She was also rapporteur for opinion on the revision of treaties in the ECON Committee and S&D rapporteur for the 2022 annual report on the European Central Bank. Marques is currently member of the European Parliament´s recovery and resilience facility and chair of the Euro area accession countries working groups.
Before her election at the European Parliament, she held political positions as member of the Portuguese Parliament and state secretary for european affairs of the Portuguese government.
She holds an MA degree in educational sciences.

She has a PhD in social work and a degree in sociology and currently works as Lecturer at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She was a member of the Social Security staff, where she held various positions. She has been a councillor (without portfolio) in the Porto City Council since 2017, having also served a term from 2009-2013.
A consultant to the European Commission for social programmes, she coordinated the 2nd and 3rd National Action Plan for Inclusion (Portugal 2006-2010). She is president of the Administrative Commission of the Porto Delegation of the Red Cross (since 2017).

Last updated: May 2021

Journalist at the Público newspaper, she has also been working in the area of human rights and social exclusion for more than two decades, paying particular attention to historically marginalised groups.
She has written in-depth investigative reports and this is her eighth book, including three that she wrote when she was working in the field of international cooperation and volunteering. She has also written documentary plays and is now writing documentary films and narrative podcasts.

Last update: May 2026

Assistant professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and researcher at the Centre for Management Studies at IST (CEGIST).
Although he trained as an engineer, his research focuses primarily on labour economics, particularly the relationship between technological innovation, human capital and employment. His interests also extend to entrepreneurship, especially from an occupational choice perspective.
His academic work has been published in Research Policy, Small Business Economics and the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of CEGIST.

Last updated: March 2025

British economist and Professor of Economics at the London Business School, his research focuses on the impact of longevity on the economy.
He has been Lecturer at Oxford University, Visiting Professor at Harvard University and Researcher at the London School of Economics.
He has published several books, including «The 100-year Life», co-authored with Lynda Gratton, on what it will be like to live and work in the age of longevity.

last update: October 2022