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Chairman of the DST Group, based in Braga, which works in engineering, construction, waste management and recovery, water, renewable energy management and real estate. The group's mission is to develop sustainable business projects that add value to the community.
DST's annual training plan includes classes in philosophy, rhetoric and art history for all employees during working hours. It also maintains partnerships with vocational schools, through which it has created higher vocational-technical courses, master's degrees and doctorates exclusively for its employees.

Last updated: October 2023

American psychologist and author of three New York Times bestsellers. «Untangled, Under Pressure» and «The Emotional Lives of Teenagers» have been translated into 23 languages. She co-hosts the podcast «Ask Lisa» and collaborates with UNICEF.
A senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University, she has written several articles and books on education and child development. She lectures in schools, organisations and business groups around the world on child and adolescent development, family mental health and adult well-being.
She graduated from Yale University and worked at the Yale Child Study Center before receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan.


Last updated: December 2023

He has been a journalist and infographic designer for the “Público” newspaper since 2016. He has been recognised with more than three dozen national and international awards and mentions in infographics.
With a degree in Graphic Design, he has taken part in several world congresses on infographics at the Malofiej workshop in the University of Navarra - Pamplona, Spain.
He studied programming languages at Formabase.
His work focuses on producing infographics for paper and online and creating new digital visual narratives.

Journalist, infographic designer and illustrator for the "Público" newspaper since 2006. He previously worked for the Impala and Cofina Media groups.
He has won more than dozens of national and international awards and mentions in infographics, online infographics, animated infographics and illustration.
He took part in the Malofiej workshop at the University of Navarra - Pamplona, Spain, in 2009, and has been to several world congresses. In Portugal, he completed a workshop in storytelling through infographics at the Instituto Superior de Gestão.
With a background in design, he decided to invest in web design training at LX School (Flag) and, more recently, in programming language at Formabase.
His work focuses on producing infographics for paper and online and creating new digital visual narratives with a large illustrative component.

Last updated: November 2023

Graduated in Communication and Journalism, with a postgraduate degree in Political Advising and Media. On her way to a master's degree in Political Science at ISCTE.
She is FFMS' Content and Portal Manager.

Last updated: may 2026

She is the coordinator of the National Strategy to Combat Poverty (ENCP) 2021-2030, after almost three decades working for the European Anti-Poverty Network Portugal, where she served as Executive Director.
She has a degree in social work and a post-graduate degree in non-profit organisation management.
She began her technical career in 1992 in the Fight Against Poverty Project in the historic centre of Gaia. In 1994 she joined the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN Portugal) and was part of the GIIF Project (Horizon Community Initiative), working in information and training.

Last updated: September 2023

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.