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The companies of the future are the ones that bet on diverse teams and work on their inclusion. Employees, consumers, and investors are already demanding it.According to Mariana Brilhante, today´s consumers demand companies to be more aware of their impact on society, both environmentally and socially. In turn, this is reflected in the financing, with the emergence of loans linked to ESG metrics.A

In this article for Jornal Económico, Catarina Santos, the Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova Alumni and Senior Region Europe Medical Director of Novartis, reflects on recent legislation regarding women on boards.A decade of political stagnation related to gender equality in administration boards ended on June 7th. The Women on Boards directive was approved by an agreement between the European Parliament an

João Pedro Serrano, Vice-President of the Alumni Board wrote an Opinion Article for the printed edition of Expresso.According to João Pedro Serrano, we should expect an increased frequency of cyberattacks, like the ones that struck major Portuguese companies and institutions in early 2022. Cybersecurity will continue to be an increasingly important topic for both companies and governments. It affe

Ana Rita Monteiro, Alumna of The Lisbon MBA and ESG Integration & strategy lead at Amazon, gave an interview to Executiva magazine about her experience as a student, and how this MBA helped her define the purpose she was looking for.While completing her master’s in Organizational Psychology, Ana Rita Monteiro’s need of living abroad grew inside her, and in 2010, she grabbed the first opportunity t

In this article for Jornal Económico, Maria Villamizar, the Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova Alumni and CEO of BeMonocromo, reflects on the role social impact has on the fashion industry.Sustainability has become a priority for most companies across sectors, not only for the necessity to follow specific legislation but also to respond to market demand. Consumers and investors have been displaying their pr

In this article, Marise Almeida explains to the reader that turning science into business is, at first a matter of recognizing opportunities and, secondly, being able to realize them.This process is difficult and time-consuming and requires a multidimensional support infrastructure, a true innovation ecosystem that ensures the identification of opportunities and allows the development of the busin

Wendeline van der Feltz for Executiva. Wendeline van der Feltz, currently the Innovation and Development lead at the Princess Margriet Fund of the Netherlands Red Cross and an alumna of The Lisbon MBA Católica | Nova, was interviewed for Executiva. In this interview, Wendeline shares the lessons of expatriation, the motivations that led her to do the MBA, and the decisive impact that this training

Rita Melo for Jornal Económico. Today’s reality shows us that we have to face a major transformation in our status-quo, that is, in the way we live. In an opinion article for Jornal Económico, Rita Melo, Senior International Environmental Consultant and Board Member of the Lisbon MBA Alumni shares her perspective about the importance of sustainability in renewable energies.Rita Melo, Senior Intern

Luísa Lima for Jornal Económico. “Value-based health is an integrated approach that puts the patient and the physician at the center of health care, ensuring quality and sustainability, strengthening health systems, and consequently having a positive impact on society.”In an opinion article for Jornal Económico, Luísa Lima elaborates on how, in today’s world, the sustainability of a business is ba

Lia Garcia for Jornal Económico. “It is not enough to have diversity in a company, it is important to accept and value everyone’s participation and contribution. Even because the benefits of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace are widely recognized.” – Lia Garcia, Vice-President of the Lisbon MBA Alumni Club, and Marketing Lead Oncology, AstraZeneca, Spain in an article for Jornal Económico.L

João Pedro Serrano for Jornal Económico. The RRP presents itself as a unique opportunity to take a step forward, and digital investment should be central to its execution. What do hybrid work, the Recovery and Resiliency Plan (RRP), and the recent breakdown of social networking services have in common? Apparently nothing, but in reality everything.The relationship between Portuguese companies and

Mariana Jordão for Jornal Económico. The pandemic has accelerated the all too certain digital transformation but has brought bittersweet uncertainty to the world in general, and to work in particular. Along with losses, it has opened up opportunities.Mariana Jordão highlights how 2020 brought us the shock of a global epidemic, for which no one was really prepared. At first, it was strange, then it

Bruno de Carvalho Matos for Jornal Observador. The building stock has immense potential for combating climate change by reducing consumption and emissions while raising standards of safety and comfort for usersBruno de Carvalho Matos, Alumnus of the Lisbon MBA and Engenheiro Civil Sénior MRICS PMP MSc wrote an article for Observador sharing his insights on sustainability in construction: environme

Nuno Couto for Jornal Económico. An alumnus of the Lisbon MBA and Digital Transformation Director @Worten, Nuno Couto, wrote an article for Jornal Económico sharing his knowledge about Digital Transformation and the critical success factors in a VUCA world.Technology for technology’s sake: a very tactical viewWe forget that often the most challenging part is not the digital (or the technology), bu

Jorge Simões for Jornal Económico. Jorge Simões, Alumnus of the Lisbon MBA Católica | Nova and Director the Digital Factory, Digital Global Unit at EDP wrote an article for Jornal Económico sharing his hopes for the Portuguese start-up ecosystem and his belief in the catalytic effect that diversity has on innovation, the absence of “which can be limiting for long-term sustainability.”According to

Alexandre Bastos Gomes for Jornal Económico. Alexandre Bastos Gomes, Alumnus of the Lisbon MBA Católica | Nova and Managing Partner at Portugal Jewels, wrote an article for Jornal Económico, sharing his opinion on the jewelry industry in Portugal and how sustainability can be a differentiating point. According to Alexandre Bastos Gomes, sustainability is something intrinsic to the jewelry sector –

Sofia Correia de Barros for Jornal Económico. Sofia Correia de Barros, Alumna of the Lisbon MBA Católica | Nova and Managing Director at Diaverum Portugal, wrote an article for Jornal Económico, sharing her opinion on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Portuguese economy and some recovery strategies. According to Correia de Barros, “on the one hand, our economy’s recovery will depend on t

Diogo Medina for Business Because. Diogo Medina is on a mission to curb the impact of HIV with pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences. Here’s how the skills he developed through the Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova are supporting this work.Practicing as a doctor on the weekends, running a telehealth startup, and studying for a full-time MBA sounds like more work than most people do in a lifetime. But that’s