António Nogueira Leite (EN) António Nogueira Leite is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sociedade Ponto Verde, a position he holds with the management of Mapfre Seguros and Hipoges.

“He holds a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree in Economics and has been a full professor at Nova SBE of NOVA University Lisbon (UNL) since 1995. He also served as the President of the Scientific Council of the faculty between 1996 and 1998, and as the Vice- Rector of UNL between 1998 and 1999.”

In addition to teaching, throughout his career, António Nogueira Leite was president of the Lisbon Stock Exchange between 1998 and 1999; Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance between 1999 and 2000; Director of the José de Mello Group between 2002 and 2011; Vice- Chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos between 2011 and 2012; Chairman of Caixa Banco de Investimentos in 2012; and Director of EDP Renováveis from 2008 to 2021.

In 2005 he was decorated and became a Grand Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique.

Ana Trigo Morais is the CEO of Sociedade Ponto Verde. She has a degree in Law and a post- graduate qualification in Senior Management, with extensive experience in the field of Management.

Throughout her career, she has held various positions at the São Carlos National Theatre and, in 2004, she joined the Belém Cultural Centre Foundation as a member of the Board of Directors.

Six years later, in 2010, she held the position of Director-General at APED – Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies, where she remained until 2018.

António Costa Silva is the Portuguese Minister for the Economy and Maritime Affairs. He holds a degree in Mining Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College (University of London) and a PhD in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and Imperial College.

In addition to his political office, he is a retired professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, where he did his aggregation in Integrated Planning and Management of Energy Resources.

In 2020, at the invitation of the portuguese government, he prepared the Strategic Vision for the Portuguese Economic Recovery Plan 2020-2030 and chaired the National Monitoring Committee of the Recovery and Resilience Programme, since May 2021.

He was Chairman of the Executive Committee of Partex, between 2004 and 2021; Director of Reservoir Engineering and Production, at Beicip-Franlab, between 2001 and 2003; Executive Director of Compagnie Géneral de Geophysique in Portugal, from 1998 to 2001.

As of 2018, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Aveiro; Chairman of the Fuel Board of ERSE; member of the Advisory Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Water Initiative, Catholic University of Lisbon; and member of the Board of Trustees of ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and of the Advisory Board of the Gulbenkian Programme for Development Aid.

Carlos Moedas has been the Mayor of Lisbon since 2021.

Throughout his career, he worked for the Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux group, the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and Aguirre Newman. In 2008, he founded his own investment management company.

He was a part of the PSD team that negotiated the Portuguese State Budget of 2011 and represented the party in meetings with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund delegations. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Beja constituency and became the Deputy Secretary of State to the Prime Minister of the XIX Constitutional Government.

In 2014, he was nominated by the Prime Minister to be a member of the European Commission and serves as the Commissioner responsible for Research, Innovation, and Science, overseeing one of the world’s largest science and innovation programs.

He co-authored several publications in the field of innovation and science, with one of the notable ones being the article “Open Innovation: Research, Practices, and Policies” in the California Management Review, co-authored with the creator of the Open Innovation concept, Henry Chesbrough.

Duarte Cordeiro is the current Portuguese Minister of the Environment and Climate Action. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management and a postgraduate degree in Business Management from ISCTE, Lisbon University Institute. He served as the Vice-President of the Lisbon City Council from April 2015 to February 2019, overseeing responsibilities related to Urban Hygiene, Public Spaces, Economy and Innovation, Smart Cities, and Sports. He held the position of councilor at the Lisbon City Council since October 2013.

Duarte Cordeiro was a Member of Parliament in the XI and XII Legislative Sessions from October 2009 to October 2013, where he was part of the Economy and Finance Committee and the Working Group for the development of a Basic Law on Quality, Innovation, Competitiveness, and Entrepreneurship. In 2008, he served as the Vice-President of the Portuguese Institute of Youth and as the Chairman of the Board of the Information Technologies Promotion Foundation. From 2008 to 2010, he was the Secretary-General of the Youth Socialist organization, and he currently serves as the President of the Lisbon Urban Area Federation of the Socialist Party.

Furthermore, Duarte Cordeiro held the position of Secretary of State Adjunct to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Affairs in the XXI Constitutional Government and Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the XXII Constitutional Government.

Eero Yrjö-Koskinen is the Executive Director of IEEP – the Institute for European Environmental Policy, which produces reports and policy recommendations on environmental issues to a multitude of organisations, including EU institutions, global and government foundations, as well as the private sector.

Previously, he was the Director of the Finnish Institute in Hungary, Sustainability Adviser at the Finnish Chamber of Commerce, and Executive Director at Green Budget Europe, a think tank promoting environmental fiscal reform and other market-based instruments in Brussels.

In addition, he was for 13 years the Executive Director of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, the biggest environmental NGO in Finland. Furthermore, he has extensive experience from international organisations, as he worked for seven years at the European Parliament and four years at the United Nations.

He holds a Master’s degree from political science, and has co-published a book on the future of European integration.

Jean Hornain is the General Director of CITEO. He has started his career in 1988 in the Corporate Finance Department of ScotiaMcLeod Inc. (investment banking) in London. He spent 24 years in the Amaury Group serving first as Director of the TV Department at Amaury Sport Organisation (Tour de France, Dakar etc.) and Managing Director of Sierra Production (TV production) from 1992 to 1997. In 1998 he founded the TV sports channel L’Equipe, and then the website L’Equipe.fr in 2000. Jean Hornain was then CEO of Le Parisien (daily newspapers) for more than 10 years until 2016.

He was nominated CEO of EcoEmballages in April 2016 and he just finalized the merger of Eco- Emballages (packaging) and Ecofolio (paper) to form Citeo and further develop eco-design, reuse and recycling in France, in order to adapt our production, distribution and consumption to the protection of our planet, its resources, biodiversity and the climate.

Jean holds an MBA from HEC Paris and is a former volley-ball player with the French National team.

Chairman of the Kantar’s Sustainability and Diversity practice recently named by Forbes as one of the world’s best sustainability consultancies. He is also the Founder and CEO of Maxius Advisory. Jeremy Schwartz is a multinational CEO having led The Body Shop & Pandora and been MD for  L’Oréal UK, Coca-Cola and Sainsburys Supermarkets.

Justin Wilkes is Executive Director of ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards – a position he has held since 2019. As Executive Director he has focused on the leadership, strategic development, and impact of the organisation. Wilkes has 25 years of professional experience impacting national, European and global policies, having worked on key environment, climate, energy and trade policy developments during this time.

Justin Wilkes has extensive knowledge of climate stakeholders as partners, collaborators and members, including with ECOS as and an accredited observer to the UNEP and its governing bodies namely the United Nations Environment Assembly, and a member of the UN One Planet Network.

Previously, he has held numerous positions for a European industry association promoting renewable energy, WWF where he worked on the agreement and implementation of the REACH regulation.

Is Executive Director of the European Environment Agency since 1 June 2023. She has a master’s degree in environmental sciences, specialising in ecotoxicology and chemicals risk assessment and management. Before joining the EEA, she was Director General at the Ministry of Environment of Finland, managing the Climate and Environmental Protection Department. Before joining the Ministry in 2019, worked for over 11 years in management positions in the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki. Prior to ECHA, she worked in the European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, on chemicals and pesticides policy files. Earlier in her career she worked in the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) on environmental risk assessment and management of industrial chemicals, biocides and pesticides. Leena Ylä-Mononen has been involved in international cooperation at the Nordic, European, OECD and global levels, and in negotiations and implementation of multilateral environmental agreements on chemicals, waste and climate change.

Martin Prieler is member of the executive board of ARA AG, the leading Packaging Producer Responsibility Organization in Austria, since October 2022. He is managing operations and finance plus holds responsibility for all digitalization projects.

Holds a master’s degree in computer science from Vienna University of Technology and a Post Graduate Degree from George Washington University, Washington DC, in Business Administration. He started his career in 1989 working in several positions at debis Systemhaus, EMC² Computer Systems and Sony Computer Entertainment.

From 2005 to 2013 he was based in Sweden and Hong Kong as Market Director for Stena Technoworld, a leading player in WEEE recycling. From 2014 onwards he was managing the strategic petroleum reserves for Austria as a Chief Executive Officer. Before joining ARA, was a founding member and Partner of MP Management Consulting.

Michael Wiener serves currently as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Green Dot Global S.a.r.l.. Until 2022 he was Managing Partner and CEO of the Group’s Management. Since 2006 he has been working in various positions in member companies within the group, e.g., as Managing Director and Chief Sales Officer of Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH and CEO of DKR Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kreislaufwirtschaft und Rohstoffe mbH. Previously, Michael Wiener held various management positions in the circular economy, e.g., as spokesman for the management of RWE Umwelt Süd GmbH, as Managing Director of the waste management group Eberhard Mayr in Stuttgart, or as Managing Director of Fischer Entsorgung GmbH, which was later renamed RWE Umwelt Baden-Württemberg. Michael Wiener studied production engineering at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences with focus on economics.

Stephan Morais is the founder and Managing General Partner of Indico Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm in Portugal, focused on technology and sustainability.

He holds a degree in Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Over the past decade, he has invested in five unicorn companies and was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010.

Previously, he served on the Executive Board of Caixa Capital and was an advisor to the European Commissioner for Science and Innovation. He also held various leadership roles in the European Venture Finance Network, Invest Europe, and the International Venture Club.

He is an entrepreneur and VC Expert at oNetwork, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; a board member of the Portuguese Private Equity Association (APCRI); and a member of the Advisory Board of AMROP, Executive Search. He is also part of the YPO (Young Presidents Organization); a member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese American Leadership Council (PALCUS); and a former president of the Harvard Club of Portugal.

He is the current Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries at the European Commission. He was Minister of Economy between 2017 and 2019 and previously led the Economy Committee in the Lithuanian Parliament. He was elected to Parliament in October 2016, after leading the Regulatory Affairs team at Invest Lithuania. Virginijus Sinkevičius holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Aberystwyth University and a Master’s degree in European International Affairs from Maastricht University.

Alexandra Costa has been a journalist since 1996. She began her career at Exame magazine and has worked for various media outlets since then. In her professional journey, she initially started writing about marketing but quickly transitioned into the world of Information Technology. In the last 15 years, she has been writing about tourism, gastronomy, and wines, and she participated in the Boa Cama Boa Mesa guide in 2014 and 2017. She was part of the editorial team at the oldest online trade journal, Opção Turismo, and today, she writes for the Sustainability section of Jornal de Negócios, Diário de Notícias, Dinheiro Vivo, Agriterra, Alimentar, Novo Perfil, and Grande Consumo. She is the editor of O Instalador magazine and now works as a journalist for the magazines Paixão pelo Vinho, Paixão Pela Cerveja, and Paixão pela Cozinha.

Ivone Rocha is the President of the Platform for Sustainable Growth (PCS). Additionally, she is a partner at Telles, where she is responsible for the Environment and Energy areas. Throughout her career, she has contributed as a co-author to various publications on energy and environment, including the recent publication by Almedina ‘Energy Law’ and the books ‘Climate Chance!,’ about the Kyoto Protocol, and ‘Chance to Change,’ about the Paris Agreement.

Ivone Rocha is a member of the Executive Committee of EFELA – the European Federation of Energy Law Associations, and a permanent arbitrator for environmental and energy issues at CAMIGAP – the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Institute of Management and Public Administration.

Luísa Schmidt is a Sociologist and Research Coordinator at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, where she leads the OBSERVA – Observatory of Environment, Territory, and Society. She is part of the team that introduced Environmental Sociology to Portugal, both in research and in education, as well as in fostering connections between academia and society. Currently, she is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in “Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies” and is also a member of CNADS – National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development.