Launch conference: CIGMA - Centre for Impact in Global Management

Católica Porto Business School, in collaboration with the Ilídio Pinho Foundation and KPMG Portugal, and with the institutional support of AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal / Portuguese Entrepreneurial Association, AEMinho and the Associação das Empresas Familiares (Portuguese Family Business Association), is launching CIGMA – Centre for Impact in Global Management.

To mark the launch, we will have a conference featuring Ilídio Pinho, Founder and Chairman of Ilídio Pinho Foundation, as Keynote Speaker, and several guest speakers and panel discussions.

27 Januar | 5:00 pm | Carvalho Guerra Auditorium (Porto Campus)
Access in-person and free of charge, subject to registration
Disclaimer: the conference will be held in Portuguese

CIGMA is a new hub for general management that brings together academic knowledge and business practice to support better leadership decision-making within organisations. The centre builds on the expertise and experience of Católica Porto Business School and mobilises the interdisciplinary competences of the Schools that make up UCP – Porto.

PROGRAMME

5:15 pm | Welcome
Isabel Braga da Cruz, Pro-Rector, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
João Pinto, Dean, Católica Porto Business School

5:30 pm | Opening
Ilídio Pinho, Founder and Chairman, Ilídio Pinho Foundation

5:50 pm | CIGMA – Presentation
Ana Salomé Martins, Industry Fellow and Co-Director of CIGMA, Católica Porto Business School
Susana C. Silva, Professor and Co-Director of CIGMA, Católica Porto Business School

6:20 pm | Panel “The Company Operating System: Discipline, Culture and Innovation”
Moderator: Ana Salomé Martins
Invitied panellists:
Carlos Alves, Chairman, HFA
Clara Gonçalves, COO, Inductiva
Carlos Magalhães, CEO, WEGHO

7:00 pm | Panel “Leadership, Legacy and Global Ambition”
Moderator: Luís Magalhães, Head of Tax, KPMG
Invited panellists:
Isabel Furtado, CEO, TMG Automotive
António Portela, CEO, Bial     
Carlos Mota Santos, CEO, Mota-Engil                                                                                                                                               
José Germano de Sousa, President, Portuguese Family Business Association”

7:40 pm | Closing remarks 
-Gonçalo Saraiva Matias, Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and of State Reform

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