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As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, Elisabete Ramalho, Industry Leader at Google, shares insights into her personal and professional journey in Switzerland, as well as her reflections on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? A deep curiosity and the constant desire to know what lies beyond the vast Atlantic Ocean, which I learned to admire from a...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, João Magalhães, Chief Medical Officer at VIVA Health, part of Swiss Medical Network, shares insights into his personal and professional journey in Switzerland, as well as his reflections on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? What led me to leave Portugal was the fact that I am Portuguese. Because to be...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, Artur Rebelo, a surgeon and Advanced Clinician Scientist at Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, shared insights into his international career and his perspective on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? The decision to leave arose from the desire to deepen training in oncological and vascular surgery, areas...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, Paulo Paiva dos Santos, Founder and CEO of INVENTIS and QANTARIS, and President of the Portuguese Business Council in Dubai, shared insights into his international professional journey and his perspective on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? After more than two decades building Generis, from the first day in 2002 to...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, Luís Miranda, Head of Miranda & Associados’ Representative Office in Houston, reflects on his professional journey and shares his perspective on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? My first departure from Portugal occurred when I was only eighteen years old. After completing my secondary education at the Lycée Français Charles Lepierre...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, António Magalhães, General Manager of Prometeus, reflects on his international career and shares his strategic vision for strengthening cooperation between Portugal and Angola. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? My departure from Portugal was not a rupture, but a natural progression of a path that has always combined public service, operational leadership and institutional...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, Rodrigo Camacho, Economist at the Government of Abu Dhabi, shares insights into his professional journey in the United Arab Emirates and his vision for strengthening Portugal’s economic competitiveness. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? First of all, personal enrichment. Having lived, studied and worked until the age of 25 almost exclusively in Portugal (with...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, André Pereira da Silva, Managing Director at Shell Brasil, shares insights into his international journey and his perspective on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? The decision resulted from a combination of professional and personal factors. After about 10 years in energy, banking and consulting (Galp, Banco de Portugal, KPMG and...

As part of the partnership between the Portuguese Diaspora Council and Jornal de Negócios, Pedro Ramos, Founder and CEO of Somar Capital Management, shared insights into his journey in the United States and his perspective on Portugal’s economic potential. 1 — What led you to leave Portugal? A few years after a teenager surrounded by cows, a sawmill and few books I reread several times, I was incredibly accepted into...