Manuel Lopes da Costa

He has a degree in civil engineering from IST and a post-graduate degree in Financial Management from the Catholic University of Lisbon. He is currently the senior partner responsible for the Advisory area (Management Consulting, Due Diligence and Corporate Finance) at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and, since 2007, he is a guest professor at ISCTE-IUL teaching both the MscBA and the MBA of ISCTE Executive Education. He was President of HP Portugal and Managing Partner of Accenture for the financial services area for Africa. Member of the advisory board of several national institutions, he is frequently invited to moderate panels and be "Key Note Speaker" in several national and international congresses and seminars.