IMMERSE: The Leader’s Agenda
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João Duque
Dean of ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management of Universidade de Lisboa
PhD in Management from Manchester Business School
Member of the General and Supervisory Board of Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo, C.R.L.
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A.
Member of the Fiscal Council of Novabase Capital SA
Belongs to the PSI 20 Steering Committee of Euronext Lisbon SA. - +
Joana Santos Silva
Strategy Advisor to the Board ISEG
Professor & Director of Innovation ISEG Executive Education
PhDc in Management with Specialization in Strategy
MBA from CatólicaNova and PharmD from the University of Coimbra
Member of the Board of Make-a-Wish Portugal
Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira award - +
Vítor Constâncio
Former Vice-President of the European Central Bank between 2010-2018
Former Governor of the Banco de Portugal between 1985-1986 and 2000-2010
Economics Degree from ISEG and Master’s diploma from the University of Bristol.
Was Executive Director of the Banco Português de Investimento and non-executive Director of the Electricidade de Portugal (EDP)
Invited Senior Professor of Economics at ISEG. - +
Colin Mayer, CBE FBA
Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
PhD from Oxford University
Board member on the editorial boards of several leading academic journals
Director of Aurora Energy Research Limited
Honorary Fellow of Oxford
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute
Ordinary Member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Trustee of the Oxford Playhouse - +
Sandra Maximiano
Ph.D in Economics from the University of Amsterdam
Associate Professor of Economics in ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management
Former faculty member at Purdue University
Former Research fellow at University of Chicago
Columnist at Jornal Expresso, among others - +
Joana Pais
Ph.D in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
MA in Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Coordinator of the Master’s degree in Economics at ISEG
Coordinator of UECE – Unit for Studies on Complexity and Economics and REM – Research in Economics and Mathematics.
Coordinator of XLAB – Behavioural Research Lab. - +
Aziz Mulay-Shah
Aziz Mulay-Shah is a seasoned expert in geopolitics including an almost 17-year career as a Canadian diplomat and over 8 years consulting on government affairs and geopolitical risk issues for clients in the MENA region and North America. He served as a diplomat across the Middle East primarily addressing issues of conflict resolution, regional security, and a comprehensive peace process. He served as Deputy Coordinator for the Peace Process from 2003 – 2007, the Head of Middle East Policy in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada from 2007-2008, and as Deputy Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2008 – 2012. Throughout his career, he focussed on how geopolitics affects commercial activity. This was exemplified in Aziz leading the creation of a geopolitical unit within Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that specialized in providing investment information and policy options related to global sovereign wealth funds. Following a secondment to PwC, Aziz learned the fine art of geopolitical consulting which he translated into developing his own consulting practice. He currently advises Canadian clients on the geopolitical risks of doing business in the MENA region and is leading the development of policy initiatives for governments interested in the science of wellbeing and wellbeing economics.
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Homa Bahrami
Ph.D. Senior Lecturer & Faculty Director, Berkeley/ Haas
International educator, specialized in organizational flexibility, team alignment and dynamic leadership in global, knowledge-based companies.
Senior Lecturer and a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Faculty Director at the Haas Center for Executive Education,
Co-author of a major textbook (with Harold Leavitt, Stanford University) ”Managerial Psychology: Managing Behavior in Organizations”
Member of National Association of Corporate Directors, Homa has been a member of all 3 Board committees, Audit, Compensation and Governance. - +
Sofia Lourenço
PhD in Management, Accounting from Harvard Business School, Harvard University,
Master’s in Management/MBA, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon
Degree in Management, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon
Associate Professor at ISEG, University of Lisbon
Principal Investigator of the Field Experiments on Incentives Project, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology - +
Sara Falcão Casaca
Full Professor at the Higher Institute of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ISEG-ULisboa).
Researcher and coordinator of CSG – Consortium in Social Sciences and Management
Her main research themes are Gender, Work and Organisations.
Degree in Sociology (ISCTE, 1994), studied at the University of Warwick in the UK, and then obtained a Master’s degree (ISCTE, 1998) and a PhD in Economic and Organisational Sociology (ISEG, 2005).
Co-coordinated the European Sociological Association’s Research Network on Gender Relation in the Labour Market and the Welfare State. - +
Nuno Pena
Head of Learning & Leadership Development for ZALANDO
Researcher at the Advance Research Centre, Visiting Professor at ISEG’s Masters and Postgraduate programmes
Post-doctorate (ISEG) and PhD (UaB) in Information Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Change (MIT, Columbia & Tuck)
Master’s Degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (UaB and FCSH UNL)
Degree in Philosophy (FCSH UNL)
Former Leader, WW Learning & Leadership Development at Amazon and Senior Director of Performance & Talent Success at Talkdesk
DEVELOP: The Leader’s Journey
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Stephan Meier
Chair of the Management Division and the James P. Gorman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
Senior economist at the Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Taught courses on strategic interactions and economic policy at Harvard University and the University of Zurich
PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich
Has been profiled by the press such as The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Neue Zuercher Zeitung. - +
Sheena Iyengar
S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Stanford University
B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Former Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management
Top 50 most influential business thinkers by Thinkers50
One of the world’s best B-School Professors by Poets and Quants - +
Paul Ingram
Kravis Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
Faculty Director of the Advanced Management Program
Recipient of the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence at Columbia Business School
PhD from Cornell University
Former faculty member of Carnegie Mellon University
Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the University of Toronto - +
Stephan Meier
James P. Gorman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
Chair of Management Division
PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich
Senior economist at the Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making at the Federal Reserve Bank
Former Professor at Harvard University and the University of Zurich - +
Chris Washburne
Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Columbia University
Founder and director of Columbia’s Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program
PhD Ethnomusicology
BM University of Wisconsin
Master New England Conservatory - +
Hitendra Wadhwa
Professor of Practice at Columbia Business School and founder of the Mentora Institute.
Ph.D. in Management Science from MIT
Professor of Columbia’s most popular MBA leadership class on Personal Leadership & Success as well as MBA and Executive Education programs on Driving Strategic Impact and Leading from the Inside Out.
Hitendra’s Mentora Institute is at the forefront of creating a new model of leadership for the 21st century where executives achieve ever-growing Outer Impact through ever-deepening Inner Mastery.
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Moran Cerf
Academic Director in Executive Education
Adjunct Professor of Business, Marketing Division
PhD in Neuroscience from Caltech
MA in Philosophy
BSc in Physics from Tel-Aviv University
Professor of Neuroscience and Business at the Kellogg School of Management
Taught leadership and marketing at NYU
Conducted research in neuroscience, focusing on psychology, behavior changes, emotion, decisions, and dreams
Authored nearly 90 academic publications
Published in journals like Nature, Journal of Neuroscience, Scientific American Mind, Wired, New Scientist, and more
Published books, including “Brain Imaging: An Illustrated Guide to the Future of Neuroscience”
Board member of neuro-tech companies (Nervanix, X-Trodes, BestFit)
Co-founder of ThinkAlike
Consultant to companies like Ferrari, Viacom, TransUnion, Nielsen, Founders Pledge, and the U.S. Government
Named one of the “40 leading professors below 40” - +
Ashli Carter
Lecturer in the Management Division at Columbia Business School
Teaches topics in leadership, negotiations, and cultivating a growth mindset
Instructs MBA and Executive Education programs, as well as CBS administrators and staff
PhD and MA in Management from Columbia Business School
BA (with honors) in Psychology from Stanford University
ENGAGE: The Faces of Leadership
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Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo
Portuguese Naval officer
Chief of the Naval Staff
Former Adjutant for Planning and Coordination of the Armed Forces General Staff
Former Coordinator of the COVID-19 vaccination Task Force
Former Commander of the Portuguese Fleet
Former Commander of the European Maritime Force
