Meet The Team

President of the Board
Sofia Vilhena
Management & Inclusion consultant,
Gamification and Mentoring.
Project Manager at the University of Porto (2023), Development of skills through play (2016 to 2023). Management and entrepreneurship consultancy (2021 to 2022) Founder and president of the Association Inclusão ConTacto (2019 to 2021), founder of the project Games&School (2016 to 2023) and the management consultancy and information systems company Keep Growing Lda. in Portugal and Mozambique (2013 to 2016) . Strategic management and quality assessment at the University of Coimbra (2004 to 2012).
Academic training: Bachelor's and Master's degree in Economics at Coimbra University, and Master's degree in Special Education at ESEC

Secretary of the Board
Higino Ferreira
Technology consultant, Asset Manager, Implementation of the Vodafone foundation's Digital plan in the Municipality of Coimbra (2022/2023), with over 20 years' experience in managing companies in the areas of hotels, restaurants, bars and food wholesale.
Graduated in Physics Engineering from the University of Coimbra.

Treasurer of the board
Adelina Bessa
Accountant with over 20 years of experience.

President of the General Assembly
Rita Donato
Senior Lawyer at the company Sal E Caldeira, Lawyers in Mozambique with experience in the areas of civil, commercial, corporate law, mergers, acquisitions and financial markets.

Secretary of the General Assembly
Leonor Moita
Legal advice,
Law graduate with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of migration, civil law, labor law and commercial law. Having developed work in Portugal and Mozambique.

Secretary of the General Assembly
Tania Nunez
Spanish teacher for companies, sworn translator, entrepreneur in the areas of aesthetics, jewelry, restaurants with work experience in Portugal, Brazil and Cuba. Graduated in Special Education in Cuba and Postgraduate at the Coimbra Higher Education School

President of the Supervisory Board
João António Furtado Brito
PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC) and School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (EEG_UM) and Master in Financial Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC). He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cape Verde, where he teaches various subjects in the economic and related areas, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He has held several management and consultancy positions, as well as working in other institutions and projects, thus allowing him to accumulate around two decades of experience.
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Secretary of the Supervisory Board
Susana Silva
Insurance Agent, with more than 20 years of experience in business management in the areas of human resources, finance, administration and import and export.
Graduated in Economics from the University of Coimbra.

Secretary of the Supervisory Board
Filipa Sá Guerra
Social Media Manager since 2021 and Local Accommodation Manager since 2016, with 25 years of experience in store management, in the areas of fashion and gifts.
Accounting and Taxation Technique.