João Silveira Lobo
João Silveira Lobo
Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Strategy and Entrepreneurship

João Silveira held several Senior Management and Board positions in diverse industries: Banking; Urban Transportation; FMCG; Modern Retail; Telecommunications; Executive Education; Innovation Agency; Wood-based Panels; Media; Tourism& Leisure; Private Equity. He has also developed an entrepreneurial project in Home Décor through his own venture.

He held several Senior Management and Board positions in diverse industries: Banking, Urban Transportation, FMCG, Modern Retail, Telecommunications, Executive Education, Portuguese Innovation Agency, Portuguese Investment Agency, Wood-based Panels, Media, Tourism& Leisure and Private Equity. He has also developed an entrepreneurial project in Home Décor through his own venture and mentored in WomenWinWin-Connecting Women and Business.

During his professional life he developed a large experience in consulting and executive education working for different companies in several industries, in Portugal and abroad, and contributed regularly to COTEC (a Portuguese private innovation agency).

Currently, he is an independent management consultant; contributes regularly to COTEC (a Portuguese private innovation agency) and teaches at Porto Business School; Nova School of Business and Economics and Nova Executives. He is a founding member, and Director, of The Natural Step Portugal-Association for Sustainable Development and he mentors in WomenWinWin-Connecting Women and Business. He focuses on Strategy, Strategic Planning and Foresight, Systems for Managerial Decision, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

1992 - MBA – INSEAD  

1984 - Degree in Economics – Universidade Técnica de Lisboa



Strategy; Strategic Planning/Foresight; Strategy Execution; Systems for Managerial Decision; Innovation and Entrepreneurship.