Eduardo Mendes has more than 15 years of professional experience dedicated to Human Resources management. His career spanned financial institutions, retail industry, FMCG and consultancy. He is currently Head of People and Leadership at  Sonae SGPS (Holding Company for the Group) and accredited coach. Prior to joining Sonae Group, he was HR Director for the Southern European cluster at Arrow Global. Between 2015 and 2020 he worked at Pernod Ricard, first as HR Director for Portugal and then as Head of Talent Management EMEA & LATAM based in Paris. Before that, he was HR Business Partner at Barclays Bank after having started his career as a consultant. Eduardo holds a MSc in Business Management from ISCTE Business School and a degree in Organizational Psychology from the University of ?

Coimbra. Eduardo completed a leadership program at "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; vertical-align: -0.503333px; line-height: 0px; position: relative;">INSEAD and he is an accredited Coach (ACTP) by the International Coaching Academy, certified by ICF. He is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish