Lénia Mestrinho
Lénia Mestrinho
Invited Lecturer
Executive Director @ Data Science Knowledge Center

Lénia Mestrinho is currently the Executive Director of the Data Science for Social Good Research Group at Nova SBE, where she is also Academic Advisor in Consulting Labs (M.Sc.) and Business Projects (CEMS-MIM). Her experience includes projects and clients in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Lénia is also a strategic consultant for APAC Portugal, which works with a prisoner and ex-prisoner population.

She launched the B Corp movement in Portugal and Lusophone Africa at IES - Social Business School, evaluated investment projects in social business at Yunus Social Business (Albania), was an advisor to the Minister of Economy managing the Adjustment Program between the Portuguese Government and Troika, and was a consultant in Strategy and Operations at Deloitte Portugal.

Her experience also includes projects and training in several countries, including Spain, Albania, Croatia, Mexico, Chile, Angola, Mozambique, and Bangladesh.

She has a degree (B.Sc.) in Economics from Nova SBE and a Master (M.Sc.) in Management from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.


  • MSc in Management from Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • BSc in Economics from Nova SBE