Francisco Pedro Balsemão DwP Summit 24

Francisco Pedro Balsemão is the CEO of Impresa, the largest media company in Portugal, since March 2016. Previously, he acted as Impresa’s COO responsible for Human Resources, Legal Affairs and Sustainability, as well as Company Secretary. He graduated in Law at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and has a Masters Degree in Law by Oxford University (UK). He also undertook a General Course in Management at Nova School of Business and Economics, the Advanced Management Program at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Kellogg School of Management (Chicago), the Orchestrating Winning Performance/Leading the Family Business program at IMD Business School (Lausanne) and Journey to Business Transformation by Esade Business School at Singularity University, NASA Research Park (Silicon Valley). Francisco began his career in 2003, as an Associate at Linklaters and later as a Human Resources Consultant in Heidrick & Struggles. He joined Impresa in 2009 as Human Resources Director. Before, in 2007, he was an Assistant Attaché in the Portuguese Mission to the United Nations (New York), having worked in the 3rd Committee (Human Rights). Francisco is the Vice-President of SIC Esperança, an NGO, since 2013.