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Our Next Monthly Call
Prof. Miguel Athayde Marques, Vice-Rector for Infrastructural and Strategic Development and Professor of Management, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Prof. Miguel Athaide Marques Vice-Rector for Infrastructural and Strategic Development, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Professor of Management, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Portugal.
Miguel Athayde Marques is Vice-Rector for Infrastructural and Strategic Development at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Professor of Business at Católica-Lisbon School of Business & Economics. As part of his academic duties, he taught at CEIBS — China Europe International Business School (Beijing, Shanghai) and other business schools, in MBA Programs. In business, he currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Galp Energia (oil & gas) and as independent board director of Brisa-CR (concessionaire of tolled highways). He is also a member of the Monitoring Committee of Novo Banco. Formerly, Miguel Athayde Marques was Chairman and CEO of the Portuguese Stock Exchange (Euronext Lisbon), and a member of the management committee of NYSE Euronext (New York Stock Exchange), and Euronext N.V. (Holland). Before that, he was executive board member of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (banking), and of Jerónimo Martins (international retail and distribution). He was also President of AICEP — the Portuguese Agency for Trade and Investment.
Going Global: Universidade Católica Portuguesa's Internationalization Journey
Prof. Miguel Athayde Marques joins our monthly call to discuss how the university is catalyzing a business internationalization ecosystem — not just teaching internationalization but actively building the infrastructure for it. As Academic Director of the Católica International Business Platform, Miguel leads a collaborative initiative that brings together business leaders, faculty, and companies with strong international track records to accelerate sustainable, ethically grounded internationalization, first across Portuguese companies and increasingly beyond.
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Miguel will walk us through the Platform's model: applied research and benchmarking that grounds recommendations in the reality of local companies, case studies drawn from businesses with proven international experience, and executive education designed to move companies from early-stage exporting to full-fledged foreign direct investment. He'll also share lessons learned and insights about it takes to build genuine international engagement rather than symbolic partnerships, how universities can balance local identity with global ambition, and what this experience means for competitiveness more broadly.