Management

Board of Directors

Pedro Matias

Executive President

Pedro Matias, assumed the Presidency of the Board of Directors in March 2017.
Master in Economics and Science Management, Technology and Innovation, former Vice President at IAPMEI and Chairman in many investment funds and many other companies. His professional career includes, amongst other positions, Administrator at the Portuguese Association of Certification, member of the Direction in Startup Lisboa and the Scientific Council of Taguspark.
Also participated in many international organisations as Adviser, namely for the European Research Commissioner.

Besma Kraiem

Board Member

Member of the ISQ Board of Directors since February 2020.
Partner at IBK, International Business Konsulting since 2015. Vice-president at TRIMOO, developing and implementing the global commercial strategy between 2017 and 2018.
Served, from 2013 to 2014, as Director of International Sales & Business Development at Portugal Telecom.
Prior to that, she served from 1996 to 2009 at Sony Corporation in several capacities namely Head of Marketing for Global Customer Account from 2006 to 2009.

João Safara

Board Member

Member of the Board of Directors of ISQ as of April 2014. From May 2011 to March 2014 he joined the Board of Directors of real estate fund managing company FundBox- Sociedade Gestora de
Fundos de Investimento Mobiliário, SA, having served there since February 2003 as Chief Operating Officer. While at FundBox he was also Member of the Executive Commission from November 2005 to March 2014. João Safara has also worked at Banco Finantia, as the person in charge of accountancy and at Deco Proteste and Caixagest.

José Figueira

Board Member

Member of the Board of Directors of ISQ as of March 2016.
Since 2014 worked has Director in the Engineering and Industrial Services at ISQ, having served before at ISQ International, developing the African and the United States markets from 2005 to 2014.
José Figueira experience also includes Rinave, as Industry Department Manager from 1991 to 2005, and Instituto Tecnológico para a Europa Comunitária, between 1989 and 1991, working as Researcher and Technician in Laser Processing for Materials.