Antonio Borges

Antonio Borges joined Goldman Sachs International in September 2000 as Managing Director & Vice Chairman. His responsibilities include investment banking, leadership development and strategy. Prior to this he was Dean of INSEAD between 1993 and 2000. He joined INSEAD's faculty in 1980 and also taught at the University of Lisbon, Portuguese Catholic University and Stanford University. Between 1990 and 1993 Antonio Borges was Vice Governor of Banco de Portugal, where he took a leading role in the liberalisation of Portugal's financial system. He also worked at European level on the project of Economic and Monetary Union.

He graduated from the Technical University in Lisbon and holds his MA and PhD in Economics from Stanford University. He has been a consultant to the US Electric Power Research Institute, US Treasury Department, OECD and the Portuguese government. He was a board member of Citibank Portugal, Petrogal-Petroleos de Portugal, Vista Alegre Group, Paribas, Sonae and Cimpor-Cimentos de Portugal. He is currently on the Boards of Jerónimo Martins and Sonae.com and is a member of the Supervisory Board of CNP Assurances. He chairs the Audit Committees of Banco Santander Portugal and Banco Santander de Negocios Portugal. He is on the Advisory Boards of several European and US corporations and foundations and is Chairman of the European Corporate Governance Institute. He is a member of the European Corporate Governance Forum set up by the European Commission to examine best practices in Member States with a view to enhancing the convergence of national corporate governance codes and providing advice to the Commission.