Friday, 12/4/2020
Fernando
Alexandre, Associate Professor with Habilitation of the School of Economics and
Management of the University of Minho, has just been appointed Vice-President
of the Economic and Social Council (CES) at the invitation of Francisco Assis,
the President of CES.
CES is a body
for consultation and consultation of the most representative economic and
social stakeholders of the Portuguese society to debate in-depth and at length decision-making
processes on the state-of-the-art of the country and materialise opinions to
the sovereign bodies on matters such as the proposed State Budget, the minimum
wage, the use of Community funds and regional development.
Fernando
Alexandre says “This new chalenge is in line with the academic work/research I
have been publishing on the portuguese economy for some years now along with
colleagues of UMinho. I will endeavour to make sound and relevant contributions
in this area of expertise”. He authors books like A Poupança e o
Financiamento da Economia Portuguesa, Assimetrias e Convergência
Regional - Implicações para a Descentralização e Regionalização em Portugal ou Investimento
Empresarial and the Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa.
Fernando
Alexandre is 48 years old, and he grew up in the Quiaios Beach (Figueira da
Foz). He has been living in Braga for the last 23 years, ever since 1997. He
holds a Bachelor Degree and Master Degree awarded by the University of Coimbra,
Portugal. He completed his PhD at the University of London, UK. He was
Pro-Rector for the Valorisation of Knowledge, President of the School of
Economics and Management and Director of the Department of Economics.
He served as
Secretary of State between 2013 and 2015. He was a Consultant to the European
Commission, the Portuguese Government, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Court
of Auditors, the Porto Chambers of Commerce and Industry, inter alia. Currently, he is a Consultant to the Francisco Manuel
dos Santos Foundation and a Commentator of the programme “Tudo é Economia” (All
is Economics) broadcasted by RTP3. He is a Research Member of the Centre for
Research in Economics and Management (NIPE), co-authoring 15 articles published
in international scientific journals and eight books.
Gabinete de Comunicação
Escola de Economia e Gestão
Universidade do Minho
Telefone: 253 604541
e-mail: gci@eeg.uminho.pt
