Luís Laginha de Sousa
Luís Laginha de Sousa was born in Setúbal in 1965. He graduated in Economics at the Portuguese Catholic University (1988) where he is also completed his MBA (1995). He attended the Corporate Finance Programme at the London Business School (2004).
Luís Laginha de Sousa was Member of the Board of Directors of Banco de Portugal from September 2017 to November 2022. Before joining Banco de Portugal he held various managerial roles in a Portuguese and multinational companies and was, among other roles, Deputy Head of ICEP – Investimentos, Comércio e Turismo de Portugal (1993 – 1998); Executive Director of Caixaweb SGPS and various companies of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Group (2000 – 2005); Chief Operating Officer of Euronext Lisbon, S. A. (2005 – 2010); Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon, S. A. and also of Interbolsa, S. A. (2010 – 2016); More recently and among other activities, he had joined STJ Advisors LLP, as a Senior Advisor.
From 1995 to 2017, Luís Laginha de Sousa was a lecturer at the Portuguese Catholic University.