José Espírito Santo Email & Phone Number

• Started in 1988 a 13 year financial career that would take him to the board of directors of a new banking and financial group;• Visionary and entrepreneur; following his sucessfull financial career, created an innovative group of companies (8M€ sales in 2007) in the wine business that would become in 5 years a leader and a reference in its market;• Since 2014 has been an adviser of the board of Vinalda (the oldest Portuguese wine distribuitor) leading a sucessful turnaround into an innovative, modern and profitable 20M€ sales company;• Passionate about veganism and sustainability, in 2021 was one of the promotors of the first portuguese Cellular Food Startup and Cellular Agriculture Association;• Multifaceted experience, acummulated over three decades as an entrepreneur and senior manager in finance and wine & food distribution, uses these unique qualities to work, since 2024 based in Dubai, as an independent Senior Consultant and Board Advisor.Specialties: Asset Management, Private Banking, Financial Advisory, Wine & Spirits Distribution, Enoturism, Branding, Import/Export, Alternative Proteins, Cultivated Meat, Strategy and New Business development, Middle East.

Listed skills include Investments, Business Strategy, Strategy, Portfolio Management, and 33 others.