José Ferreira Duarte Email & Phone Number

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Quartz Quality offers a wide range of Hygiene Products and Services to the washroom facilities, providing high quality washroom supplies for all types of business, large or small. From cotton towel, fragrance, soap and toilet paper dispensers and consumables, to manual or self-cleaning toilet seats, Quartz Quality guarantees consistently best-in-class service which create a clean and safe environment to employees, visitors and customers.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Independent consultancy work for businesses such as private companies and private equity firms, hedge funds and prestigious worldwide strategy consultants. Outsourced Professional Accounting Services and Professional SME Design & Webdesign Services.

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

UrbiWise is an European online technology offering a property search engine with artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for real estate professionals and consumers, at every stage of the home buying process.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Singularity Digital Enterprise Singularity Digital Enterprise is a privately-owned company specialized in extracting business value from data, through complex algorithms and present it with beautiful visualizations. Singularity delivers products and services on the emerging fields of Data Analytics, AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Data Visualizations

London, United Kingdom

Industry Advisor to Hg CapitalHg Capital is a private equity firm targeting middle-market buyouts primarily in Europe. Hg focuses on investments in technology, services and industrial technology sectors.Worked together with the Industrial team focusing on identifying and evaluating markets/targets for investment, target companies/group, market mapping including evaluating sub-segments and companies, managing an internal Pipeline of potential investment opportunities, target… Show more Industry Advisor to Hg CapitalHg Capital is a private equity firm targeting middle-market buyouts primarily in Europe. Hg focuses on investments in technology, services and industrial technology sectors.Worked together with the Industrial team focusing on identifying and evaluating markets/targets for investment, target companies/group, market mapping including evaluating sub-segments and companies, managing an internal Pipeline of potential investment opportunities, target company/business assessment and qualification of potential investment opportunities, providing any services reasonably required by the Company relating to any relevant transaction process. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Main Board Member; P&L accountability for all the countries, driving both top line and bottom line growth. As both a board member and part of the senior operating executive team, played a very important role in both strategic decisions and operational direction and was instrumental in driving the company into the more profitable industrial sector.- Turnover growth of over 29% and Ebitda growth of over 27% in 2007 to 2013 period.

Madrid Area, Spain

Northern Regional Director with responsibility for UK, Belgium and Eastern Europe & Germany. Worked with the CEO as one of the executive team during the sales process of the company from one private equity group to another private equity group in 2008 and became an Executive Director on the main board.- Turnover growth of over 55% and Ebitda growth of over 75% in 2005-2010 period.

Hannover Area, Germany

Led strategic review and implemented a strategic and structural change program which led to strong top line and bottom line growth of the German business. - From 2004 to 2013 the German business grew its book of business and Ebitda by a CAGR of 12% and 14% respectively.

London, United Kingdom

In addition to the position as Regional Managing Director appointed as Sector Director responsible for Washroom Services to spread best practice worldwide and to focus on the development of competitive advantage in key markets (Washroom was present in 44 countries).

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Main Executive Board, responsible for 56 business units in different market sectors such as Pest Control, Washroom Services, Textile Services, Industrial Hygiene, Tropical Plants, Daily and Specialist cleaning, Medical Waste Disposal, Office Machine Solutions and Environmental Services, across 22 countries, with combined revenues of €0,5 billion and profits of €100 million, employing 10,000 people in the Region covering the major markets in Europe and Asia.- Turned around a… Show more Member of the Main Executive Board, responsible for 56 business units in different market sectors such as Pest Control, Washroom Services, Textile Services, Industrial Hygiene, Tropical Plants, Daily and Specialist cleaning, Medical Waste Disposal, Office Machine Solutions and Environmental Services, across 22 countries, with combined revenues of €0,5 billion and profits of €100 million, employing 10,000 people in the Region covering the major markets in Europe and Asia.- Turned around a declining region achieving revenue growth and local operating profits up by over 7% and 10% respectively in the period 2000-2003 Show less

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Germany was the largest subsidiary in Europe for Rentokil Initial at the time. Led a turnaround through redefining the strategy, a cultural change program and change management. - Business grew by over 20% in revenue and its margins were consolidated at over 30%, returning Germany to solid top and bottom line growth. Supported the acquisition of a key player in the Textile services sector and became Chairman of the holding company that included Rentokil Initial GmbH and Initial Textiles GmbH

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Developed the company through organic growth and acquisitions from just €60K annualized revenue and €60K losses to over €5 million revenue and €1,5m LOP in less than 7 years. Rentokil in Portugal became a case study within the company, got various awards and was for years the fastest growing company in Europe.