On November 6, 2009 at ISEG - Rosalina Machado member of the Advisory Board of EWMD Portugal presented, for the first time, the "EWMD Female Leadership Award" to Ana Maria Machado Fernandes, CEO of EDP Renováveis, during the conference "EWMD - Leadership in the 21st Century".
The jury responsible for the choice highlighted the contribution of Ana Machado Fernandes in the organizations where she passed, leaving the strong mark of an efficient and effective change agent, who always sought unity inside and outside her organizations.
"It is an honor to be able to give this award to Ana Maria Fernandes," said Teresa Lacerda, President of EWMD Portugal. "We are very pleased to be recognized for her leadership capable of facing the challenges of the 21st century."
The EWMD Female Leadership Award is given to a woman who is both a member of an organization with moral and ethical integrity, who makes an exemplary and outstanding contribution to social responsibility, who provides career-family balance in her organization, and who possesses an outstanding ability to communicate and to take responsibility.
The jury of five, including men, was tasked with choosing three names from the 25 nominees. The final discussion and decision meeting was held on November 2. In addition to the winner, Vera Pires Coelho, President of Edifer, Fátima Aveiro, General Manager of Unilever-Jerónimo Martins, Judite Mota, Creative Director of Young & Rubicam, Isabel Ferreira, President of Banco Best, among others, were also nominated.
To find out more about the 25 nominees, see this link: http://www.ewmd.org/node/11683
Members of the Jury:
Rosália Amorim - Editor of Exame and Author of "The Right Man to Run a Company is a Woman";
João Vieira Pereira - Deputy Director of Expresso;
Nicolau Santos - Deputy Director of Expresso;
Teresa Correia de Lacerda - President of EWMD Portugal;
João Duque - President of ISEG, represented by Mário Caldeira - Vice-President of ISEG.
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| Prof. João Duque, President of ISEG, Dr. Rosalina Machado, Member of the EWMD Advisory Board, Dr. Ana Maria Fernandes, CEO EDP Renováveis and Dr. Rosália Amorim, Member of the EWMD Female Leadership Award Jury. |
ABOUT Ana Maria Machado Fernandes
46 Years
CEO of EDP Renewables
Education: Economics, University of Porto, post-graduation in Finance and MBA, Porto Management School.
Route:
She began her career in 1986 as a technician at Conselho, a company of the Banco Português do Atlântico (BPA) group, and in 1989 took up a post at EFISA, where she became director. Between 1989 and 1991, she was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics in Porto.
In 1992, she joined the Banco Fomento e Exterior group as a director. From 1996 to 1998, she was head of corporate finance at BPI in Oporto.
In 1998, she joined Gás de Portugal as a director. In 2000, she became a director of Transgás. In 2004, she became a director of Galp Energia and President and CEO of Galp Power.
ABOUT EWMD
EWMD is an international non-profit organization with a vision based on three pillars:
- contribute to creating a more gender diverse society;
- motivate the active participation of women and men in the management of organizations;
- encourage flexible work-life balance models.
Established in 1984 in Brussels, the EWMD arrived in Portugal in 2008. Its local president is Dr. Teresa Correia de Lacerda, whose profile can be consulted at:
www.linkedin.com/in/teresacorreiadelacerda.
The activities of EWMD Portugal can be found at:
http://www.ewmd.org/networks/ewmd-portugal.
