Stephan Morais
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Stephan Godinho Lopes Morais (born October 27, 1973 in London
, England
) is a European business management
executive and investor
.
, Portugal
, attended two of the top rated rated schools in the country, Colégio Sagrado Coração de Maria and Colégio Valsassina. A Civil Engineer
, Morais graduated from Portugal's largest and most respected engineering institute, the Instituto Superior Técnico
in Lisbon, Class of 1996, having spent the last semester at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
in Paris
, France
. In 2000 he was accepted for the MBA program of Harvard Business School
. Awarded the Sainsbury Management Fellowship
, he graduated in 2002, specializing in private equity.
in the UK, working in privatization projects on behalf of multilateral agencies in Mozambique
, Pakistan
, Panama
and Chile
. He later moved permanently to London joining Arthur Andersen
Business Consulting, to integrate the Energy and Utilities team as a Senior Consultant.
After the MBA, Morais was appointed as consultant to the Portuguese Government for the privatization of a main State investing conglomerate, IPE, and for the draft of the country's National Energy policy. Morais joined Energias de Portugal
in 2003 as Chief of Staff of the CEO and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of the Bilbao
based Naturgas Energia Servicios.
Specialized in Private Equity
investments while attending Harvard, Morais went on to buyout Temahome
, a major Portuguese furniture design and manufacturing company, with a group of other Portuguese investors and the company's management team in 2006. He left the company at the end of 2009. in 2010, Stephan Morais was the first Portuguese ever to be named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
.
Morais is a former Non-Executive Director at Crimson Investment Management, a real estate investment company, and former President of Light Models, a modeling and celebrity management agency he founded in 2007 with other investors, and has served on several companies´ Advisory Boards where he provided financial and strategic advice through his personal holding SEI.
In 2010 he joined Portugal's largest bank Grupo Caixa Geral de Depósitos where he is currently appointed as Board Member, Executive Vice President and CFO of a new African investment bank based in Mozambique, Banco Nacional de Investimento, a partnership between Portuguese Caixa and the Mozambican government.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is a European business management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
executive and investor
Investor
An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc...
.
Academic career
Morais, the son of Portuguese lawyers was raised in LisbonLisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, attended two of the top rated rated schools in the country, Colégio Sagrado Coração de Maria and Colégio Valsassina. A Civil Engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
, Morais graduated from Portugal's largest and most respected engineering institute, the Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico is a reputed school of engineering, part of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa . IST is the largest and the most prestigious school of engineering in Portugal...
in Lisbon, Class of 1996, having spent the last semester at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Founded in 1747, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées , often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest civil engineering school...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In 2000 he was accepted for the MBA program of Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
. Awarded the Sainsbury Management Fellowship
Sainsbury Management Fellowship
The Sainsbury Management Fellowship scheme was setup in 1987 by David Sainsbury to develop UK engineers into leaders in industry and thereby to improve the competitiveness of UK engineering, manufacturing and construction businesses...
, he graduated in 2002, specializing in private equity.
Business career
Morais initiated his career at Halcrow Group LimitedHalcrow Group Limited
Halcrow Group Limited is an engineering consultancy company, based in the United Kingdom.Halcrow is one of the UK's leading consultancies, with a pedigree stretching back to 1868. The UK-based consultancy specialises in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure...
in the UK, working in privatization projects on behalf of multilateral agencies in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
and Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. He later moved permanently to London joining Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
Business Consulting, to integrate the Energy and Utilities team as a Senior Consultant.
After the MBA, Morais was appointed as consultant to the Portuguese Government for the privatization of a main State investing conglomerate, IPE, and for the draft of the country's National Energy policy. Morais joined Energias de Portugal
Energias de Portugal
EDP - Energias de Portugal ranks among Europe's major electricity operators, as well as being one of Portugal's largest business groups....
in 2003 as Chief of Staff of the CEO and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of the Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
based Naturgas Energia Servicios.
Specialized in Private Equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
investments while attending Harvard, Morais went on to buyout Temahome
Temahome
TemaHome is Portugal's largest furniture exporter based inLisbon.The company's main markets are Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Denmark and the USA, however as of January 2008, the company exports to 40 countries with over 1200 points of sale in 4 continents.- Company history :Founded as...
, a major Portuguese furniture design and manufacturing company, with a group of other Portuguese investors and the company's management team in 2006. He left the company at the end of 2009. in 2010, Stephan Morais was the first Portuguese ever to be named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
.
Morais is a former Non-Executive Director at Crimson Investment Management, a real estate investment company, and former President of Light Models, a modeling and celebrity management agency he founded in 2007 with other investors, and has served on several companies´ Advisory Boards where he provided financial and strategic advice through his personal holding SEI.
In 2010 he joined Portugal's largest bank Grupo Caixa Geral de Depósitos where he is currently appointed as Board Member, Executive Vice President and CFO of a new African investment bank based in Mozambique, Banco Nacional de Investimento, a partnership between Portuguese Caixa and the Mozambican government.
Honours and awards
- 2002 Sainsbury Management FellowshipSainsbury Management FellowshipThe Sainsbury Management Fellowship scheme was setup in 1987 by David Sainsbury to develop UK engineers into leaders in industry and thereby to improve the competitiveness of UK engineering, manufacturing and construction businesses...
- 2009 DME Award - Design managementDesign managementDesign Management is a business discipline that uses project management, design, strategy, and supply chain techniques to control a creative process, support a culture of creativity, and build a structure and organisation for design...
Europe - 2009 National Design Award - "Sena da Silva" Presented by the Portuguese Design Center and the President of the Portuguese Republic
- 2010 Nominated Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
External links
- Young Global Leaders - Profile at The World Economic Forum
- Twitter - Stephan Morais official twitter page