Duarte Pitta Ferraz holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (Nottingham Trent University, UK), and degrees in Law, and Management and Accounting (Universidade de Lisboa), being a Portuguese qualified Statutory Auditor (‘ROC’).

Professor at NOVA - School of Business and Economics, Nottingham Business School, independent Non-Executive Director, and Keynote Speaker. Holds positions as NED at EIB – European Investment Bank, Infraestruturas de Portugal, and Privatization Committee of TAP – Air Portugal. Also member of Harvard Business Review advisory board, of McKinsey Quarterly advisory board, and of Financial Times Feedback Forum.

Previously worked at Banco Comercial Português (20 years) as Managing Director and member of executive committees (international division, investment and corporate banking, retail banking, private banking), as well as co-CEO of NovaBank Greece and Vice-Chairman of Bank Europa Turkey. Hold Non-Executive Director positions at: Global Board and Executive Committee of BAFT – Bankers Association of Finance and Trade (Washington, D.C.) and co-Chairman for Europe, SOFID – EDFI Development Bank, Banco Millennium Angola, member of the Privatization Committee of CTT – Portugal Postal Service, and Vice-Chairman of the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce. Chaired and was a member of several audit committees. Worked in auditing at Deloitte and Philip Morris North America

Current research interests include: Corporate governance, business models, M&A and capital raising, research methodologies