Speaker details

11th World Women Lawyers' Conference

24 Jun - 26 Jun 2026

Hotel Tivoli Avenida Liberdade Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Speaker information

Joana Varela

Biography

Law degree from the University of Lisbon and postgraduated in commercial law from the Catholic University of Lisbon.Leadership Development course at the Catholic University of Lisbon and Senior Management Programme at AESE Business School. Currently Head of Legal of Grupo Brisa. Also worked at the law firms PLMJ, CS Associados and RRP Advogados, as well as at CTT – Correios de Portugal. Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Investment and Competitiveness in the 19th Constitutional Government.

Session

Role models: how to lead and set the scene for the next generation

Thursday 25 June (1000 - 1100)

Speaker

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