Board
The Foundation is managed by a board consisting of between three and nine directors. It currently has nine members, one of whom is the chairman, while three others are non-executive directors. As the Foundation is a private Portuguese institution of public utility, the majority of the members of the board must be of Portuguese nationality.
The members' mandates are for renewable five-year periods and vacancies are filled by appointments approved by vote of all members. The age limit for appointment is 70. Any direct descendant of the founder holds a life-long position as member of the Board of Trustees.
Emílio Rui Vilar
Chairman
Curriculum Vitae
Emílio Rui Vilar graduated with a degree in Law from Coimbra University in 1961. Since 2002, he has been President of the Board of Trustees of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Partex Oil and Gas (Holdings) Corporation.
Since 1998, Emílio Rui Vilar has been Guest Professor at the School of Economics and Management at the Portuguese Catholic University and since 1996 the Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Banco de Portugal.
He is presently Chairman of the European Foundation Centre (since June 2008), President of the Portuguese Foundation Centre, Trustee of the Initiative “A Soul for Europe”, Senator of the European Cultural Parliament and Founding Member of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance.
He has also been active as a co-opted Trustee of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian since 1996; Chairman of Galp Energia SGPS (2001-2002); Chairman and CEO of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (1989-1996); General-Commissioner Europalia Portugal (1989-1992); Director General at the European Community Commission, (1986 -1989); Deputy-Governor, Banco de Portugal (1975- 1984); Minister of Transports and Communications (1976-1978); Minister of the Economy (1974- 1975); Secretary of State for External Trade and Tourism (1974); founder and first president of SEDES; Manager, Banco Português do Atlântico, (1969- 1973).
Isabel Mota
Trustee
Curriculum Vitae
Trustee of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since 1999. Also Member of the Board of Partex Oil and Gas (Holdings) Corporation.
Degree in Finance, Lisbon Technical University (1973); Teaching Assistant for Mathematical Methods and Economics at Lisbon Economics Institute (1973-1975).Deputy General Director of the Cabinet for the Economic External Cooperation, responsible for the representation of Portugal in multilateral organizations (World Bank, European Investment Bank, African Development Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank). Deputy General Director of National Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Planning (1986) and Principal Technical Advisor in the Permanent Representation of Portugal, near EEC, in Brussels, (1986).
Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Development in the XI and the XII Constitutional Government of Portugal being responsible for the preparation of the Regional and National Development Plans and Negotiations with European Union, regarding Structural Funds for Portugal (1987-1995). Director of Planning, Budget and Control Department at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (1996-1999), World Bank Consultant (1996-1998), Member of the Board of the Business School of the New University of Lisbon (1997) and Member of the General Council of Telecel Vodafone (2001-2003). Member of the Strategic Commission for the Oceans (2003-2004) and President of the Task Force for the National Plan for Sustainable Development (2004).
Member of the Board of the Portuguese Council for European Movement, Member of the Jury “Jacques Delors Prize”, Vice President of the “Forum Europa”. Also Member of the Jury “COTEC-BPI Innovation Prize” and Member of the Advisory Council of “Público” (newspaper). Honoured with the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique.
Diogo de Lucena
Trustee
Curriculum Vitae
Born March 8, 1949, in Lisbon, Portugal, he is an Electrical Engineer by Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (1972) and obtained a Master of Science (1976) and a Ph.D. (1978) in Engineering Economic Systems by Stanford University.
His academic career began at the Instituto Superior Técnico and later on he joined the Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he is now a Professor of Economics. He has also been Visiting Professor at Stanford University.
He is the author of several publications and participated in many Conferences and Seminars, in Portugal and abroad. His main areas of interest were initially the Economics of Uncertainty and Information and the Economics of Telecommunications. Later, he worked in the Economics of the Welfare State, namely in the financing of the Social Security, Health and Education.
At Faculdade de Economia of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, he was member of the Comissão Instaladora, Dean for Students Affairs, Director of MBA Programme, Academic Dean and Director. He was also member of Comissão Instaladora of the Faculty of Law and Vice-Rector of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
He has been a consultant for private and public institutions and organisations, such as: Banco Fonsecas & Burnay, Citibank, MDM, CTT/TLP, Marconi, EPAL, Associação Portuguesa de Casinos, Instituto de Comunicações de Portugal, Empresa Geral de Fomento, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Ford Foundation, Ministries of Finance, Economy, Employment and Welfare, Prime-Minister.
He is former member of the Board at Banco Mello, COVINA and Galeno Participações, President of the Board at Easysoft/Audaxys, President of the Fiscal Board at RUMOS and former Chairman of the General Meeting at EDP. He took part in several Advisory Boards, namely at IMPÉRIO, José de Mello Saúde, UIF-International Finance Union, Reditus, FLAD - Portuguese-American Foundation for Development, Instituto de Gestão de Fundos de Capitalização da Segurança Social (Portuguese Institute for Welfare Funds Management) and at Portugal Telecom. He was Trustee at Aljubarrota Foundation, member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Merck Sharp & Dhome Foundation and member of the General Board and co-founder of the Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance.
He is member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese newspaper Público.
Member of Jury of Pessoa Prize (since 2002) and of A. Sedas Nunes - Social Sciences Prize (2007)
In 2007 he has been elected Corresponding Member of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Academy of Sciences of Lisbon).
He is Trustee of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, since January/1999.
Eduardo Marçal Grilo
Trustee
Curriculum VitaeBorn in 1942, is Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanic Engineering – I. S. T. - Technical University of Lisbon (1973). Chairman of the Standing Conference on University Problems of the Council of Europe in 1983 and 1984, Chairman of the National Council for Education in Portugal (1992 – 1995), Chairman of the Academic Cooporation Association (1993-1995), Minister of Education between 1995 and 1999, Member of the Board of Magna Charta Observatory (2000-2004) Member of the Board of the Gulbenkian Foundation since October 2000 and Vice Chairman of the Partex Oil and Gas (Holdings) Corporation since 1 July 2006.
He is also member of the International Council for Higher Education Accreditation in U.S. since 2001, member of the Board of the United Nations University since 2004, and Chairman of the Erasmus Mundus Selection Board since 2006.
He has published several papers on engineering, education and aid to development and is author and co-author of books on Higher Education and Development and Human Resources.
Eduardo Lourenço
Trustee - Non executive
André Gonçalves Pereira
Trustee - Non executive
Artur Santos Silva
Trustee - Non executive
Degree in Law, Universidade de Coimbra
Stanford Executive Program, Stanford University
- Chairman, Banco BPI
- Member of the Board of Directors, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
- Member of the Board of Directors, Jerónimo Martins
- Member of the Board of Directors, Partex Oil & Gas (Holdings) Corporation
- Chairman of “Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações do Centenário da República”
- Chairman of the General Board, Universidade de Coimbra
Deputy Governor, Banco de Portugal (Central Bank) (1977/78)
Secretary of State of the Treasury (1975/76)
Senior Manager, Banco Português do Atlântico (1968/75)
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Coimbra University (1963/67)
Professor, School of Law, Coimbra University (1980/82)
Professor, Catholic University (1979/85)
Teresa Gouveia
Trustee
Martin Essayan
Trustee
Curriculum Vitae
Martin Sarkis Essayan is the great grandson of the founder Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian. He was born on 16th November 1959 to Geraldine St. Lawrence Lee Guinness and Mikhael Essayan. He married Tracy Marie Glazer, a US citizen, in 1989 and they have three sons.
He has been a Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since 20 July 2005 taking over responsibility for the UK branch and Armenian Communities Department from his father. He is also a Trustee of the St Sarkis Charity Trust set up by the founder to support two of his creations: the St Sarkis Church in London and the Gulbenkian Library in Jerusalem.
He was educated at Eton (1972-77), Cambridge University (Engineering at Emmanuel College 1978-81), and Harvard University (MBA 1986-88).
He worked for IBM as a Systems Engineer from 1981 to 1986 in London, England helping major clients develop and implement IT solutions.
On leaving Harvard Business School he joined The Boston Consulting Group where he worked for fifteen years (1988-2003), half of them as a partner. He specialised in Financial Services and worked with many of the leading Financial Institutions in the UK, Continental Europe and the US. He led or advised teams supporting some of the largest successful transformation programmes in European Financial Services.
At The Boston Consulting Group he also undertook a number of administrative roles, including: Partner in charge of UK recruiting, Head of Financial Services training, Head of the Financial Services European client conference programme, and Leader of European Financial Services e-commerce.