Pedro Santos

Pedro Santos has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. Pedro started their career in 2001 as a Quality Engineer at Philips and then moved on to become a Sales Manager B2B in the fashion industry at Portutex S.A. where they secured substantial volume contracts with major corporations. Pedro then joined Bang & Olufsen, where they held several roles including Sales Consultant, Product Manager, Global Category Manager, and Retail Development Manager, consistently exceeding sales targets and driving business growth. After that, Pedro served as a Seed Investor at Onbik and an Early Stage Investor at CAPTUREPROOF, specializing in analyzing due diligences and negotiation investments. Most recently, they worked at Audemars Piguet, first as a Sales Director and then as the Head of Sales, leading the transformation from wholesale to retail and achieving significant turnover growth. Pedro Santos has demonstrated leadership skills, talent acquisition, negotiation abilities, and entrepreneurial spirit throughout their career.

Pedro Santos' education history is as follows:

From 1995 to 2000, Pedro attended Universidade Católica Portuguesa and obtained a degree in Environmental Engineering.

In 2000, they pursued a Project Leader program at Lund University in the Food Engineering Department.

The following year, in 2001, Pedro completed a Postgraduate program in Quality Management Standards (ISO9000) at AEP - Associação Empresarial de Portugal.

In 2004, they obtained a Master's degree in Industrial Electronics from Universidade do Minho.

Pedro then attended a Retail Manager program at Bang & Olufsen A/S in 2005.

In 2010, they enrolled at IESE Business School and earned an MBA degree in 2012.

Additionally, Pedro obtained an EMBA certification from IESE Business School in May 2012.