Manuel Bento

Manuel Bento is Group Chief Operating Officer and member of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V.

Manuel Bento previously held the position of CEO of Euronext Technologies in Porto and CTO IT Transversal. Since joining in 2016 he has held various technology and operations positions and led major transformation programmes for Euronext. He has been responsible for delivering several critical projects such as the setup of the Porto technology centre, the development of the Euronext cyber security platform, the integration of new capital markets and companies into the Euronext Group, including the migration of the Norwegian markets onto the Optiq® platform.

Prior to joining Euronext, Manuel led major transformation projects in SIBS, a leading company for digital payment services, and Sonaecom, a major Technology, Media and Telecommunications company. Prior to this, he led projects for Capgemini from Portugal, Brasil and Spain, as well as for Vodafone.

Manuel holds a degree in Electronic and Computer Science Engineering, and he has a post-graduation from Instituto Superior Técnico in Information Technology. Since then, he has specialised on different management areas from INSEAD, MIT and Stanford GSB.