Ana Rita Duarte Bessa

Ana Rita Duarte Bessa's work experience includes various leadership roles in different companies. Ana Rita is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Grupo Leya. Prior to this, they served as the Business Development Director at Grupo Leya and also worked as the Deputada à Assembleia da República at Grupo Parlamentar CDS-PP.

Ana Rita has experience in the education sector, having worked as the Diretora Educação Digital at LeYa Educação, where they developed digitalization projects for schools and implemented change management processes in education.

Ana Rita has also worked as a Freelancer, specializing in education consulting, and as the Business Development Director at Leya Educação in Grupo Leya.

Additionally, they served as a Project Manager at EPIS- Empresários pela Inclusão Social and as an Executive Director of Business Development at Media Capital. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Market Research Manager at Unilever.

Overall, Ana Rita Duarte Bessa has a diverse background in leadership, education, consulting, and business development.

Ana Rita Duarte Bessa has a Master's degree in Economics from Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, obtained between 1990 and 1996. Ana Rita also completed a Master's degree in Education, specializing in ICT, at Universidade Católica Portuguesa from 2010 to 2012. Additionally, they recently attended INSEAD in 2021, obtaining a certificate in Management through their AMP program.