Joana Oom de Sousa

Joana Oom de Sousa's work experience includes a range of strategic and managerial roles. Joana began their career as a Teacher, Manager, and Founder at Leigos para o Desenvolvimento, where they set up and ran a multi-lingual learning program and founded the first official computer school in Niassa, Mozambique. Joana then worked as a Project Leader at Novabase before becoming a Strategic Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. After that, they served as CEO and Manager of Social Innovation Consulting at TESE - Social Innovation, where they led a team and developed a successful model for measuring impact. Joana also worked as an Independent Senior Manager and Strategic Advisor at Exago Markets, where they co-designed guidelines for the company, and as a Multichannel Marketing Manager at Merck Sharp & Dohme. Most recently, they held positions at Sovena Group, including Corporate Strategy and Procurement Director and Corporate Strategy, Procurement, and Sustainability Director. In these roles, they managed suppliers and contracts, supported strategic and operational planning, and implemented sustainability initiatives.

Joana Oom de Sousa obtained a Bachelor's degree in Informatics and Computer Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico between 1990 and 1995. Later, they pursued an MBA in Management at the University of Cambridge from 2002 to 2003.