The 16th edition of the ‘Women on Boards Lisbon’ executive training programme, organised by VdA Academia, begins this Wednesday.

The programme will take place on 21, 22 and 23 October, as well as on 4, 5 and 6 November, at the Vieira de Almeida premises in Lisbon.

The opening session will feature Alexandra Machado, founder and CEO of Girl Move Academy, who will deliver a talk entitled ‘From purpose to impact – the multiplier effect of leadership’.

The ‘Women on Boards’ programme is an initiative aimed at training female leaders from the private sector, the public sector and public administration. The aim of this programme is to prepare women with the potential to join management and supervisory bodies, or those who are already members of such bodies and wish to develop the skills necessary to carry out their duties.

For this 16th edition, the trainers are: Alexandra Resina da Silva, Ana Luís de Sousa, Benedita Aires, Céline Abecassis-Moedas, Cristina Almeida, Ivone Mirpuri, Joana Bernardo, João Pinto, Joaquim Pedro Lampreia, Magda Cocco, Margarida Couto, Maria Cunha Matos, Paulo Olavo Cunha, Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho, Rodrigo Esteves de Oliveira, Sílvia Cortês, Sofia Ribeiro Branco, Susana Almeida Lopes and Teresa Bianchi de Aguiar.