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Ana PereiraExecutive MBA

Portuguese
Languages
    Portuguese / English / Spanish
Top Strengths
    Strategic Thinking / Change Management / Collaboration & Leadership / Customer & Employee Satisfaction / Entrepreneurial Mindset
Future Professional Interests
    Sustainability Leadership / Global Impact Initiatives / Innovation Strategy / Executive Leadership / Mentorship & Talent Development

Ana Pereira Executive MBA

EXECUTIVE LEADER IN TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Ana is a Strategic Transformation & Change Management Lead with 20+ years of experience optimizing processes and adopting emerging technologies for healthcare institutions, top retail brands, and other multisectoral enterprises. She is known for reimagining organizations’ structures and workflows to spark collaboration, drive efficiency, maximize value creation, and amplify employee & customer satisfaction. Ana brings a curious, creative, and entrepreneurial mindset to each company and uses it to achieve sustainable impact.

With the Porto Business School’s Executive MBA, Ana has refined her ability to identify trends, untapped opportunities, and fast-growing markets. The lessons learned from her instructors and the collaboration with her peers-executives from various industries who share unique approaches to creative problem-solving-broadened her perspectives and transformed her mindset, fostering a more innovative and adaptive outlook. Armed with a new set of tools and fresh perspectives, she is now better equipped to tackle future challenges with confidence and creativity.

Now her goal is to ascend into a higher leadership role that prioritizes sustainability, where her decisions’ impacts extend further and catalyze change at a more global level. She values innovative, transformative leadership, and mentoring top performers to become strong leaders themselves.

Languages
    Portuguese / English / Spanish
Top Strengths
    Strategic Thinking / Change Management / Collaboration & Leadership / Customer & Employee Satisfaction / Entrepreneurial Mindset
Future Professional Interests
    Sustainability Leadership / Global Impact Initiatives / Innovation Strategy / Executive Leadership / Mentorship & Talent Development
Academic Background
  • 2024
    The Executive MBA | Porto Business School, University of Porto
  • 2019
    Postgraduate Business Intelligence and Analytics | Porto Business School, University of Porto
  • 2011
    Postgraduate Performance Assessment and Management Control | Escola de Gestão do Porto, University of Porto
  • 2004
    Degree in Economics | Faculty of Economics (FEUP), University of Porto
Timeline
  • 2024 - (...)
    Chief of Staff to the Chairman | MCA
  • 2023 - 2024
    Head of Corporate Responsability and Comunication | MCA
  • 2021 - 2023
    Chairman's Advisory | MCA
  • 2019 - 2021
    Team Lead | E-commerce Financial Operations | Adidas
  • 2011 - 2019
    Business Intelligence & Controlling and Financial Management and Team Lead | Trust
  • 2010 - 2013
    Financial Management | Pinto leite Imagem e Diagnóstico
  • 2008 - 2010
    Financial Management (Advisory), Controlling, Budgeting | Trofa Saúde Hospital
  • 2004 - 2008
    Financial Audit, Senior Project Management | Deloitte