Spring 2016 Issue
> CFI.co Meets Inapa Management:
The Inapa Governance Model Inapa has been recognised as the Portuguese company with the Best Corporate Governance for five consecutive years, which acknowledges the group’s efforts to implement and maintain an efficient and balanced governance structure.
Diogo Rezende
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his governance structure has five different entities: (i) the general assembly, (ii) the board of directors, (iii) the executive committee, (iv) the audit committee and (v) the remuneration commission. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LEADING THE WAY Inapa is led by an executive committee, elected by the board of directors. This committee is the management team in charge of the execution of the board of director’s decisions regarding the company’s strategy. Each member of the executive committee is responsible for different functional areas, namely: Diogo Rezende is currently Inapa’s chief executive officer. Based in Lisbon, at Inapa’s holding, Mr Rezende has the responsibility of overseeing the group strategy, legal, human resources, and communication matters as well as the coordination of visual communications and packaging business. With more than 25 years of experience, Mr
Frederico Lupi
António Albuquerque
Rezende has held numerous key executive positions, both as CEO and managing director at different international companies. Prior to joining Inapa, he was CEO of Ford Lusitana where he led the implementation of turnaround plans, adapting business structures and market strategy to the fast-changing business cycles of growth and contraction.
the executive board of the Millennium Bank in Athens.
Graduated in Economics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, Mr Rezende is also founder of several start-ups, and university professor of Entrepreneurship. Frederico Lupi is chief operating officer of Inapa. He is responsible for the operational performance of all paper merchant business and the group’s IT. Prior to this role, Mr Lupi had a career in banking for more than 18 years. During this time, he has held different top management roles in the private banking and the bank assurance sector in Greece where he was designated member of CFI.co | Capital Finance International Managing Director: Abu Noman Howlader
With more than 25 years of experience in Portugal and abroad, Mr Lupi has directed loan restructuring plans and managed different roles – treasury, accounting, reporting, budget, and human resources – in different economic contexts and groups with international presence. António Albuquerque is the chief financial officer. He is responsible for the financial planning, control, and reporting of the Group Inapa. He supervises the following areas: accounting, auditing, planning and control, finance, and investor relations. Mr Albuquerque graduated in Finance Administration from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Financeiras (now ISEG). With more than forty years of experience, before joining Inapa in 2010, Mr Albuquerque has been director at Parpública and held management positions in the banking and insurance sector. i 79