OceanExpert ID : 44281
Prof. Helena VIEIRA
Director General
Executive Direction
Direção Geral de Polítca do Mar
Av. Dr. Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho N.6
1495-006 Lisboa
Portugal
Nationality
Portugal
Email(s)
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Telephone
+351 218 291 000
ORCID :
0000-0002-3663-289X
PhD
Decision Making & Policy
Marine Biotechnology, Marine Products
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
The DGPM is the main arm of the Portuguese Sea Ministry for Policy and strategy support and execution, as well as monitoring the National Ocean Strategy. We provide technical expertise, as well as direct support to the minister cabinet in all aspects of Sea governance and policy. DGPM is also responsible for the Portuguese Role in Integrated Maritime Policy, Ocean spatial planning and international Ocean relations.
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
Helena Vieira is the current Director General of Maritime Policy under the Minister of the Sea, in Portugal. Helena has over 20 years of professional experience both in academic, industry and political backgrounds, holding lecturer (University of Lisbon and University of Angola), expert (UN-DOALOS, BBI-JU, EU-IPO, EUCOM – EIC and EASME), management and coordination positions in the fields of life and ocean sciences and bioeconomy backgrounds.
Helena has a PhD in Biomedicine (Imperial College of London) and an Executive Post Graduation in Leadership and Strategy in Biotech & Pharma from Harvard Business School.
She has founded a few start-ups and was co-founder and CEO (2005-2013) of BIOALVO SA, a Portuguese biotech company. Helena was also Executive Director of BLUEBIO ALLIANCE (2014-2019), the Portuguese network for the marine bioresources sector and a Full Associated Professor of FCUL, in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Transfer (2008-2020). She was a PI at BioISI centre/FCUL, coordinating the blue biotechnology unit at M&B lab.
english and Portuguese
