Isabel Rute Ucha da Silva is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Euronext Lisbon, the company that manages the Stock Exchange in Portugal, and is also Director of Euronext N.V., a multinational group that includes several European exchanges.

Isabel Rute Ucha da Silva has a degree in Economics from Universidade Católica, holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Universidade Nova, and a Master Degree in Finance from the London Business School. On a professional level, and among other activities, she held the position of Advisor for Economic Affairs to the Prime Minister for 4 years, headed the Emissions and Markets Nucleus of the Treasury and Public Debt Management Agency – IGCP, served on the Securities Market (CMVM), and was an executive partner of a consulting firm for about 7 years.

Simultaneously, she has been accumulating teaching functions at Universidade Católica, teaching several economics and finance programs (Economics, Corporate Finance, Economics of Finance, Economics of Regulation, European Economics, Portuguese Economy, Corporate Governance).