Isabel Vaz

She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (1990) and a Master of Business and Administration (MBA) from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1994). After graduation, she began her professional life as a researcher at the Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (IBET). She was a Factory Project Engineer at Grupo Atral Cipan. In 1992, he joined McKinsey, a senior management strategic consulting firm, where he was a senior consultant for seven years, participating in projects mainly in the area of banking and insurance. Since 1999, he has been Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Luz Saúde Group, leading more than 13,000 employees in 30 health units, including the Hospital da Luz in Lisbon. Since 2012, the Group he leads also manages, under a Public-Private Partnership, a public hospital – the Beatriz  ngelo Hospital, in Loures. He was a member of the Faculty Council of the Nova School of Business and Economics of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of The Lisbon MBA, from the same Faculty. He was also a member of the General Council of the University of Lisbon. In recent years, it has regularly held conferences on health management, leadership, human resources, and financial sustainability of health systems, at the invitation of several universities and other institutions. In 2015, she received the award of the Jornal de Negócios «Excellens Oeconomics», as the best manager of the year in Portugal. In 2017, she received the Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo 2017 Prize, awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) to former students who have distinguished themselves in their professional and social career.