Gonçalo Matias is the new President of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Gonçalo Saraiva Matias, professor at the Lisbon School of the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and former Director of the Católica Global School of Law, has been appointed President of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (FFMS).

The professor will replace Jaime Gama as President of the Foundation. This appointment comes in recognition of the hard work and dedication Gonçalo Matias has given to the FFMS in his more than four years of collaboration with the Foundation, and for his teaching and research career.

His history in this prestigious Foundation began in 2018, as a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and as Director of Studies. "The years I lived at the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, under the leadership of Mr. Dr. Jaime Gama, were of enormous wealth and acquisition of knowledge. It is therefore with an enormous sense of responsibility that I now assume the presidency of an institution that I greatly admire and whose purpose is to contribute to a more informed and enlightened country," said the new President.

Gonçalo Matias began his academic career at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where he graduated, obtained a master's degree and a doctorate in Law. He also completed a period of research as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law School. He is also a Visiting Professor at Washington University in St. Louis Law School and advisor for Legal and Constitutional Affairs at the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Since January 2021, he is a Conciliator at the OSCE Arbitration and Conciliation Court, a position he combines with his professional activity as a professor and associate lawyer at Saraiva Matias e Associados.