André Almeida Santos

Partner

2022

Senior Advisor Responsible Investment

2019 - 2022

Supporting Indico Capital Partners, the leading independent Venture Capital firm in Portugal, investing in global and sustainable technology companies. Design of sustainable investment policy, advisory of ESG integration in investment, and engagement with portfolio companies for ESG compliance, towards a responsible and positive impact of Indico’s investments.

Co-Lead Lisbon Hub Inner Development Goals

2022

Co-Founder

2018

Bright Archers provides impact investment advisory services to firms, mobilizes and blends financing to support and scale up transformative ideas into valuable impactful projects, acting where needed in a business angel role providing early-stage funding. Key areas under my supervision are Responsible Investment strategies, ESG investment policies and reporting, and Development program designs.

Research Fellow

2019 - 2022

As part of the Initiative for Responsible Investment I am collaborating directly with institutional investors to understand their role in, and possible approaches to, a Just Transition. A Just Transition focuses on jobs, livelihoods, and ensuring that no one is left behind by economic and technological disruptions towards economic justice and prosperity. It is a process by which workers, communities, employers, governments, and investors come together in social dialogue to drive the concrete plans, policies, and investments needed for a fast and fair transformation. https://iri.hks.harvard.edu/

Teaching Assistant

2020 - 2021

Teaching Assist for the Public Leadership Credential course on Leadership & Ethics. The Public Leadership Credential offers the Leadership & Ethics course. Effective leaders are constantly trying to understand how change can occur to impact the public good. In Leadership and Ethics, created by Christopher Robichaud, senior lecturer in ethics and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, with the support of a dedicated team of Teaching Assistants, individuals can acquire the skills necessary to begin the practice of moral leadership to instill change that has a lasting impact on your community. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/public-leadership-credential/program/leadership-and-ethics

Teaching Assistant

2019 - 2020

Working with Professor Ronald A. Heifetz, as part of his teaching team, for the course "Leadership from the Inside Out: The Personal Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive". A 100+ students course on Adaptive Leadership.

Founder

2017 - 2019

DAMA is a social start-up providing transport and personal assistant services in Mozambique. DAMA builds upon and potentiates the inherent qualities of the Mozambican woman, that makes her the ideal centre-piece of a relationship-based personal mobility model. We use a woman centered micro-franchise scheme that supports micro-entrepreneurs to create their own opportunities to improve their lives. Our mission is the empowerment of women in Mozambique. Facebook.com/Dama.Txopela/

Principal Country Economist

2011 - 2018

Country assistance strategies, policy dialogue private sector development, green economy and natural capital; Aid coordination; Business Development. Economic research.

Senior Country Economist

2008 - 2011

Country assistance strategy, Country policy dialogue; Aid coordination; Business Development. Economic research.

Investment Officer

2002 - 2007

Institutional Clients Manager; Investment team member.

Investment Officer

2001 - 2002

Investment Funds Dealing; Analyst

Co Founder

1998 - 2000

Founder and manager of a technical bookstores start-up, developing a network of 4 stores, with a turnover of EUR 1 million, 6 permanent staff, and a 10,000 students clientele