João Meneses teaches at Católica Porto Business School and works regularly for CEGEA (Centre for Applied Management and Economics – UCP ‑ Porto).

João holds a Physics degree from the Faculty of Sciences, Porto University.

After obtaining his MBA from Universidade Nova de Lisboa he developed a 15 year carreer as an executive in private companies, in Portugal and abroad.

He was a member of the Board for several companies belonging to the Segafredo Zanetti Group (Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and France).

João was also a director in Cofiroasters S.A. (Genève), Tiktak B.V. (The Netherlands) and Gescartão SGPS S.A.

He also develops work as a Strategy consultant.