Gonçalo Pires (Portugal, 1978) has a degree in economics by Universidade Nova da Lisboa and has spent most of its carrer in investment banking. After being head of Cash Equities for Santander in Portugal moved to Madrid to the Global Corporate Equity Derivatives team of Santander GBM. Before joining TAP’s board has designed a market structure to tackled the excessive NPL stock in the portuguese banking sector, Adamastor Investments.