ECMLG 2026
21st European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance
Biographies
Below are the ECGBL Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.
Conference and Programme Chairs
Professor Fernando Moreira has been a member of the Science and Technology Department at Portucalense University since 1992, currently as a Full Professor, and a visiting professor at the University of Porto Business School. He was the head of the Science and Technology Department from May 2018 until February 2022. He is graduated in Computer Science (1992), M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering (1997) and PhD in Electronic Engineering (2003), both at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and Habilitation (2018). He teaches subjects related to undergraduate and post-graduate studies. He supervises several PhD and M.Sc. students. He is a (co-)author of more than 200 scientific publications with peer-review on national and international journals and conferences. He serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for several journals and books. He organized several special issues from JCR journals. He has already regularly served as a member of Programme and Scientific committees of national and international conferences. He was the MSc in Computation coordinator during the last ten years. He holds editorial experience, and he is co-editor of several books. He is associated with NSTICC, ACM and IEEE. His principal research areas are mobile computing, ICT in Higher Education, Mobile learning, Social business and Digital transformation. He was awarded Atlas Elsevier Award in April 2019
Shital Jayantilal is the Head of the Department of Economics and Management at Portucalence University. She lectures under graduate and graduate courses in Strategy and Strategic Management. She has a PhD in Business Studies from Extermadura University (2016) and a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto (1999). She is also a practitioner and an experienced Senior consultant, with more than 15 years hands-on experience in aiding more than 50 SMEs and family firms, across diverse industries promoting their sustainability and enhancing trans-generational family business wealth. She is a member of the research unit REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Porto. Her main topics of research are Family Firms; Strategy and Game Theory, and she has published in various international journals. She has been awarded the 2021 Schulze Publication award by Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange and Family Business editorial teams.
Keynote Speakers
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Mini Track Chairs
Sofia Gomes, an associate professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the Portucalense University (UPT) of Porto and an adjunct professor at the Higher Institute of Business and Tourism Sciences (ISCET). She holds a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a PhD in Strategic Management and International Business from the University of Seville.She worked for 10 years as a financial risk analyst at a Portuguese bank. She is an integrated researcher at REMIT – Research in Economics, Management and Information Technologies, and the coordinator of the research line “Territories and Organizations for Sustainable Development” (TODS) at REMIT. She has publications in peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer Her research interests focus mainly on entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability and the circular economy.
Elisabete Nogueira, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Management at Universidade Portucalense. She holds a PhD in Business Sciences and is an integrated researcher at REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies. Her research focuses on sustainability, triple bottom line performance, circular economy, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence in organisational and consumer contexts. She has contributed to the fields of sustainable development, resource efficiency, and responsible innovation. Her work bridges management, governance, and technological transformation, with particular attention to how organisations integrate sustainability and digitalisation to enhance performance and long-term value creation.
Dr Tatiana Gladkikh is Lecturer in Management at the University of Aberdeen Business School. As an academic and consultant, she has worked the UK, Russia, Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia. Her research is focussed on cross-cultural leadership, cross-cultural issues in the global business environment, and luxury end of tourism. Her latest edited book Co-creating Luxury Customer Experiences in Tourism: Exploring the Superyacht Market was published by Palgrave Macmillan in January 2026. Tatiana is an associate editor of The Journal of Management Development. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (MCIL).
Fred H. Strønen is associate professor at Oslo Business School, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. He has a Ph.D. within strategy and organization from Copenhagen Business School and Norwegian School of Management BI, and he likes teaching. Strønen has published in various international journal on topics as business strategy, AI/digitalization, dynamic capabilities, strategic leadership, innovation, learning and industry structure. Strønen has extensive experience in working with strategic and managerial development, for larger public and private organizations in Norway. In his leisure time Strønen enjoys biking and skiing.