Mr Moedas is from Beja, he never saw the world and must see the world<\/em>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
It was a turning point in Carlos Moedas’ life: he had never seen anything, it was a total discovery for him which he enjoyed very much. After ending his degree, he decided to stay in Paris and started working with sanitation at Suez Group, but some years later had to return to Portugal to fulfill the military service: a difficult time, but with great learnings because of the rigor and discipline required. Later on, he decided to study again, this time an MBA at Harvard Business School. He discovered that in the USA he could access better conditions to invest in his Education, whereas in Europe he only faced limitations and restrictions. To pay for these expensive studies he after worked at M&A in several institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Eurohypo Investment Bank.<\/p>\n
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It was when he was back in Portugal working with Real Estate and being a member of Partido Social Democrata (PSD) as chief economic advisor that he was challenged by Pedro Passos Coelho (Portugal Prime Minister) to join the government (in 2011), being responsible for the compliance with the Troika Memorandum of Understanding. This was one of the most difficult periods of his life. His most unpopular moment was the praise for the IMF report that proposed drastic cuts in salaries and pensions, which led several people to ask for Carlos\u2019 resignation.<\/p>\n
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After these rough times, Carlos was called to be the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation. He ended his mandate in 2019, having accomplished the following:<\/p>\n
\/ Achieved a 100 billion science budget (it was 70 billion in the beginning of his mandate);<\/p>\n
\/ Created a legacy for innovation in Europe: the European Innovation Council that allows \u201cinnovators\u201d to freely work on their projects;<\/p>\n
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The influent Politico – a site everyone reads in Brussels – named Carlos Moedas the most powerful in the EU\u2019s budget: there are other commissioners with more money, such as in agriculture, but Carlos had greater control over the distribution of funding and a stronger presence in negotiations with governments, universities and businesses.<\/p>\n
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Today, Carlos is back in Portugal as an executive member of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Board of Directors.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”element_from_fade” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#0a0a0a” anchor=”home” z_index=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”120px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
\u2018Never give up. Never think that anything that you are doing doesn’t make sense, because it all makes sense . . . You just don’t know yet\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text el_class=”name-depo”]<\/p>\n
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