FERNANDO FIGUEIREDO - PRESIDENT - SPGM (PORTUGAL)

José Fernando Figueiredo was elected in 2007 Chairman/President of AECM, the European Mutual Guarantee Association representing 34 guarantee schemes in 18 countries in Europe. He is co-founder of REGAR – Iberoamerican Network of SME Credit Guarantee Organisations -, Invited Member of the Consulting Council of ALIGA, the Latin American Guarantee Institutions Association, and Chairman and CEO of SPGM – Holding of the Portuguese Credit Guarantee Scheme. He served as executive member of the board of IAPMEI (the Portuguese SME Agency) for 3 years and was Chairman and Executive President of PME Investimentos, one of the two biggest Portuguese Venture Capital firms.