Ana Conceição (publication name, Conceição, A.) is an Assistant Professor of Management Accounting and Control at ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal). She holds a PhD from ISCTE-IUL. Prior to joining ISCTE-IUL she was Professor at Escola Naval where she taught Accounting, Auditing and Financial Management.

Ph.D in Management and Associate Professor at ISCTE-IUL. Executive Board Member at Iscte Executive Education. She is co-director of Business Financial and Control program at Iscte Executive Education. Coordinator of management control course and professor of financial accounting, at ISCTE. She was director of Executive Masters' program in Management Control and Performance and Business Financial and Control, at Iscte Executive Education. She was director of Master Program in Accounting at ISCTE-IUL Business School, for 6 years. She was sub director of the accounting department and sub director of Iscte Business School. She teaches and coaches corporate executives on the areas of management control since 1997, at Iscte Executive Education. Has already co-authored several books covering management control and accounting subjects. She publishes in reference scientific publications.

Helena holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University, UK. She is full professor of accounting at Iscte Business School in Lisbon, and previously worked at Bayes Business School in London. She had visiting positions at the University of Miami in the US, where she was a Fulbright Research Scholar, and at Sydney University in Australia. Her research interests are on financial markets, corporate governance and international financial reporting. Helena participates regularly in top international conferences such as meetings of the European Accounting Association, American Accounting Association, and European Finance Association. She is often invited to speak at seminars, conferences, and doctoral meetings of prestigious European and US universities. Helena's research has been published in top journals in accounting and finance, such as the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, European Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, and Journal of Business Ethics. Her research findings have been used by international organizations dealing with corporate reporting issues, such as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the CFA Institute, and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG). Helena serves the community taking roles in various committees of the European Accounting Association, as associated editor of the journals European Accounting Review and Accounting Business Research, and as a member of evaluation panels for recruitment and for PhD grants. During her career, Helena managed various research projects funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation FCT, participated in an European Training Network, and won several awards including Best European PhD thesis in Management by EDAMBA, best conference papers, and best reviewer. Helena has also been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to develop a one year research project at the University of Miami in the US.

Ilídio Tomás Lopes was born on January 18, 1966, in the municipality of Abrantes (Portugal). He is currently a professor at "Iscte University Institute of Lisbon" and associate member of Bru_iscte Business Research Unit" of the same institution. He also teaches in the Executive Master in Business Management (Iscte_Executive Education) and in the Graduation of Economy and Regulation of Financial Institutions (Ipps_iscte). He is currently: Director of "Audax_iscte"; Non-Executive Director of Banco BIC Português, S.A. (EuroBic); Member of the Supervisory Board of Novartis Farma - Produtos Farmacêuticos, SA.; President of the Supervisory Board of  "Iscte Conhecimento e Inovação".PhD in Business Management, Specialization in Accounting (University of Coimbra, 2009), Master in Statistics and Information Management (ISEGI, New University of Lisbon, 2001) and Graduation in Business Organization and Management (ISEG, University of Lisbon, 1990). Over is career as professor (since 1994), he was a professor at the School of Management and Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém (1997 to 2013), acting between 2011 and 2013 dean of the institution. He was also a collaborative professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (2006 to 2011). Responsible for several curricular units such as: Auditing; Financial Auditing; Financial Performance Evaluation; Financial Accounting II; Bank Accounting.  He also held management positions in several multinational companies. Author of several scientific publications, member of several national and international scientific committees and reviewer of articles for scientific journals in the scientific fields of Management and Accounting. Author of the books "Management Control: An Integrated View of Business Performance" (Edições Almedina, 2019, 2020),  "Accounting and Finance for Non financial managers" (Edições Almedina, 2020), "Financial Auditing: From Internal Control to Independent External Control" (Edições Almedina, 2019, 2022), "Financial Accounting: Preparation of Financial Statements, Disclosure and Analysis" (Escolar Editora, 2013, 2017, 2021), "The Management of Intellectual Capital and Intangibles in the Age of Knowledge" (Escolar Editora, 2013) and" Financial Accounting: Resolved and Proposed Exercises" (Edições Almedina, 2017, 2019). Coauthor of the book "Societies: Accounting and Tax Aspects" (Escolar Editora, 2016), among others. He has published in several international journals, including: Measuring Business Excellence; International Journal of Business Excellence; International Journal of Disclosure and Governance; International Journal of Business Performance Management; Business: Theory and Practice, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research. His main areas of interest are: 1. Financial Accounting; 2. Corporate Governance; 3. Audit and Internal Control; 4. Financial Management and Performance; 5. Risk Assessment and Compliance.

Isabel Lourenço is Full Professor and Director of the Accounting Department at ISCTE-IUL. She has a PhD in Management (specialization in Accounting) from ISCTE-IUL. She has about 30 years of experience teaching accounting topics in several academic programs (Bachelor, Master and PhD Programs) and Executive education programs at ISCTE-IUL. She is a visiting professor at the University of São Paulo, where she teaches regularly in the Master and PhD programs in accounting. She has also been teaching and giving leatures at other universities in Brazil and at universities from other countries including the University of Glasgow, the Coventry University, and the University of Lille. She is an Integrated Researcher at the ISCTE Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL). She regularly presents the results of her research at the most prestigious international scientific conferences. She has authored several scientific papers published in leading scientific journals including, for example, the European Accounting Review, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting Forum, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, and Journal of Business Ethics. She has also authored more than 10 accounting text-books. She has played an important role in the bodies that regulate accounting in Portugal. She is the Coordinator of the Corporate Accounting Standardization Committee of the Portuguese Accounting Standards Board (Comissão de Normalização Contabilística). She is also member of the jury of the Exam of entrance to the Portuguese Association of Chartered Accountants (Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais de Contas).  Currently, she is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Payshop and IMGA.

Jonas Oliveira holds a PhD in Accounting from the School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Portugal. He is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at ISCTE-IUL Business School, Lisbon. He has previously worked at the University of Aveiro as Adjunct Professor of Accounting. His research interests are corporate risk reporting, enterprise risk management, corporate governance mechanisms, impression management strategies used in corporate reporting, sustainability and integrated reporting. He publishes academic articles regularly in some internationally well-recognized journals such as the Managerial Auditing Journal, Meditari Accountancy Research, Australian Accounting Review, Corporate Communications: an International Journal, European Business Review, and Journal of Risk. 

Maria João Major (publication name, Maria Major) is Full Professor of Management Accounting and Control at ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal). She holds a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK and a Post-doc from the Manchester Business School, UK. Maria João was visiting researcher fellow at Alliance Manchester Business School, UK in 2016 and at Griffith University, Australia in 2001. She has published in academic journals such as ‘Management Accounting Research’, ‘European Accounting Review’, ‘Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal’, ‘Accounting, Organizations and Society’, 'Financial Accountability & Management', ‘Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management’ and ‘Public Money and Management’, among others. Maria João is also the author or co-author of several books and international book chapters. She is on the editorial board of ‘Qualitative Research on Accounting and Management’, ‘Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change’, ‘Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management’ and earlier on the editorial board of the ‘European Accounting Review’. She is additionally active in refereeing articles for a number of leading accounting journals. Maria João has served as member of scientific committees in several international accounting conferences. She was the convenor of ‘Manufacturing Accounting Research (EIASM) 2016’ and of the ‘European Network for Research on Organizational and Accounting Change (ENROAC) 2011’ conferences. Aditionally, Maria João has received teaching awards as best professor. Prior to joining ISCTE-IUL she was Associate Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics where she taught in the PhD, Master, Bachelor and Executive Education programmes.

Maria Manuela Martins is Assistant Professor at Accounting Department of ISCTE Business School - University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL). She obtained a Master Degree in Business Administration specialization in Information Systems Management and a PhD in Management, specialization in Accounting (University Institute of Lisbon - ISCTE-IUL). She is a research in the fields of Knowledge Management, Intellectual capital and Financial Accounting.

PhD in Accounting and MBA in Management, by ISCTE-IUL, Post-Graduate in Finance, by CEMAF-ISCTE and Graduate in Management, by UML. He is coordinator of Courses of Taxation, Business Taxation, Company Tax Management, Principles and Procedures of Tax Litigation and Taxation of Non-Residents. He is Director of the MsC in Management at ISCTE-IUL and Director of Post-Graduation in Tax Management at INDEG-ISCTE.

PhD in Management, Master in Business Sciences, Degree in Management by Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte) and Bachelor of Accounting at ISCAC Coimbra Business School. Assistant Professor at ISCTE, where he teaches in Undergraduate, Masters and Executives Masters and has coordinated various courses. Executive Director of the Executive Master in Corporate Reporting of INDEG/ISCTE. Received a teaching award (2014). Was member of the Pedagogical Committee (1st cycle degree) and year coordinator in 1st cycle degree. Was CEO of Overgest/ISCTE - Management and Finance Specialization Center and Director of several Executive Masters, Postgraduate Programs, Specialization Courses and Programs for Executives. Was Senior Partner of Paradigma Consulting, SA, Senior Consultant at SE.MAR.TE Consulting, Consulting Supervisor at BDO International, Deputy Director Financial MAP-Plastics (current Map-Key Plastics, SA) and Chartered Accountant of several companies. Was member of the Students' Union Board and a member of Scientific Council (representing the students) of ISCA Coimbra Business School. He is co-author of books in the accounting field, articles and communications to scientific conferences.

Rúben S. Barros is an Assistant Professor of Management Accounting and Control at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and associated researcher at the Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL). His current research interests are related to management accounting and control. Particularly, he has investigated management control systems design and use with a focus on innovation, and performance measurement and management in public organizations. He has published in reputable international peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, Journal of Management Control, and Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management.

Lawer  and Arbiter on the Lisbon TR and CAAD lists; Full Judge with an LD license; Formerly Mayor ; Sec. of State for Culture; for Justice; for Internal Administration; private company director; university lecturer.

José Miguel Rodrigues is a statutory auditor and partner in Azevedo Rodrigues, Batalha, Costa e Associados, SROC. Activities developed include statutory audit activities in over 50 companies, due diligences and company evaluation. He is non-executive administrator of Parpública – Participações Públicas (SGPS), S.A.. He is also a consultant of Prótotipo, Sistemas de Informação, S.A. where he is responsible for the design team of GERIR® (ERP) e DEFIR® (financial reporting software). Consultant of CBR - Consultoria e Investimentos for projects in the tax and management control systems areas. Director of the Executive Master in Management Control and Performance of INDEG/ISCTE. He teaches in several training actions of OROC (Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais de Contas) where he was a jury member of the Order's Admission Exam from 2015 to 2021. Lectures Corporate Accounting Project and Applied Management Control Systems in ISCTE and several other subjects such as financial and managerial accounting in other universities, companies and other entities in Portugal, Angola,Cape Verde and Mozambique. Author of the compilation "Sistema de Normalização Contabiística" and co-author of "As novas demonstrações financeiras - de acordo com as normas internacionais de contabilidade".

Márcia Santos (PhD in Management) is a researcher at the Information Sciences and Technologies and Architecture Research Center (ISTAR-IUL) at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL). Her research interests include Accounting, Tax, Management, Risk, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics applied to organizations' challenges to enable them to make more-informed management decisions such as in  Reputation, Human-resources, Performance, Social-Impact, both in nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Her research appears in the following conference proceedings: Tourism & Management Studies and Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI). Márcia has specialized in accounting and tax matters ever since she joined Deloitte in 2012. She works with clients in the banking, retail and manufacturing sectors and has provided (i) tax advisory under national and EU legislation; and (ii) accounting services under SNC and IFRS. In the last 5 years, she has gained extensive experience applying data analytics tools in manufacturing and financial sector on indirect tax and customs aspects. She has supported and led the development and implementation of data analytic tools in her department, as well as provided training and advisory for  organizations or university students (ISCTE-IUL) in Microsoft Excel and SQL tools.

  She has a degree in Law (2010) by UCP, and in Business Management (1992) by ISCTE. She is enrolled in the 3rd Study Cycle (Ph.D in Management, specializing in accounting). She had successfully concluded the examinations and internship to be Statutory Chapter of Account. She is a Certified Accountant and holds the Professional Aptitude Certificate (“CAP”). She started her professional activity in audit/assurance, but specialized in tax consultancy, where she has been practicing for more than 27 years. She is currently responsible for the coordination of all Tax Due Diligence work, in the Corporate Finance - Transaction Services division, at a Big4, and also for developing training sections for clients.   In terms of academic activities, she has been professor at ISCTE, in the subject of Taxation, since 2011. She has also taught modules in the area of ​​taxation in postgraduate courses and master's degrees, coordinated by ISCTE-INDEG, Instituto do Direito do Trabalho, Nova-SBE, Universidade da Madeira and at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She is corporate body, on a voluntary basis, in associations of a social nature, such as CAIS, a Câmara de Commércio Portugal Moçambique and PWN Lisbon. She has been a “Family Friend” of institutionalized children.  

Assistant Guest Professor - ISCTE-IUL (2021-Present Day) Functional Consultant - Protótipo Sistema de Informação S.A. (2021-Present Day) Accounting Technician - Winning Ways, Lda(2020) Management Consultant - Independent (2018-2019) Business Process Analyst - A Montra / The Window (2017)