Dr. João Ribeiro Lima Lima
Collaborating Professor
Professor João Ribeiro Lima has nearly 20 years of cross-sector experience in agrifood — spanning government, research, academia, and the private sector. His areas of expertise include primary sector strategy, investment in agrifood, and global food value chains.
Through his strategic advisory firm, he works with companies, investment funds, R&D institutions, and sector associations on market analysis, business strategy, innovation policy, and partnership development in Iberia and Africa. He is also a partner in agricultural investment projects.
From 2014 to 2021, he served on the Board of Directors of INIAV (Portugal’s National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research), the only public R&D+i institute under the Ministry of Agriculture, in a role equivalent to CEO/COO.
Earlier in his career, he worked at the Universities of Minnesota and UC Davis, where he developed research for the praivate and public agricultural sector, worked as an advisor to Portugal’s Secretary of State for Agriculture, and gained experience in livestock production and animal nutrition.
He currently also serves as a University Professor in Portugal.
Titulaciones
Executive MBA (AESE/IESE Business School, Lisboa, Portugal, 2019) Doctor en Ciencias Veterinarias- Epidemiologia (University of Minnesota, EE.UU., 2013) Máster en Medicina Preventiva-Epidemiologia (University of California Davis, EE.UU., 2008) Licenciado en Medicina Veterinaria (Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, 2004)
Programas ADECA, Infood, DEA y PAS de San Telmo Business School. Epidemiología, Medicina de las Poblaciones, Salud Pública, Bioestadística y Introducción a la Investigación en Universidade Lusófona (Lisboa).
Miembro del Consejo General y de Supervisión de la Cooperativa Fomento de Centros de Enseñanza en Portugal. Presidente de CENOFA, asociación sin ánimo de lucro de orientación familiar y sócia de la International Federation for Family development.