The former deputy prime minister who opens doors (pun with the portuguese word 'Portas') - with Paulo Bandeira

""There used to be the idea that the non-executive didn't have much responsibility, just as positions of members of supervisory boards were accepted without knowing much about it. Nowadays there is more of a notion that, even if they are non-executives, they have responsibilities, both fiscal and jointly with the decisions made by the board of directors. It forces them to exercise some caution," says Paulo Bandeira, corporate Partner at law firm SRS.
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"Paulo Bandeira considers that he can now have a "more active role in terms of external representation". The "role of consultant is not hat allows you to present yourself as an authoritative counterpart, as with the position of director", he says.
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Paulo Bandeira, stresses that it is "relatively common in foreign multinationals" to have people responsible for analysis and policy conditioning who understand the markets where the company operates."