Lisboa,
3 e 4 de Maio
Ricardo Câmara e Sousa
Ricardo da Camara e Sousa is the
Enterprise Manager with Simfonec. He is currently leading LEAP –
Simfonec’s £50k Business Plan Competition and is also involved in the
development and delivery of enterprise courses as well as in providing
mentoring to budding entrepreneurs from Simfonec’s partner institutions.
Prior to this Ricardo was the Commercialisation Executive at the
University of Nottingham where his team was responsible for the
commercialisation of a portfolio of over 80 patents. He has also worked as
a consultant for a company specialised in providing strategic marketing
and commercial support to the emerging technology sector.
Ricardo developed an extensive background in business consultancy and
development whilst working in several projects both in the UK and his
native Portugal. As a Director of two companies Ricardo has hands on
experience of start-up and small business management.
Ricardo has a Honours degree in Human Genetics and a MSc in
Entrepreneurship Science and Technology, both from the University of
Nottingham. He has further developed his Science Enterprise knowledge in
the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at the University of Cambridge.