Nelson Ricardo Bessa Machado

Biography

  PersonaNelson Ricardo Bessa Machadol Data: Date of Birth: 15 September 1959 Place of Birth: Oporto Nationality: Portuguese Position: Member of the Executive Board of Directors Beginning of functions: 16 January 2008 Term-of-office: 2008/2010 Positions presently held in Companies of the Group:   In Portugal: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco de Investimento Imobiliário, S.A. Manager of BII Internacional, SGPS, Lda. Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Millennium bcp - Prestação de Serviços, ACE Member of the Board of Directors of Fundação Millennium bcp Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Millennium bcp Fortis Grupo Segurador, SGPS, SA Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Médis - Companhia Portuguesa de Seguros de Saúde, SA Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocidental - Companhia Portuguesa de Seguros, SA Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocidental - Companhia Portuguesa de Seguros de Vida, SA Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pensões Gere - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, SA Abroad: Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Millennium, SA (Poland) Vice-Chairman of the "Conseil de Surveillance" of Banque BCP, SAS (France) Member of the Board of Directors of Millennium Bank, SA (Greece) Member of the Board of Directors of BCP Holdings (USA), Inc. (USA) Member of the Board of Directors of Banca Millennium, SA (Romania) Functions within the organizational framework of the Group: Private Banking and Asset Management Coordination Committee European Banking Coordination Committee Retail & Companies Coordination Committee Direct Responsibilities: Retail Banking (North) Retail Banking (Centre North) Companies Banking (North) Madeira Regional Department Azores Regional Department Network Support Department Micro-credit Department Asset Management Insurances Banque BCP (France) Real Estate Promotion Dept. Number of shares of Banco Comercial Português, SA held on 31 December 2008: 259,992 Academic qualifications: 1982 - Licentiate Degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of Oporto Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics of Oporto between 1982/83 and 1986/87 Guest lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering in 1987/88   Professional Experience: September 1982/June 1983 - 9 months working in the Department for Economic and Marketing Studies of Banco Português do Atlântico, 6 of which in the Centre for Studies and Marketing June 1984/February 1987 - Industrial Association of Oporto, in the Department for Economic Studies, between Janeiro and October 1986 as Deputy General Secretary March 1987 - Return to BPA to the Corporate Studies Department of DEMP 2 January 1988 - Commercial Manager of PRAEMIUM - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, in charge of the launching of the Pension Funds March 1989 - Deputy Director of PRAEMIUM 1991 - Member of the Board of Directors of BPAVIDA, SA 1996 - Head of the Direct Banking Department of BPA 1996 - Head of the Project "In Store Banking" leading to the opening of Banco Expresso Atlântico November 1996 - Coordinating Manager of NovaRede - North October 1997/October 2000 - Additionally Head of Project NRSECXXI December 2000/February 2002 - Member of the Board of Directors of Crédibanco - Banco de Crédito Pessoal, SA October 2001/February 2002 - Member of the Board of Directors of Leasefactor, SGPS, SA March 2002/June 2003 - Director of Interamerican Life Insurance Company - the largest life and health insurance company in Greece July 2003/July 2006 - Director and General Manager of NovaBank (later Millennium bank) in Greece July 2003/July 2006 - Non-executive Director of Bank Europa (later Milennium bank Turkey) August 2006/January 2008 - General Manager of Millennium bcp with the functions of Coordinating Manager of one of the retail coordination areas February to Décember 2008- Manager of BCP Participações Financeiras, SGPS, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda February 2008 to March 2009- Manager of BCP Internacional II, Sociedade Unipessoal, SGPS, Lda. February 2008 to March 2009- Member of the Board of Directors of Millennium bcp - Prestação de Serviços, ACE

Research Interest

 Economic and Marketing