Ricardo Jorge is a trusted adviser to CEOs and boards, drawing on more than two decades of operating and management consulting experience within the retail banking, luxury goods and enterprise software sectors. He is known professionally for his ability to help organizations increase their agency and agility and build leadership teams that achieve industry-leading results. He works across sectors in Portugal and within the financial services industry across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Ricardo’s professional experience spans retail banking and professional services, having worked early in his career at the Boston Consulting Group and later at the Santander Group as global head for small business banking platforms and operating model transformation, where he advised banks across Europe, Latin America and the U.S. He served as an executive board member for three years at Santander Portugal.
Broad operating experience complemented with management consulting expertise
- Ricardo was a C-level executive at a family office-backed, mid-sized luxury goods company based in Geneva for four years. He joined as COO/CFO and later led global sales with boutiques, department stores and private sales in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Asia.
- Ricardo served as a project leader at Boston Consulting Group, leading engagements in energy, retail, digital and operating model transformation in multiple countries in Europe.
- Earlier in his career, Ricardo held technical sales roles in enterprise software, delivering technology solutions to the industrial, retail, telecom and media sectors.
- Ricardo is a two-time entrepreneur, having launched two tech-driven startups — one in energy services and one in shared urban mobility.
Ricardo earned his degree in industrial engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and an MBA from INSEAD. A former basketball player, he represented Portugal on the full national team and played for Benfica.