Breakfast with CEO Cycle. Talk with Manuel Gonçalves – Ex Vice President, Office of the CEO at ViiV Healthcare

Manuel Gonçalves, Ex Vice President, Office of the CEO at ViiV Healthcare with a group of students of The Lisbon MBA.
From left to right: João Batista Silva (student), Sumantra Basu (student), Pedro Correia de Barros (student), Ricardo Braz (student), Nuno Figueiredo (student), Manuel Gonçalves (Guest), Afonso Gomes (student), Rachel Welch (student), Maria José Amich (Executive Director of The Lisbon MBA), Ivana Machado (student), Madalena Reis (student), Dora Cerqueira (student), Paula Lourenco (Careers and Corporate Relations Director).
Manuel Gonçalves, Ex Vice President, Office of the CEO at ViiV Healthcare joined as our guest speaker for a ‘Breakfast with CEO’ session. Manuel Gonçalves has an extensive and diversified career path in the Pharmaceutical Industry. With an academic background in medicine, he started in the pharmaceutical industry in the medical department, but soon moved into the commercial area which took him to the role of general manager in Portugal, various senior director jobs at above country level, until reaching the worldwide role of Vice President and Office of the CEO in the area of Market Access and Communication.
As interesting for our students was the challenges Manuel faced throughout his career, not only in terms of the new roles he took over and for which he had no previous experience, but also the decisions he had to make in terms of balancing his family and work life.
Breakfasts with CEOs is an initiative by The Career Management Center of The Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova where students get the opportunity to interact and be inspired by C-Level executives that share their leadership journey and insights.