António Horta-Osório
Portuguese banker
Sir António Mota de Sousa Horta-Osório (born 28 January 1964) is a Portuguese-British banker who has been a prominent figure in the financial services industry for over 30 years, with a successful international career in banking covering commercial and retail banking, asset management, and investment banking. In 2021, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his work in banking and voluntary services in the fields of mental health and culture.
Early life
Family
He is the son of António Lino de Sousa Horta Osório and Adélia Maria Mendonça Mota, maternal grandson of Carlos Cecílio Nunes Góis Mota, and paternal grandson of António Sarmento de Sousa Horta Osório. Married to Ana Cristina Costa Pinto Horta Osório.
Education
António Horta-Osório holds a degree in Business Management and Administration from the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon, an MBA from INSEAD, and an Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Edinburgh, the University of Bath, the University of Warwick, the University of Birmingham, and the Portuguese Catholic University.
Career
Early career
In 1987 Horta-Osório joined Citibank in Portugal, where he became vice president and head of Capital Markets until 1990. During this period, he also taught at the Catholic University of Portugal, where he was an assistant professor, and a guest professor from 1992–1996. He was also a guest professor in the Superior Course of Banking Management at the Portuguese Bank Training Institute (IFB), from 1988 to 1994.
In 1991 he joined Goldman Sachs, working in their corporate finance division, in New York City and London, from 1991 to 1993.
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