Rui Coutinho
Strategist, innovation and science manager, teacher, researcher, entrepreneur and mentor.
Currently Rui is the Executive Director for Innovation and Growth at Porto Business School.
At Porto Business School he is also the director of the Center for Business Innovation, academic director of The Executive MBI (Executive Master in Business Innovation), co-director of the Sustainable Management Program and he is professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the MBA programs.
Formerly he was the founder and coordinator of Porto Design Factory and professor at the Polytechnic of Porto.
Throughout his career Rui has worked on all sides of the triple helix: companies, public sector and universities.