Biography
Filipe Grilo is an economist, faculty member, and Head of Applied Research at Porto Business School.
His work focuses on applied economics, corporate finance, and project appraisal, with particular emphasis on connecting academic knowledge, data, and business decision-making. At Porto Business School, he teaches in MBA and executive education programmes and leads applied research on economic impact, competitiveness, and geopolitical risk. He is also co-founder of Watson & Noble, where he works with macroeconometric forecasting models and investment appraisal. With more than a decade of experience, he assesses the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of projects. A regular media commentator on economic affairs, he is the author of “É tudo uma questão de Economia”.
His approach combines analytical rigour, practical relevance, and accessible communication to support informed business and public policy decisions. He holds a PhD in Economics from the School of Economics and Management of the University of Porto, where his research focused on financial crises.