With an accumulated experience in 9 countries and 4 continents, Diogo works with SMEs, big corporations and multinationals in their digital transformation, as well as with startups and investors across Europe, USA and Asia with the brand Binomial Ventures. He has a vast experience in the digital area, having launched and managed 4 technology-based companies with distinct business models in several countries. Diogo held broad responsibilities at the largest venture capital firm of Portugal and was part of the team that launched the first sports technology accelerator in Europe.

 

He is a Partner at The Human Story, a firm that focuses on the empowerment and development of people through innovation and arts, with improvisation theatre at the heart of its methodology. He discovered his passion for this performing art in 2015, while joining a theatre group in Berlin that aimed at raising the awareness for the challenges faced by migrant refugees when they arrived to the German capital.​

 

Diogo is a co-founder at TippingUp, a media, education and policy-driven platform in 5 core pillars: 1) climate justice and environment, 2) social and civic rights, 3) diversity and inclusion, 4) culture, arts and technology, and 5) political involvement.​

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Throughout his career, he created and executed projects for prestigious organizations such as the Council of Europe, DPDgroup, L’Oréal, NBA, Sacoor Brothers, Benfica, Amorim, Sonae, Goldenergy, Sony Playstation & Deloitte. 

 

From an academic point of view, he was an Invited Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and an Assistant Professor at ISCTE Business School; an author of the book "Binomial Technology and Sustainability: 7 Lessons of Collaboration, Innovation and Leadership in Portugal and Europe"; and a contributor to the "Encyclopaedia of UN Sustainable Development Goals" by Springer Nature. Diogo is also a Director at the German Federal Association for Sustainability.​

 

Diogo was the Curator of the Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum for Portugal in 2019-2020, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of the voice and action of young people. In this context, he co-founded the 100 Oportunidades (100 Opportunities) project, a list of 100 specialists under-35 years old in 20 different areas of society (e.g. technology, education, science, health, economics, arts, among others), gathered with the objective to disseminate their knowledge in public and media debates, and to influence the policy-makers in Portugal through lobby & knowledge-driven initiatives.

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