CEO Luz Saúde
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Isabel Vaz has been CEO of the Luz Saúde Group since 1999, leading more than 1,300 employees in 28 health units, including Hospital da Luz Lisboa.
She began her professional life as a researcher at the Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (IBET). She was a Manufacturing Project Engineer at the Atral Cipan Group. In 1992, she
joined McKinsey, where she was a senior consultant for seven years.
She was a member of the Faculty Council of the Nova School of Business and Economics at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He was also a member of the International Advisory Board of The
Lisbon MBA at the same school. He was also a member of the General Council of the University of Lisbon.
In 2015, she received the Jornal de Negócios "Excellens Oeconomia" award as the best manager of the year in Portugal. In 2017, she received the Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo 2017 Prize, awarded by
IST to former students who have distinguished themselves in their professional and social careers.
In 2019, she was considered one of the 10 most powerful Portuguese women by Forbes magazine. In 2023, she was considered one of the most influential women in Portugal by Revista Executiva for the
8th consecutive time.
She has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (1990) and a Master of Business and Administration (MBA) from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1994).