PEDRO LEÃO

Highly accomplished Executive Leader, Academic Director, and Strategic Advisor with a proven track record in leading large-scale organizations and international learning programs. Over 15 years of experience in executive education, professional training, and institutional development, specializing in leadership, digital transformation, international business, and strategy.

Currently serving as Director of Executive Programs and Associate Professor of Strategy at AESE Business School, where I have designed and led high-level executive education programs for senior professionals worldwide. Additionally, I hold faculty and leadership roles in several international institutions, developing and delivering programs in digital transformation, strategy, and global business.

✔ Expert in program development, academic leadership, and faculty management, with over 15 years of experience
✔ Proven ability to lead large, multinational teams, overseeing 55+ professionals, managing €1.2B budgets, across 14 countries
✔ Extensive expertise in strategy, project management, crisis management, and digital transformation, delivering programs at 7+ world-class institutions
✔ Above-average knowledge of military and defense-related matters, with a deep understanding of leadership, governance, and strategic decision-making in complex environments

English (Fluent) - Course' Certificate of Completion' - The Berlitz Language Centres of Toronto-Canada, 

Spanish (Fluent) - Course' Business Spanish' - Instituto Español, Lisbon,

French (Good), 

Technical Skills: Microsoft Office suite, AI & Digital Tools, AI Prompt Engineering Proficiency, Business Intelligence, IT Systems Architecture

• Research paper: "Impacts of Digital Transformation on Firms' Competitive Advantages", Strategic Change Journal, winning Wiley's Top Cited Article Award (2021-2022)
• Harvard Business Review Advisory Board Member
• Long-term collaboration with the Educational area of KIC-Innoenergy Initiative (since 2012), a European Union co-funded consortium created to support and develop renewable energy-related startup projects based in Europe. Helped to design and deliver tailor-made educational programs for large energy corporations, performed Entrepreneurship Mentor functions assisting young entrepreneurs.
• Collaboration with Cascais Entrepreneurship Agency - DNACascais over the coordination, organization, and management of 2017's Portugal Edition of GEN – Global Entrepreneurship Week, a global event gathering the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
• Regular TV Analyst: Executive Commission, Económico TV, Strategy, Innovation & Leadership