Ireland Portugal Business Network Podcast series

Sharon Farrell, Chair of the IPBN Algarve Committee is a 29-year veteran in the financial services industry who moved to Portugal from Ireland several years ago and is working as a partner with Blevins Franks. In this episode of the IPBN podcast, she reflects on her "leap of faith" and gives tips on settling, living, working, connecting, and doing business in the Algarve from Quinta do Lago’s Magnolia Hotel in a conversation with IPBN board member Mario Gago, co-founder and CEO of Pink Room.

IPBN member and Executive Coach Göran Engberg has a history of helping business leaders to make the conscious choices necessary for their businesses to thrive, and now you can gain insights into this topic too. Find out what future managers will be like, what challenges they will face, and what practices they must abandon in order to succeed.

Listen to the recent panel discussion moderated by the former chair of the IPBN board Aoife Healy, with three special guests:

• Philomene Dias - Director Inward Investment - AICEP Portugal Global;

• Rui Manuel Monteiro, Director of the Municipal Department of Economics (Porto City Council);

• Aisling Riordan - Corporate Communications Manager - Global Shares.

This podcast covers the topics of living, working, and doing business in the region as part of the IPBN’s April Porto Conference recorded live at the Porto Innovation Hub.

IPBN’s General Manager Arnold Delville sat down with IPBN member Carlos Justino, Director of Marketing for MadeinWeb & Mobile to discuss the Metaverse, what it means for SMEs, and how its growth and development will impact the future of business as a whole.

This episode of the IPBN podcast is a follow up to our annual St. Patrick's Day Sustainability Conference. Chair of the IPBN board Aoife Healy sat down for a chat at the at the Irish Embassy in Portugal with Ireland's Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement and eGovernment, Ossian Smyth, TD.