PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Telephone Address José Afonso Oom Ferreira de Sousa (+351) 213 836 300 Av. D. João II, Lote 1.03.2.3, Parque das Nações, 1998-031 Lisboa PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Since October 2008 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fundação Maria Dias Ferreira • Since May 1989 Founder and Director of Novabase since its establishment. Director of various Novabase Group companies. • Since 1994 to 1999 Executive Director of AITEC – Tecnologias de Informação, S.A., the first “incubator” for technology-based companies in Portugal, responsible for launching over fifty companies on the market. • From 1997 to 1999 Director of IP Global, S.A. (1997-1999) • From 1994 to 1996 Director of Rumos – Formação e Comunicação, S.A. • From 1997 to 1999 Director of Megamédia – Soluções Multimédia, S.A. • From 1998 to 1999 Director of Mailtec, S.A. • From 1997 to 1998 Director of SOL-S, S.A. • From 1993 to 2000 Director of Gestaitec – Gestão de Tecnologias de Informação, S.A. • From 1999 to 2000 Director of Infordesporto, S.A. EDUCATION AND TRAINING • From 1986 to 1990 • 1992 • 1986 • 1983 Lecturer at ISCTE – Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (Higher Institute of Business and Labour Sciences) MBA – Master in Business Administration, by Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL/Nova) M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Computers Branch, by IST-UTL – Instituto Superior Técnico (Higher Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon) B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, by IST-UTL – Instituto Superior Técnico (Higher Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon)