Luis Rodrigues, TAP express operated by Portugália Airlines

Luís Rodrigues is Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of TAP Air Portugal since April 2023. 

He holds a degree in Economics and a MBA from Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Nova SBE), in 2003 he took the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and enrolled in the PhD in 2019, in Political Science, at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa (suspended for professional reasons). 

Between 2003 and 2008, he was the marketing director of Portugal Telecom, having also been CEO of Fischer, between August 2008 and June 2009. Between June 2009 and December 2014 he was executive director at the holding company TAP SGPS and TAP S.A, having led the management of outstations in more than 90 destinations. He created and implemented a global cost reduction programme for the Company, and took over as CFO in April 2014. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of TAP Manutenção e Engenharia Brasil and executive director of SPdH - Serviços Portugueses de Handling, S.A. 

Between 2015 and 2019 he was President of the Executive Committee of Nova School of Business & Economics, Nova Forum.

He also presided over SATA, the Azores Airline, from the end of 2019 to April 2023.