Mr. Manuel Ferreira da Silva is Member-Supervisory Board at Euronext NV, Chairman at BPI Private Equity - Sociedade de Capital de Risco SA, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Cerealis Moagens SA, at Cerealis SGPS SA, at Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial, and Chief Executive Officer at Banco Português de Investimento SA.

He is on the Board of Directors at Euronext NV, Banco BPI SA, Banco Português de Investimento SA, BPI Madeira SGPS SA and Fundação Serralves.

He was previously employed as a Lecturer at the Economic Faculty of Universidade do Porto between 1980 and 1989, and Assistant Director of the Navy's Centre of Operational Investigation between 1981 and 1983.

Mr. Ferreira da Silva holds a degree in Economics from the Universidade do Porto in 1980, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a post graduate degree in Business Management from Universidade Nova de Lisboa in collaboration with the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) in 1982.