Founded in May 2003, Cunha Vaz & Associados experienced a strong and sustained growth, both in terms of number of customers and in terms of business volume, diversifying its activities in areas related to its core business. CV & A has a well-structured team of professionals, taking into account the skills it possesses in the most diverse sectors of activity.
President and CEO at CV&A Portugal and Angola
President at CV&A Brazil and Mozambique
Founder and Chairman of CV&A Group, António Cunha Vaz has a degree in Law from FDL, and post graduate training at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, ISEG and INSEAD. Born in Angola, he has worked in the Portuguese Parliament, was an official at the European Commission for ten years and a member of the cabinet at the Portuguese Foreign Affairs Ministry, a member of the board of directors of Banco Comercial Português, a member of the board of directors of several companies and a consultant to the board of directors of others, and teaches in post graduate courses, masters degrees and doctorates.
CEO CV&A Brasil
Graduated in Marketing Management from the Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing, he started his career in Communication at Weber Shandwick.
Later, he worked as Marketing Manager in the New Technologies area, and later returned to the Communication area and served as director of accounts for Inforfi.
He has been part of the CV&A team since the founding of this consultancy.
He currently serves as Vice President. Since October 2010 he directs Cunha Vaz Brasil.
Partner
Graduated in Economy from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, he has a vast accumulated experience in communication management and finance. He is an administrator of Cunha Vaz & Associados, since April 2011, having joined the company in 2005.
Press officer to the Minister of Education of the XVI Constitutional Government, with the responsibility of the areas of New Technologies and Communication, he managed, during this period, the crisis communication regarding the teacher’s placing tender.
Previously, he was a founding shareholder and director of “Agência Financeira” (currently owned by Media Capital group), and he integrated the staff of Banco Finantia, where he launched the brokerage areas for individual clients and private banking. He began his career as a journalist in the weekly newspaper “Semanário” and after that in “Diário Económico”.
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Partner
Partner and member of the Board of CV&A Consultores, Ricardo Salvo began his career in 1992 as a journalist at Diário de Notícias, specialising in financial markets, banking and telecommunications.
He joined Semanário Económico in 1999, where he was in charge of the investment and business sections.
In 2003 he joined the team at Diário Económico, first as editor of Special Projects, then of the Finance and Corporate sections and, more recently, as executive editor of the newspaper, having collaborated simultaneously with various publications, such as Valor and Fortunas & Negócios, among others. He was also part of the founding project of the Portuguese version of the magazine “Fora de Série”, as editor, and of the economic group’s editorial projects “People & Business”, “Dinheiro & Ócio”, “Gestão & Gestores” and “Marcas & Marketing”.
He began his career in communication consultancy in 2007, at Parceiros de Comunicação, as account director for the institutional area. He joined the CV&A team in 2008.
General Manager
José Pedro Luís holds a degree in social Communication from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and began his career as a journalist in the two main financial newspapers in Portugal, Diário Económico and Jornal de Negócios.
He joined CV&A in 2008 as account manager to work in the finance department, where he managed the accounts of some of the largest companies in Portugal, national and international, and also accompanied several operations in the financial market.
Since 2010 he has been accompanying clients and projects in Mozambique, having moved permanently to Maputo in 2012 to lead the team CV&A Moçambique.
From the Mozambican capital he has worked with some of the country’s largest projects in the agricultural, forestry and mining sectors, as well as banks, construction and international cooperation agencies. Among its clients, besides Mozambican and Portuguese companies, are Argentinean, Brazilian, Japanese, North American or South African institutions.
Head of Public Affairs
Started working in government as a speechwriter, and later was a political advisor and chief of staff.
Diogo has 7 years’ experience working with ministers and vice-ministers, and 9 years as a consultant in the Portuguese Parliament.
At CV&A he is responsible for the Public Affairs area.
Director of Corporate and Consumer Communication
With 14 years of experience, she started her career in the field of consultancy in strategic communications and public relations at Porter Novelli, where she worked with clients from the following sectors: IT’s, Tourism, Healthcare and Fast Moving Consumer Goods.
In 2002, she joined BA&N (current Parceiros de Comunicação) department of product communications, working with multinational brands in the FMCG area. she was also responsible for promoting the Panama tourist destination, working with Institute of Tourism of Panama (IPAT) and the Embassy of Panama.
In 2010 she assumed the leadership of the Integrated Communication Service of Parceiros de Comunicação, leading communication projects of both national and international companies, from a wide variety of areas and sectors. Joins the team of Cunha Vaz & Associados in early 2013 as a Senior Manager.
Sofia Duff Burnay has a degree in Corporate Communications.
Deputy Director Corporate & Finance
Hugo Real has joined CV&A’s team as deputy director for the institutional and financial communications area in 2018.
Hugo Real dedicated until then his career to journalism. He assumed the position of editor in Correio da Manhã, the Portuguese daily newspaper with the biggest audience, until November 2018. Hugo Real started in journalism in 2005 in the newspaper Público, and later he joined editorial roles in the publications Meios & Publicidade and Diário Económico, before entering Correio da Manhã in 2010.
Among the most diverse areas to which he dedicated himself as a journalist, Hugo Real acquired experience in media, telecommunications, technology, tourism, energy, sports and culture.
Deputy Director of Corporate Communication
Graduated in Communication Sciences, with a specialization in Public Relations and a Master in Communication Sciences from Universidade Católica, she participated in the 8th Professional Seminar on Church Communications Offices “Communication of the Church: Faces, People, Stories” at the Faculdade de Comunicação Institucional da Universidade Pontifícia de Santa Cruz (Roma).
She began her career in the Public Relations Office of the Port of Lisbon, and later she joined the communications agency Inforfi, where she devoted herself to the Communication management of several clients in the areas of Health, Distribution and Consumption.
She later joined Multicom and is currently a member of CV&A, she joined Cunha Vaz & Associados as a senior account, when the company was founded in 2003, and is currently Senior Manager in the areas of institutional communication and health.
With experience in religious communication, she was a member of the Communication Committee that organized the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Portugal and developed the communication of the Commemorations of Fiftieth Anniversary of the Christ the King Shrine.
Deputy Director of Consumer Communication
In 2004 joined the team of Parceiros de Comunicação assuming, in 2010, the head of the brand/product communication department, developing and implementing strategic plans and brand activation of FMCG accounts, in the beauty and personal care sector, home care, health and well-being, and nutrition.
With a degree in Communication Design from IADE, she began her career as a fashion producer, executing commercials, interviews and fashion editorials, working with some of the best known and respected photographers, makeup artists and hairdressers.
She joined CV&A in February 2013, where she works as Senior Manager.
Senior Manager
With a degree in Public Relations from the Universidade Fernando Pessoa, she has a postgraduate degree in Marketing at the Instituto Português de Administração e Marketing (IPAM).
Isabel Correia began her career in a communications agency in Oporto, where she accumulated seven years of experience. In CV&A since January 2007, she is responsible for coordinating the CV&A office in Oporto, and the client’s management in the area of Media Relations and Communication Consulting.
Her favorite field is the direct contact with public institutions and businesses and also corporate communications. Currently, she works as Senior Manager.
Senior Manager
Graduated from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Joana Taveira Nunes joined the Briefing journal for a curricular internship, where she remained until the end of 2001. Simultaneously, she collaborated in the magazine Marketing & Publicidade, owned by Media Capital Edições.
She has deepened her knowledge in marketing, strategy and markets. And she accompanied the main national and international advertising festivals. In 2002, she joined the IPSIS communication agency where she was the Account Officer.
In 2003 she moved to Foote Cone & Belding (now Draftfcb Portugal – Comunicação Lda), where she was the content editor and was responsible for the contact with the specialized media (marketing and advertising areas).
In 2009 she joined the team of Cunha Vaz & Associados, as Account, to work clients in the areas of Consumption, Tourism, Transportation and Logistics. Currently, she is the Manager and responsible for the elaboration and implementation of strategic communication plans, development of communications projects of national companies in the areas of Consumer, Logistics, Construction, Distribution, Education, Health and Tourism.
Senior Manager
Graduated in Communications from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Margarida started her professional career in the field of sports communications in large events.
In 2008, she joined the Marketing and Communications department of Troiaresort, where she integrated the team responsible for the opening and the beginning of the operation of Sonae Turismo’s tourist resort.
Working at CV&A since 2009, Margarida is a senior manager currently in charge of national and international clients’ accounts in the corporate and financial areas.
Senior Manager
With eight years of consulting experience in communication, Mariana Azevedo e Silva holds a degree in Advertising and Marketing (with a specialization in Marketing) from Escola Superior de Comunicação Social de Lisboa and a postgraduate degree in Strategic Human Resource Management and Development from Laureate International Universities – Universidade Europeia.
Mariana Azevedo e Silva started her career in 2010, at Yunit, and in 2011 joined Cunha Vaz & Associados, as Account, to work clients in the areas of Consumption, Sports and Education. Currently, she works as Senior Manager.
Senior Manager
Graduated in Economy from Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, she began her career in 1999 in the field of economic journalism in the weekly newspaper Euronotícias, specializing in the areas of Financial Markets, Enterprises, Real Estate, Tourism and Alternative Investments. At the same time, she collaborated with some publications, as is the case Ganhar.Net Magazine, with a focus on the Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing and New Economy and some business magazines.
Later, she worked in Revista Tempo, a magazine from Group Euronotícias. In 2003, she was invited to re-launch the magazine OQ Lifestyle/ OQ Executive, an evolution of the old OQ magazine, owned by Quarto Poder – Sociedade de Comunicação S.A., specialized in ‘lifestyle’ and businesses, where she assumed the position of editor of this publication.
In addition to editing, she was responsible for the editorial planning of the magazine, the coordination of news and photography teams, for monitoring the paging process, review and printing.
Sofia Arnaud joined CV&A in 2006 as Senior Account, responsible for the publishing area of the agency’s internal publications. She is currently a Senior Manager in the company.