Gabriela Figueiredo Dias

Gabriela Figueiredo Dias is the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) Chair and co-CEO of the International Foundation for Ethics and Audit (IFEA).

Gabriela previously served as Executive Chair of the Portuguese Securities Commission (CMVM), the financial markets and audit regulator, where she included sustainability regulation and supervision in the CMVM’s agenda and priorities since 2018.

She has been a member of the Portuguese National Council of Financial Supervisors, member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Board and of its Sustainability Task Force, member of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Board of Supervisors and of the ESMA Management Board, Chair of the ESMA Investment Management Standing Committee and Vice Chair of OECD Corporate Governance Committee.

Gabriela is President of the Board of Coimbra University, member of the European Corporate Governance Network (ECGN) and founding member of the Portuguese Corporate Governance Institute. She was a lawyer and an academic for 18 years and has published extensively on capital markets, corporate governance and finance, auditing, and sustainability. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law (Coimbra University) and a certificate in Leadership and Communications (Nova University - Lisbon).