Carlos Almeida has more than 20 years of experience. Engineer with a successful international professional track record across different industries. Recognized experience in energy, mobility, large infrastructures and transportation. With background and experience from different perspectives: private (promoters, investment banking and investors), public and R&D institutions. Carlos has been board member of several institutions and funds, also with other several important roles across his career, namely Head of Strategy and Planning at CEIIA, Director-General in the Directorate-General for Energy and Geology in Portugal, CEO of FAI Innovation Fund, CEO of FEE Energy Efficiency Fund, Member of the Advisory Board of ERSE, Member of the Governing Board of the IEA - International Energy Agency and CEO of ADENE, advisor to the Secretary of State for Energy, Corporate Finance Senior Manager at PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and a post-graduate degree in Finance from the Faculty of Economics of Porto. He also carried out the Program of Management and Leadership for Executives by the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon; Program in Public-Private Partnerships by the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon; and Advanced Business Taxation Program by the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Portuguese Catholic University of Porto.

Carlos Oliveira, over the past 19 years, has led the successful growth of several technology and digital enterprises. He has also made M&As with publicly listed companies - Microsoft, Farfetch and SmithMicro. Carlos has an entrepreneurial and visionary spirit with experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, digital transformation, company growth strategy and policies for innovation. In 2000 Carlos founded MobiComp, a mobile services startup, and led the company as CEO until he sold the company to Microsoft. His work included building the company product strategy, driving sales and growing the company. Carlos is founder of several startups and worked as an executive at Microsoft and as an angel/VC investor. Strategic, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and long experience in the Digital, IT and telecom sectors. Carlos has a consumer-centric perspective with experience in management, strategic planning, and business development. Carlos regularly speaks at industry events as well as contributing to print, radio and television media.

Seasoned leader with an MBA from INSEAD, leading teams at scale in multiple large corporations with a strong focus on operations. Currently the Director of Fulfillment at Farfetch, in charge of the global fulfillment strategy. Prior to this, the EMEA Head of Mobile Ads Support at Google, managing a specialist team that provides technical support to clients, and a Site Leader at Amazon UK, having launched and operated the Prime Now ultra-fast fulfillment service for the company. Additionally, 12 years of experience in multiple technologies (eg. digital TV, online video, set-top boxes, telecoms) having worked in strategy, international business development, consulting and software development. Extensive skills in: managing C-level communications, stakeholder management, operations management, product development, product and project management, management and strategic consulting, software development.

CEiiA is a research and development centre that designs, implements and operates innovative products and systems alongside with partners, for high-tech industries, such as aeronautics, smart mobility, oceans and space. CEiiA provides complete solutions based in robust engineering skills and unique project methodologies, covering all product development phases from concept to the production of small series. Having CEiiA as a shareholder directly benefits EVIO because it has at its disposable high skilled engineers’ teams with expertise in electric mobility, software development and electronics.