Co-founder and CEO of Girl Move Academy
Alexandra is the co-founder and CEO of Girl Move Academy. She graduated from the Portuguese Catholic University with a degree in Business Management Bsc.
After graduating, Alexandra went through 25 years of corporate business experience, taking leading
positions in strategy and marketing, while working in industries such as retail, car, telecom and sports. From 2003 to 2012, Alexandra was Nike’s Country Manager in Portugal and a Member of the Board of Nike Iberia, where the always-present changemaker mindset, got her involved in the Girl Effect Movement, from Nike Foundation. Throughout her successful career, Alexandra has been a strong advocate of women stepping up and assuming leadership positions as society’s changemakers.
In 2012, she started dedicating extra-hours researching about the power of women leading change in
developing countries. In the same year, Alexandra took a life-changing journey to Mozambique, where she became passionate about the country and clearly saw women’s potential to improve it and set up Girl Move Academy.
