Carla Carlos, Sales Director and Trainer

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A professional with more than 30 years' experience in the tourism sector, she stands out for her solid training and expertise in account management, consultancy and negotiation in multinational and multicultural environments. Fluent in English, Italian and Portuguese, her skills range from sales analysis to event planning and management, including scouting for new markets and clients.

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She has extensive experience working for airlines and representing tourism brands, where she developed strategic business in the Portuguese and European markets, organised high-impact promotional events and achieved significant growth in revenue.

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Her education includes a degree in Tourism and Hotel Business Management, and various specialisations in areas such as Digital Marketing, Negotiation, and Applied Positive Psychology, reinforcing her commitment to continuous professional development. In addition to her career, she is an active volunteer in community projects, such as Refood, and teaches at the Senior University, demonstrating her social and academic engagement.

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Sandra Nogueira, Pedagogical Director

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With a robust and multifaceted profile, Abacate Amarelo's pedagogical director has played a vital role in various professional and geographical fields throughout her career. Having specialised as a certified trainer in Portuguese, both as a foreign language and as a second language, for 26 years in Angola and Portugal, she has also been a certified Spanish trainer for 16 years. With a degree in Cultural Anthropology and Education, Sandra Nogueira has expanded her work beyond the boundaries of language teaching, delving deeply into the behavioural and cultural field over the last 20 years.

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Her fluency in Portuguese, Spanish and English has enabled her to work and lead projects in Angola, Portugal, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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This set of skills and experiences provides Abacate Amarelo with creative and globally aware pedagogical leadership.

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Francesca Blasi, Digital Marketing and Analytics Manager

With a career marked by excellence and innovation, Francesca specialises in corporate finance in the energy sector, where she developed her career at General Electric (GE). Working as a Complex Data Analyst, forecasting financial trends and providing strategic insights vital to the company's growth and sustainability, she led the implementation of a new financial planning system for the entire EMEA region.

In addition to her core duties, Francesca has diversified her responsibilities into other business domains, cultivating a versatile skill set with the highlight being the creation and management of independent themed Instagram pages to practice social media strategies, a crucial skill in today's business environment where she has achieved a 90 per cent increase in followers, with content reaching between 2 million and 5 million views.

Francesca is a multilingual professional, fluent in English, French, Italian and Portuguese, and has a good understanding of Spanish.

 

She has a degree in Management and Business Administration from the Paris School of Business, and is currently studying for a Masters in Strategic Marketing at the Católica Lisbon School of Business.

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