Ruben Eiras
Guest Professor
Ruben Eiras is the Secretary General of Fórum Oceano, Portugal’s Blue Economy Cluster, officially recognised by the Portuguese Government. Ruben Eiras is also Visiting Professor of Sustainable Blue Finance at NovaLaw School, NOVA University of Lisbon.
Ruben Eiras has been the Coordinator for the Blue Economy, Innovation, Investment and Financing at Fórum Oceano. He is a mentor for the Ocean Stream start-up acceleration programme at the Creative Destruction Lab, based in Canada, a mentor for the Sustainable Ocean Accelerator and a ‘coacher’ for the European Commission’s Blue Invest Platform.
He has worked as Director-General for Maritime Policy at the Portuguese Ministry of the Sea, promoting an innovative and sustainable blue economy, as well as advising the Portuguese Minister for the Sea on industry, innovation and energy.
Before taking the sea economy route, he was Science and Technology Manager at Galp Energia and Director of the Energy Security Programme at the Luso-American Development Foundation.
He holds a PhD in Energy Security Policy in the area of History, Defence and International Relations from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and the Military Academy, and is also a graduate of the Executive Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy Systems from the MIT-Portugal Programme.
He was a member of the Natural Gas Expert Group of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and a Technical Member of the SAS Energy Security Working Group of the NATO Science and Technology Organisation.