José Manuel Durão Barroso

José Manuel Durão Barroso is Chairman of International Advisors of Goldman Sachs and Chairman of the Board of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, a main players in global health, which provides services that support human and economic development. He was President of the European Commission during two mandates (2004-2014) and served for twelve years in the Government of Portugal in several positions including as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is currently a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Portugal and at the European University Institute, School of Transnational Governance, Florence.
On behalf of the European Union, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012.
José Manuel Barroso has received over 60 decorations, prizes and distinctions. He is the author of numerous publications on political science, international relations, and the European Union, including Le système politique portugais face à l’intégration européenne (1983); Uma Certa Ideia de Europa (1999); Mudar de Modelo (2002) and Reformar: Dois Anos de Governo (2004).