Cláudia Maia elected new chairwoman of Portuguese Publishers Association board
The Portuguese Publishers Association has formally elected new governing bodies for the period 2023-2026, with Cláudia Maia, editorial director and representative of Deco Proteste Editors, becoming the new chairwoman of the board.
Maia succeeds João Palmeiro, president of the Portuguese Publishers Association and representative of the Impresa Publishing Group for more than two decades.
During the General Assembly, held at Casa da Imprensa in Lisbon, the newly elected board thanked and praised the work carried out by the previous board and Palmeiro.
The full governing bodies of the Portuguese Publishers Association for 2023-2026 are:
General Assembly
- President – João Palmeiro (Grupo Impresa Publishing)
- Secretary – Ricardo Miguel Oliveira (Empresa do Diário de Notícias da Madeira)
- Secretary – Luís Carlos Melo (Regivoz, Empresa de Comunicação)
- Alternate member – Paula Almeida (Soberania do Povo Editora)
- Alternate member – Fernando Pereira (Minius Publicações)
- Alternate member – Paulo Jorge da Silva (Sweetness Coordinates)
Board of Directors
- Chairwoman – Cláudia Maia (Deco Proteste, Editores)
- Vice-chairman – Rui Silva Lopes (Cofina Media)
- Vice-chairman – Francisco Santos (Empresa Jornalística Região de Leiria)
- Treasurer – Paulo Ribeiro (Cooperativa Editorial Caldense)
- Secretary – José Sousa (Multipublicações)
- Board member – Vítor Almeida (MediaMarco Publicações)
- Board member – João Alves e Almeida (CTCS – Composição Texto Comunicação Social)
- Board member – Nuno Francisco (Jornal do Fundão Editora)
- Board member – João Vilela (Letras Dinâmicas)
- Alternate vice-chairman – Ricardo Flamínio (Editora Códigopro – Edição de PublIcações Periódicas Unipessoal)
- Alternate vice-chairman – Luis Mendonça (Maronesa – Comunicação Social)
- Alternate treasurer – Duarte Vicente (Time Out Portugal)
- Alternate secretary – Joaquim Ribeiro (Fábrica da Igreja Paroquial da Freguesia de São Pedro e Santiago de Torres Vedras)
- Alternate board member – Agostinho Franklin (Sojormédia Beiras)
- Alternate board member – Paulo Monteiro (Arcada Nova – Comunicação Marketing e Publicidade)
- Alternate board member – Francisco Rito (Primeira Hora – Editora e Comunicação)
- Alternate board member – Paulo Afonso (PressNordeste Unipessoal)
Fiscal Council
- President – Paula Pinto Gonçalves (Associação Nacional dos Ópticos)
- Member – Sandra Rita (Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais de Contas)
- Member – Francisco Pedro (Jorlis, Edições e Publicações)
- Alternate member – António Domingos (HoW – House of Words)
