A former professor at Swiss Business School in Zurich, NOVA University and Catholic University in Lisbon and AESE/IESE of Barcelona, J. Sá is a former student of Peter Drucker (who offered letters of recommendation and endorsements for his books), has a master degree from the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management in California and a doctorate (PhD) in Business Administration from Columbia University, in New York, where he was a student, research and teaching assistant. He finished always in the Dean’s list. Also holds two undergraduate degrees (in business administration and economics) and a graduate degree in Macroeconomics.
Awarded the Jean Monnet Chair by the Jean Monnet Foundation in Brussels, received several distinctions including Fulbright fellowships, Beta, Gamma, Sigma, and published 24 books in 12 language which received endorsements, among others, from Peter F. Drucker, Cecily Drucker, Philip Kotler, Al Ries, Don Hambrick, Karl Moore, Peter Starbuck (President of the London Drucker Society), etc.
He Has addressed conferences and given seminars at several institutions including TED USA , Drucker University, London Business School, IESE, Glasgow Business School, ESSEC (France), ESSAM (European Consortium of Business Schools), Oxford, Manchester Business School, George Washington University, Liberty Forum (Brazil), University Jorge Amado, American Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg, Foundation Idea/Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg, European Centre For International Political Economy, Timbro, European Commission, Marketing Institute Estonia, etc. Has also addressed conferences and presented articles in several academic meetings such as Academy of Management, Western Economic Association, Peter Drucker Society of Europe, etc., and published over 30 academic articles.
Worked as private consultant, non-executive director or taught in the executive programs of multinational companies such as: Coca-Cola, SHELL, Unisys, IBM, Price Waterhouse, Klynveld Peat Main Goerdeler, Glaxo, British Petroleum – BP, Dun & Bradstreet, Deloitte & Touche, Makro (Metro group), Systéme U, I.F.A, Intermarché, Mini Prix Bonjours, Accenture, Watson Wyatt, Cap Gemini, Cesce, Scottish & Newcastle, Sara Lee, Microsoft, Total, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Logica, Indra, Grandvision, Jafep, Euler Hermes, Cosec, Pestana Group Hotels, Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, Millennium Bank, Julius Baer, SGG, Henkel, Abencys, Broadbill, Volkswagen Group, McDonald’s, MiTek, United Steel Products, Base Group, UnitedHealthcare, Inapa, Vodafone, IDC, Merck, BPI Bank, etc.
Professor Sá lives between Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon, founded the Institute for Economic Freedom, and his hobbies are History (wrote several books on the lessons of military campaigns for management), Krav Maga and Kapap (instructor by the respective international federations) and soccer (degree as a professional coach). He speaks and writes (by alphabetical order) English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
