About Nuno Gonçalo
Senior industrial executive with 25+ years of P&L leadership across copper metallurgy, coatings, electrical cables, and lithium-battery sectors. Track record of EBITDA turnarounds, cross-border restructuring programmes, and sustained revenue growth in B2B manufacturing environments.
Equally effective at setting long-term strategy and executing operational change. Expert in managing multicultural, multinational teams, having lived and worked in five countries and operating in six languages. Recognised for empowering talent, instilling accountability cultures, and translating complex business challenges into disciplined execution.
Active contributor to sustainability agendas: circular-economy business models (by-product valorisation, waste diversion, industrial symbiosis), energy-transition supply chains (lithium conversion, photovoltaics), and ESG-aligned operational redesign.
Portuguese
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
Italian
Conversational
Can work on-site
Porto (up to 50km), Aveiro (up to 50km), Lisbon (up to 50km), Vigo (up to 50km)
Experience
- WEISE Expertise LdaManaging PartnerCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2018 - Today (8 years and 5 months)Porto, PortugalOur Mission is to foster the sustainable growth of industrial companies through:✓ Organizational Transformation - supporting companies through restructuring, turnaround, and cultural change processes, promoting operational efficiency and competitiveness.✓ Internationalization - acting as a strategic bridge between Portuguese companies seeking international expansion and foreign companies looking for reliable industrial partners in Portugal.✓ Knowledge Transfer - sharing international best practices (Lean, Six Sigma, KPI-driven management) adapted to the Portuguese reality, promoting operational excellence.
- AURORA LITH SA (JV Galp & Northvolt)DIRECTOR BY-PRODUCTS & REAGENTSCHEMICALApril 2023 - March 2025 (1 year and 11 months)Lisbon, PortugalRecruited to support a greenfield lithium conversion project, reporting to the Project Director. Responsible for strategic sourcing of key process reagents and structuring industrial partnerships to valorise by-products — diverting waste from landfill and enabling circular-economy revenue streams.▸Developed end-to-end framework for by-product stream valorisation in a novel lithium conversion process.▸Identified and engaged industrial off-takers across the chemical and metallurgical sectors.▸Project discontinued in March 2025 following Galp's strategic exit and subsequent company closure; full by-product valorisation framework successfully validated prior to wind-down.
- CIN INDUSTRIAL COATINGS SABUSINESS UNIT DIRECTOR POWDER COATINGSCHEMICALOctober 2020 - October 2022 (2 years)Porto, PortugalFull P&L accountability (€45M / 140 FTE) for manufacturing in Portugal and Spain, commercial operations across Europe and Latin America. Reported to Industrial Division Board Member.▸Delivered 15% revenue growth in first full year of leadership, reaching €45M.▸Established greenfield commercial team in France; achieved full sales integration under unified management.▸Introduced governance and accountability framework that restructured team roles and measurably improved performance culture.▸Renegotiated and redesigned distribution agreements across key European markets.
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Education
- Certificate of Excellence in LeadershipPorto Business School2022Certificate of Excellence in Leadership
- EconomicsPorto University1992Economics