Céline Abecassis-Moedas, is Pro-Rector for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor (with Agregation) in Strategy and Innovation Management at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), where she served as the Dean for Executive Education from 2019 to 2024. At UCP, she designed the first Longevity Leadership Executive Education program (in partnership with 20-first) that she still coordinates. Céline is an Ambassador at the Stanford Center on Longevity. She is also a non-executive director at Vista Alegre Atlantis (luxury homewear), Lectra (technology), and CUF (the leader in private healthcare in Portugal). Céline holds a PhD in Management from École Polytechnique, Paris, and an MA in Management from Université Paris Dauphine. She is a graduate of École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and La Sorbonne in Economics and Management. Céline was an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Business Management at Queen Mary University of London. Her professional experience includes roles in Business Development at Lectra in New York and as a Consultant at AT Kearney in London. She was an International Faculty Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management.