Paulo Alcarva is an adjunct professor of Finance at ISCAP, Polytechnic of Porto, and vice-dean of the Porto Executive Academy, where he directs the Executive MBA. He holds a PhD in business sciences and spent over two decades in corporate banking and M&A at Banco BPI before moving into academia. His research centers on sustainable finance, with a particular focus on green and sustainability-linked debt instruments and their pricing dynamics. He is a Conselheiro Economista at the Ordem dos Economistas and a member of the European Economic Association.