João Pinto is an expert in finance and management with a distinguished academic and professional background. He holds a PhD in Business and Management Studies, specializing in Finance, from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto. He further enhanced his credentials with a Certificate of Management Excellence (2018-2021) from Harvard Business School. As a visiting scholar at the Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, João contributed significant research in financial innovation and sustainable finance. Since March 2017, João has been a member of the Executive Committee at Catholic University of Portugal – Porto, and in December 2023, he was appointed Dean of Católica Porto Business School, where he has been a Professor of Finance since 2008. As co-leader of INSURE.Hub (Innovation in Sustainability and Regeneration Hub), João has been promoting interdisciplinary innovation in sustainability and regeneration since 2020. In addition to his academic role, João has been a consultant in due diligence, corporate restructuring, and project valuation for the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development since 2014. He has also co-authored numerous refereed articles published in prestigious academic journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Financial Services Research, European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, and Finance Research Letters.