By Andrea Hargraves 
Altice Portugal’s new CEO, Ana Figueiredo, hopes to add “chapters of success” to the owner of Meo, after she was the first woman to head the subsidiary in the Dominican Republic, in 2018.
Ana Figueiredo takes over as CEO of Altice Portugal on April 2, replacing Alexandre Fonseca, who holds international executive positions in the group, accumulating the position of “Chairman of the Board” of the Portuguese subsidiary.
Born in Lisbon in 1974, Ana Figueiredo holds a degree in Business and Management from the Superior Institute of Economics of Gestau (ISEG) and an MBA from Universidad Católica and Nova Business School (MBA Lisbon).
Since 2018, she has served as CEO of Altice Dominicana, being the first woman to head a telecom operator in the country, where she was responsible for the strategic and operational restructuring of the company that led to strong growth and consolidation of Altice in the Dominican Republic market. , according to his biographical note.
In addition, he headed the Federation of Foreign Investment Companies in the Dominican Republic.
Between 2016 and 2018, she was appointed Chief Audit Executive for the Altice Group in Switzerland, where she oversaw operations in France, the United States, Israel, Portugal and the Dominican Republic.
With around 20 years of professional experience in the telecommunications sector, he joined PT Group in 2003, performing positions in audit, operational advisory and organizational transformation, leading teams and projects in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Morocco, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique, Kenya and East Timor.
He began his auditing career at Galp and worked in audit and financial advisory at EY.
Alexandre Fonseca, 47, has been the CEO of Altice Portugal since November 2017.
With more than 20 years of professional experience, the CEO of the Portuguese subsidiary has worked with the Altice Group since 2012.
Alexandre Fonseca and Ana Figueiredo “assumed their new roles on April 2, along with the other members of the Executive Committee, who remain in their positions,” according to the company.
With these decisions, “the founders of Altice intend to demonstrate their full confidence and commitment to the senior management of the group, and also reiterate that the operation in Portugal is a strategy for this group that today also operates in France, Israel, the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States of America and more than 60 countries, with nearly It has 100 million customers, more than 100,000 employees, and nearly $60 billion in revenue.
The group highlights “its global presence through its innovations, technologies, communications and content, with more than 300 million people using products and technology developed within the scope of the Altice Group and in particular Altice Labs, headquartered in Portugal”.