ADVISORY BOARD
Paul Anthony Bianchi Miles, M.B.A., B.A.H., Director, Marketing and Strategy has 18 years marketing, sales and general management experience in Spain and Portugal, gained principally with Coca-Cola Company. A former Country Manager for Coca-Cola in Portugal, he was also Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors for a private Portuguese brewer operating in Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. He holds an Honour degree in Hispanic Studies from Bristol University in the UK, a Masters degree in Business Administration from Edinburgh University in Scotland and has completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, France. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Neal Rouzier, M.D. is a leading light in Anti-Aging Preventive Medicine. Considered to be amongst the top ten practitioners in this emerging field, Dr Rouzier is an innovator and educator in the research and development of preventive medicine. He is a regular keynote speaker at many Anti-aging conferences including a yearly presentation at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and his physician training course is one of the most popular and successful instructional programs in the US. Dr Rouzier is a board Certified in Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He spent 15 years in a high volume emergency department in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California and as a member of the U.C.L.A. teaching faculty.
Maria João de Matos Leal Gonsalves Lupi,, M.A., B.A., has a Master degree in Bioethics from the Faculty of Medicine in Lisbon; a Post-graduate degree in European Studies from the Catholic University in Lisbon; a Health-Care Management degree from the New University of Lisbon; and a Medical Law degree from the Faculty of Law in Coimbra together with a BA inFinance from the Technical University of Lisbon. From 1991 to 2002 she was the Chief Executive Officer of several Portuguese hospitals, including Hospital Santa Cruz, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Hospital Curry Cabral and Hospital Santa Maria. She also collaborated in the implementation of the Commission for the Service of Treatment and Prevention of Drug Addiction, and was Vice- Chairman of the Health Informatics Service. She also worked with the Minister of Justice of the XV Government. Presently, she works in the Central Hospital of Occidental Lisbon, EPE in the areas of Clinical Research, Continuous and Integrated Care and Quality and she is a member of the teaching staff at the Catholic University in Lisbon where she teaches in the Healthcare Management Program offered by that university.
Wendy Kohler Boothman A native of South Africa, Wendy Kohler Boothman is the founder of TalentedWomen.com and president & CEO of TreTower International Inc. Her entrepreneurial career in corporate communications and economic development spans Portugal, England and North America. Her past clients include Proctor & Gamble, British Fashion Export Council, Olsen Electrosurgical, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bell Canada and Telecom Canada. Over the years Wendy has participated on many non-profit boards, advocating a number of disciplines including performing and visual arts, social services, economic development, environmental issues and post-secondary education with an 8-year term as a governor of Trent University. As mentioned in a commendation by the Senate of Canada “Wendy is known for setting high standards in all her endeavours, having deserved the reputation for following through and achieving whatever she undertakes.”