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We are honoured to welcome Dr. Helena Vieira as a member of the Advisory Board of the ANALYST Project. With an impressive career that spans science, policy, industry, and innovation, Dr. Vieira brings strategic insight and decades of experience to help guide ANALYST toward its mission of advancing Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) solutions across Europe’s plastics value chain.

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Current Roles

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Dr. Helena Vieira holds several influential positions in the European innovation ecosystem:

• EU Mission Board Expert Member – Mission Restore our Oceans and Waters, at CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency)

• Chair of the Scientific Committee – Circular Biobased Economy Joint Undertaking (CBE-JU)

• Coordinator Researcher & ERA Chair Holder – Universidade de Aveiro (BESIDE ERA CHAIR)

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Background & Expertise

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With a PhD in Biomedicine (Imperial College of London) and an Executive Post Graduation in Leadership and Strategy in Biotech & Pharma from Harvard Business School, Helena has worked mostly in Ocean Bioeconomy, in the borderlines of science, industry & policy, helping stakeholders speak a common language and design solutions for common goals. 

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Previously she acted as Director General of Maritime Policy under the Minister of the Sea of the XXII Government of Portugal. Having over 24 years of professional experience in academia, industry and policy backgrounds, she has been a lecturer (U. Lisbon and U. Angola), consultant expert (United Nations, EU - BioBased Industry (BBI-JU), Circular Biobased Economy (CBE-JU), BlueBio Co-Fund, European Innovation Council, CINEA, EASME, etc…), hold political & administrative roles in national government and European Commission and has also acted as manager and coordinator of several companies and teams in the fields of life and ocean sciences and bioeconomy. An entrepreneur at heart, she has founded a few start-ups and was co-founder and CEO (2005-13) of BIOALVO SA, a Portuguese marine biotech company. She was also Executive Director of BLUEBIO ALLIANCE (2014-19), the Portuguese network for the marine bioresources sector.

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Role in the Advisory Board

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As a member of the Advisory Board, Dr. Vieira will:

• Provide strategic insights and direction to ensure project success

• Align initiatives with latest scientific advancements and industry trends

• Offer unmatched expertise to support development of innovative solutions

• Leverage knowledge to guide project towards achieving goals

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“We cannot think sustainability nor circularity if we do not think of it in blue.”
— Dr. Helena Vieira

(Inspired by Sylvia Earle: “No water, no life. No blue, no green.”)

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We are thrilled to benefit from Dr. Vieira’s knowledge and vision as we work together to build a more sustainable and circular future.​​​​​