Raquel From Consulting to Portuguese Wine

May 26, 2021

Raquel From Consulting to Portuguese Wine

Raquel Seabra is an Executive Board Member at Sogrape since 2018, where she heads Sustainability and Public Affairs and oversees the Group’s International Distribution Units. With a broad professional and personal experience, Raquel has lived in 5 different countries and worked extensively across a dozen more.

Prior to joining Sogrape, Raquel had a successful career at the Boston Consulting Group where she reached the level of Principal. As a strategy consultant, Raquel supported global and local clients in Portugal, Spain, Angola, Brazil, the U.K and the US, working on a wide range of strategic and operational issues across several industries such as Retail, Consumer Goods, Industrial Goods, Financial Services, Insurance, Energy, Travel and Leisure and Media.

As an independent advisor, Raquel also provided pro-bono strategic guidance to Start-Ups in Portugal and to NGO's and small entrepreneurs in Argentina and Colombia.

In parallel to her activity as a strategy consultant, Raquel contributed to published books and was one of the authors of the award winning INSEAD Case Study, "Renova Toilet Paper: Avant-garde Marketing in a Commoditized Category" published in 2010.

Raquel graduated from INSEAD (Singapore/ France) in 2009 and from Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics (Portugal) in 2005. She was awarded with "Prémio Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira" in 2012 and with "Prémio Primus InterPares" in 2005.

In 2017, Raquel was named one of the “40 under 40” Portuguese leaders of the future.

Based in Porto where she lives with her husband and their three children, Raquel travels frequently to the several countries where Sogrape has a relevant presence.

We will taste wines from the Sogrape portfolio (sample size): (Liberty Wines):