Paula Amorim

Paula Fernanda Ramos Amorim (born 20 January 1971) is a Portuguese businesswoman, daughter of the businessman Américo Amorim. In 2016, she assumed the presidency of the board of directors of Galp Energia.

Biography Amorim was born in Porto on 20 January 1971, the eldest daughter of the businessman Américo Amorim and Maria Fernanda de Oliveira Ramos, she has two sisters: Marta and Luísa Amorim. She has two children from her first marriage: Rui (born 1996) and Francisca (born 2000); and one child, Manuel (born 2020), from her second marriage with Miguel Bleck Guedes de Sousa, via surrogacy.

Career Amorim attended the Real Estate Management course at the School of Real Estate Activities (ESAI), and at the age of 20 she started working in the Américo Amorim Group, dedicating herself in the following years to the real estate, forestry and agricultural areas.

Currently, Amorim is president and shareholder of Américo Amorim Group - Amorim Holding II, SGPS, SA - a Portuguese business group.

In November 2016, she assumed the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A., after four years of vice-presidency

In 2019, Amorim was recognised as one of the 25 most influential women in Portugal.