António Mota distinguished by Exame magazine

 The Chairman of the Board of Directors, António Mota, was distinguished with the Award “Excellence in Leadership” by Exame Magazine, a distinction included in the Exame awards for the 500 biggest and best companies in Portugal.

Pedro Norton, CEO of the Impresa Group, owner of Exame magazine, underlined António Mota’s easy-going personality, optimism and friendly spirit, adding that “everyone acknowledges in him skills of innate negotiator and assure he is a businessman of stature  and irreproachable”.

Obviously satisfied, António Mota expressed emotion and trust in his words: “We have a motto. We trust in ourselves and we have know-how. We know what we want to do and where we are going, and we have ambition.  The ambition to be better and bigger tomorrow and we have audacity. Audacity of knowing that companies are born from successes, some failures and we must learn from all of them”, he revealed, highlighting once again the fundamental role of internationalization in the Group’s growth and sustainability.

António Mota stressed that, in Portugal, it is necessary to focus on growth and on the upturn of employment, encouraging Portuguese and foreign businessmen to invest. In the case of Mota-Engil, António Mota referred that “it will emerge stronger from this crisis. For some years we prepared ourselves and, today,  we are present in 20 countries, all areas are internationalized and about 80% of our turnover comes from abroad”, he said.

 The ceremony took place at the Ritz Hotel, in Lisbon, and was attended by some of the biggest Portuguese business personalities.