Nuno Aguiar

Chairman & CEO Chief of Staff at Jerónimo Martins. He has extensive experience in the retail and distribution sector, particularly within the Jerónimo Martins Group, one of Europe’s leading food distribution companies. He began his career in 1996 at Jerónimo Martins’ Marketing and Distribution Company (JMD), where he served as Product Manager and Key Account Manager. In 2003, he joined Fromageries Bel, taking responsibility for managing international brands in Portugal. After three years, he returned to Jerónimo Martins, where he assumed a series of senior leadership roles across key business areas, including Sales and Marketing Manager at JMD, Human Resources Director at Pingo Doce, as well as Commercial Director and Operations Director. In 2016, Nuno Aguiar took on an international leadership role as Chief Executive Officer of Ara in Colombia, where he led the company’s development and consolidation in a highly competitive market over a five-year period. He returned to Portugal in 2021 to assume the role of Chief Operations Officer at Pingo Doce and became a member of the company’s Executive Committee. In this capacity, he oversaw operational efficiency, planogram management, and expansion strategy. He holds a degree in Management from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.