Governing Bodies


President
Professor Nuno Canas Mendes

Governing Board
The main duties of the Board of Governors are to draft annual and multi-annual plans and reports, draw up the annual budget and annual financial implementation report and decide on proposals submitted to it by scientific coordinators. 
President:
Professor Nuno Canas Mendes
Vice-President:
Professor Andrea Valente
Vice-President:
Professor Teresa de Almeida e Silva
Member:
Professor Irene Rodrigues
Scientific Advisory Committee
The Scientific Advisory Committee consists of the President of Orient Institute, who chairs and coordinates it, and up to ten Portuguese and foreign specialists in the institute's activities fields , nationals and foreigners, external to the University of Lisbon. This committee is responsible to analyze the functioning and issue an opinion on the plan of activities, the budget and the annual rreport of activities of the Orient Institute. 

Members
  • Dr Jorge Rangel
  • Gen. Vasco Rocha Vieira
  • Dr José Esteves Pereira
  • Dr Sunil Khilnani
  • Dr Michael Yahuda
  • Dr Chris Alden
  • Dr Chris R. Hughes
Scientific Council
The Scientific Council comprises the President of Orient Institute, who chairs it, and all tenured PhDs. The main duties of the Scientific Council are to accept tenured members or associates, approve annual and multi-annual plans and reports, approve the annual budget and annual financial implementation report and assign R&D activities to research groups in accordance with the goals of Orient Institute.