Ireland Portugal Business Network Podcast series

Luis da Silva is the founder and director of Senior Living Villages (also known as Algarve Senior Living and Portugal Senior Living) who provides a range of solutions for the senior expat market, with a strong emphasis on the Algarve as well as the Lisbon, Cascais, Estoril, and Porto areas. This podcast focuses on senior housing and the unique challenges and opportunities that Portugal offers, wha...

IPBN member Dr. Michael Averbukh, MD is CEO and Managing Partner at Serenity : Your Medical Concierge in Portugal. In this podcast, he outlines the pros and cons of both the private and the national healthcare systems, how Portugal is managing healthcare demands from new arrivals, and how outside support can be a game changer in getting the care you need.

In this podcast we discuss the various methods to manage working capital (accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventories) and the day-to-day things we do in business that influence the result. Brian Shanahan of Informita shares tips to help you navigate the choppy waters that are 2022 from his 30 years of experience. You may be surprised at the number of techniques that you might not know a...

In anticipation of the IPBN Tech event Sept. 22 in the Algarve and the Tourism Conference in Lisbon Sept. 29, we are speaking to Joana Glória, CEO and Founder of Lagos Digital Nomads who is participating in not one but two of the IPBN's upcoming conferences as she is in a privileged position to speak on both tourism and tech, as her company finds itself nestled squarely between the two sectors. Fi...

Sharon Farrell, Chair of the IPBN Algarve Committee is a 29-year veteran in the financial services industry who moved to Portugal from Ireland several years ago and is working as a partner with Blevins Franks. In this episode of the IPBN podcast, she reflects on her "leap of faith" and gives tips on settling, living, working, connecting, and doing business in the Algarve from Quinta do Lago’s Magn...

IPBN member and Executive Coach Göran Engberg has a history of helping business leaders to make the conscious choices necessary for their businesses to thrive, and now you can gain insights into this topic too. Find out what future managers will be like, what challenges they will face, and what practices they must abandon in order to succeed.

Listen to the recent panel discussion moderated by the former chair of the IPBN board Aoife Healy, with three special guests: Philomene Dias - Director Inward Investment - AICEP Portugal Global; Rui Manuel Monteiro, Director of the Municipal Department of Economics (Porto City Council); Aisling Riordan - Corporate Communications Manager - Global Shares. This podcast covers the topics of living, wo...

IPBN’s General Manager Arnold Delville sat down with IPBN member Carlos Justino, Director of Marketing for MadeinWeb & Mobile to discuss the Metaverse, what it means for SMEs, and how its growth and development will impact the future of business as a whole.

This episode of the IPBN podcast is a follow up to our annual St. Patrick's Day Sustainability Conference. Chair of the IPBN board Aoife Healy sat down for a chat at the at the Irish Embassy in Portugal with Ireland's Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement and eGovernment, Ossian Smyth, TD.