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Luisa Santos
Deputy Director General, Business Europe
Ms Santos is Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope, responsible for international relations. She is also the EU private sector representative in the G20 Empower group. She was a member of the TTIP Advisory Group and of the Expert Group on EU trade agreements of the European Commission. Her principal experience is in trade and the textiles sector, having acted first as the chief representative for the Portuguese textile industry in Brussels, later as Trade and Industry Manager for Euratex - the European Apparel and Textile Confederation. She was also the manager responsible for international partnerships – including a joint venture in India – for a leading Portuguese textile company. Her academic background is law and management.