Abrão Kulaif

Abrão Kulaif is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), where he teaches courses such as Principles of Management, Applied Social Entrepreneurship, and Managing Impactful Projects. His academic background includes a Masters in International Management from Nova SBE and the Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, a Masters in Business Administration from The Lisbon MBA, and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.

• MSc in International Management, Nova School of Business and Economics (2019)
• MBA, The Lisbon MBA (2017)
• BA in Economics, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (2007)

His research focuses on the intersection of entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and strategic management, emphasizing applied learning through project-based methodologies. Since 2018, he has co-founded Shooju, a data management startup with 28 employees across eight nationalities and clients in six countries. Prior to academia, he spent a decade as a Commodities Sales Trader in Brazil, the UK, the US, and Portugal, working for institutions like Standard Bank and corporates such as Whirlpool and Umicore.