PROMOTING COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
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Rodrigo Gouveia

Rodrigo Gouveia is an international consultant on cooperatives and sustainable development. Previously he was Director of Policy for the International Cooperative Alliance (2014-2018) where he was responsible for the organization’s strategy on policy and advocacy. Before that, he was Secretary-General of the European Community of Consumer Co-operatives - Euro Coop (2006-2014) where he also managed Consumer Cooperatives Worldwide (CCW), one of the world cooperative sectoral organizations.

He has been working with the cooperative movement since 1998, having been legal and policy advisor in the consumer cooperative sector in Portugal (1998-2006).

He also has experience as a lawyer (1998-2001) and as a lecturer in a business school (2002-2006). He graduated in Law from the Law School of the University of Lisbon and holds master’s degrees in Consumer Law, and Public Law and Economic Regulation, both from the Law School of the University of Coimbra.