Maria Castello Branco

Consultant - Lisbon

Maria holds a Master’s degree in Political Theory from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), in which she specialised in Chinese Politics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Catholic University of Lisbon. Prior to joining Political Intelligence, she was part of the Executive Board of a political party with Parliamentary seating for two years, and was an MP candidate for the 2019 Portuguese and European elections.

Maria is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English and is currently working on reaching a working level of proficiency in Arabic.