
José Miguel Medeiros
Partner & Chairman
Government Relations and Institutional Strategy.
Institutional strategy, public affairs and forestry project structuring.
LinkedIn: José Miguel Medeiros (opens in a new tab)José Miguel served as Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and Civil Protection, as Civil Governor of Leiria District and as a Member of Parliament for Leiria in five legislatures, before leading FlorestGal, Portugal’s first public forestry company, as President and CEO. At FlorestGal he organized 86 properties into management units, commissioned the long-term business plan with PwC and opened afforestation and conservation projects with municipalities, commoners’ councils and the nature conservation institute. He leads General Value’s institutional strategy and forestry structuring.
Selected record
- President and CEO, FlorestGal. 2018 to 2021.
- Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and Civil Protection, XVII Constitutional Government. 2008 to 2009.
- Civil Governor of Leiria District. 2005 to 2008.
- Member of Parliament for Leiria, five legislatures between 1999 and 2018; National Defense coordinator, 2015 to 2018.
- Portuguese delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; OSCE/ODIHR election observer, Moscow, 2016.
- Adviser, AICEP Global Parques, Global Find and Global Force. 2011 to 2012.
- Co-founder, Indonesia Portugal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 2012.
- Degree in Geography and Territorial Planning, University of Coimbra. 1983.
Related work

FlorestGal
Partner experience. Public forestry company led
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Public office in Portugal
Partner experience. Public office held
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AICEP Global Parques
Partner experience. Investment-promotion advisory work
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