A meeting to elect Emídio Gomes as the new president of Metro do Porto is scheduled for September 29 at 11:00, as indicated in a note from the General Assembly Board accessed by Lusa.
The note states that this pertains to the formal continuation of the last annual general assembly of Metro do Porto, where the final agenda item, “Decision on the election of board members for the 2025-2027 term,” was previously suspended.
This agenda item is now slated for discussion on September 29 at 11:00.
On July 25, the mayors of the Porto Metropolitan Area gave a favorable opinion on the appointment of Emídio Gomes as president of Metro do Porto, also naming Luísa Salgueiro, Silva Tiago, and Cristina Pimentel as non-executive board members of the transport company.
This non-binding opinion is required for the government to formally proceed with Emídio Gomes’s appointment, following the government’s earlier expression of this intention to the Porto Metropolitan Area (AMP).
While Luísa Salgueiro (mayor of Matosinhos) and Silva Tiago (mayor of Maia) already held non-executive roles within the company, Cristina Pimentel, president of the Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto (STCP, predominantly owned by the Porto municipality), returns to Metro do Porto after resigning in November 2024 amid a rift with the current Metro president, Tiago Braga.
The government intends to appoint Emídio Gomes, the rector of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), as president of Metro do Porto, replacing Tiago Braga, who has held the position since 2019.
“The state shareholder intends to appoint Professor Dr. Emídio Gomes to simultaneously serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the company for the 2025-2027 term,” reads a letter from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing to the Porto Metropolitan Area (AMP), accessed by Lusa.
Emídio Gomes, the current rector of UTAD and former president of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-N) from 2013 to 2016, holds a degree in Zootechnical Engineering (UTAD) and a master’s and doctorate in Biomedical Sciences (University of Porto). He has been a full professor at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS) in Porto since 2000.
He also served as the University of Porto’s Pro-Rector for Innovation and Business Relations (2009-2011) and as executive administrator of the Porto Metropolitan Board (2005-2009), the predecessor of the current Metropolitan Area.
He will replace Tiago Braga, who transitioned from an administrative role at Metro do Porto (serving since 2016) to president in 2019, appointed by the Socialist Government, and whose term was renewed in 2022, ending in late 2024.
Currently, Metro do Porto operates six lines and 85 stations, spanning the municipalities of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Matosinhos, Maia, Gondomar, Vila do Conde, and Póvoa de Varzim.
The Rosa Line (G) between São Bento and Casa da Música (Porto) and the Rubi Line (H) between Santo Ovídio (Vila Nova de Gaia) and Casa da Música (Porto) are under construction.
The Casa da Música – Império metrobus, contracted and executed by Metro do Porto, and to be operated by the Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto (STCP), is awaiting operational commencement.
