Establishing a new Centre of Expertise at the Oriente Green Campus in Moscavide reinforces international investors’ confidence in Portugal and the national economy’s capacity to attract projects that drive innovation, the creation of specialised jobs and the economic transformation.

“The investment we had the opportunity to open today is further proof of international investors’ and markets’ confidence in Portugal”, claimed the Minister of State and Finance Joaquim Miranda Sarmento at the opening of the new Natixis Centre of Expertise on 29 May in Lisbon.

The Minister stressed that Portugal has been able to attract various investment projects yet advocated the need to rise the ambition: “We need to attract major projects to transform the Portuguese economy”.

During the visit to the new facilities Joaquim Miranda Sarmento ranked the project as “highly important for the country” and noted its contribution to the creation of specialized employment and to boost the Portuguese economy’s technological capabilities. Natixis intends to reach 4,000 workers in Lisbon and Porto by 2029.

Included in the French group BPCE’s international area, Natixis in Portugal develops solutions for investment banking, asset and wealth management, offering services in IT, banking operations and compliance, contributing to accelerate the banking digital transformation through technological innovation.