Jose Manuel Barroso

José Manuel Durão Barroso was President of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014, serving two terms. He was Prime Minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004 and earlier Portugal's Foreign Minister (1992–1995) and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1987–1992).

After leaving the Commission he held academic positions at Princeton University and the Catholic University of Portugal, and in 2016 joined Goldman Sachs International as senior adviser and non-executive chairman.

He gave the keynote at The New European Maritime Policy forum in 2005 and 2006.