Dr Jorge F. Guedes

Purpose led and driven by results, I am a senior Director at KPMG UK, researcher, and lecturer with proven capability in enabling large end-to-end digital transformation projects while engaging, empowering, and protecting key stakeholders for sustainable and holistic human centric transformations.

My experience was obtained while leading my teams in several international contexts, translating business strategies into tangible value enabled by technology, with high exposure to C-Level executives. In these experiences I played an active role in shortening the gap between strategy and execution, while advising my clients on future roadmaps with new age solutions.

On top of my consulting roles, I hold multiple lecturer and researcher positions at several universities in Portugal and the UK. I am a regular contributor to various renowned journals and conferences having multiple top tier publications, and I am a regular keynote speaker in several events on the topics of Strategy, Purpose led Social Entrepreneurship, Digital Policy, Digital Leadership and Digital Transformation.

Want to know more about myself or about how your organization can increase its competitive advantage on the Digital Era? Feel free to get in touch!

• PhD in Strategic Management - ISCTE-IUL Business Research Unit (Lisbon, Portugal)
• Visiting Research Student - London School of Economics – LSE (London, UK)
• DEA in Strategy and Business Development (diploma in advanced studies) - ISCTE-IUL Business Research Unit (Lisbon, Portugal)
• MSc in Engineering and Industrial Management (Integrated master) - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
• BSc Electrical and Computer Engineering (Integrated master) - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

• KPMG UK, Digital Strategy and Enterprise Business Architecture Director (2022 - Present)
• Capgemini UK, Senior Engagement Manager (2019 – 2022)
• PwC UK, Senior Manager of Digital Transformation (2016 – 2022)
• SAP Portugal, Project Manager and Digital Transformation consultant (2012 – 2016)

• Guedes, Jorge F., Pereira, L. (in press). A systematic literature review on outsourcing nearshoring practices on Information and Communication Technologies Industry. European Journal of International Management.
• Guedes, Jorge F., Pereira, L. (in press). Nearshore Business Model – Exploring the benefits, risks, challenges, and success factors from multiple case studies. Int. J. of Innovation and sustainable development.
• Guedes, Jorge F., Pereira, L. (in press). Unlocking the full potential of Nearshoring – A conceptual delivery model for proximity offshoring services. Int. J. of Productivity and Quality Management.
• Guedes, Jorge F., Pereira, L., Lopes, R., Dias, A., & Goncalves, R. (2021). Return on investment of Near-shoring projects. Journal of Modern Project Management, 8, 3(25), 62–73.
• Guedes, J. F. (2018). A Lean mind-set on the Information Technologies sector : Targeting and addressing waste for an increased performance. Trends and Applications in Software Engineering, 285–294.
• Guedes, J. F. (2017). Continuous Improvement and Waste Reduction for Organizations – an Introduction to LEAN IT. In Project Management Development Practice and Perspectives (pp. 101–111). Riga.
• Guedes, J. F., & Pereira, L. (2015). Maximizing return on investment without increasing project risks - Near-shoring as a key practice on a business transformation programme: Case study on a training project for a global consumer goods company. 2015 10th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2015.
• Guedes, J. F., & Pereira, L. (2017). Proximity Offshoring Generating Considerable Savings with No Significant Increase of Risks or Losses in Quality— Nearshoring Playing a Key Role on a Business Transformation Program. Financial Environment and Business Development, 4.

• Digital Strategy
• Digital Transformation
• Entrepreneurship
• Outsourcing
• Nearshoring

• 2018-2019: Lecturer for the module “Managing Digital Organizations” (BsC)
• 2019-2020: Lecturer for the module “Managing Digital Organizations” (BsC)
• 2020-2021: Lecturer for the module “Managing Digital Organizations” (BsC)
• 2021-2022: Module Lead for the module “Starting Up a Business” (BsC) and Lecturer for the module "Managing Digital Disruption and Transformation" (BsC)
• 2022-2023: Module Lead for the module “Mission Led Entrepreneurship” (BsC) and Lecturer for the module "Managing Digital Disruption and Transformation" (BsC)
• 2023-2024: Module Lead for the module “Mission Led Entrepreneurship” (BsC) and Lecturer for the module "Managing Digital Disruption and Transformation" (BsC)