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INSTITUTIONAL
INTERVIEW
WE BELIEVE
IN MOZAMBIQUE
INTERVIEW WITH ANÍBAL LEITE, CEO OF MOTA‐ENGIL MOZAMBIQUE.
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n an issue of SINERGIA with Mozambique as the highlight, we got to know the current
the possibility of cooperating in the development of a country with people that, even with a lack of resources, manages to build a fair and inclusive country, with an innate ability to overcome difficulties standing out, which became even more noticeable in these past five years when Mozambique was unable to rely on outside support”. Aníbal Leite recognizes that it is for him a “permanent challenge to face problems with a vision of the world that is different from the one I grew up with, which is obviously something I consider to be very positive, highly motivating and which has made me grow as a person.”
Acknowledging that he misses his family and friends who stayed in Portugal,
and the teams in the areas he managed in Portugal, he recognises that he was compensated by the opportunity to have a new and very motivating challenge, stressing, “if we see difficulties as opportunities, they become interesting challenges that give life flavour.”
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
In view of the adversity that Mozambique is experiencing due to the impact of
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We believe in Mozambique, a country where we have increasingly invested in order to contribute to the development of a territory with tremendous potential in the African continent.
ANÍBAL LEITE
CEO of Mota‐Engil Mozambique
reality of Mota‐Engil in Mozambique better, with a journey started in 1991 of a company that is now the leader in the infrastructure market in the country.
Looking to the future, we interviewed Aníbal Leite, CEO of Mota‐Engil since 2012, and with in‐depth knowledge of the Group he joined in 1982.
Today, and after seven years in Africa as a member of the Board of Directors of Mota‐Engil Africa and residing
in Mozambique, with executive responsibility for the markets of Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, he shared a little of his vision of Mozambique.
THE CHALLENGE CALLED MOZAMBIQUE
We started by challenging him to tell us how his arrival in Mozambique went, with him telling us that what fascinated him the most was “the kindness of
the people, their resilience in the face of difficulties, the natural beauty and