“There is an excess of zeal” in Anacom’s current board, says the regulator’s future chair
Sandra Maximiano has been chosen as the next chair of Anacom. The ISEG professor sets out a different vision for regulating the sector: "Independence does not mean closing the door to dialogue."
After months of speculation, João Galamba confirmed on 25 October that Sandra Maximiano had been chosen as the next chair of Anacom. Two weeks later the Government collapsed, and the then Minister of Infrastructure, unable to withstand the pressure, left the stage early. Even so, the ISEG professor remains in line to replace João Cadete de Matos at the head of the communications regulator.
Already approved by CReSAP, which assesses candidates for senior public office, the economist is now awaiting the opinion of parliament’s economy committee, where she was heard last Thursday. ECO approached her as she left the hearing, and she agreed to speak publicly about some of the broad lines she has in mind for her term, in what is her first interview since the commentator Luís Marques Mendes revealed her appointment to Anacom on prime-time television on a Sunday night.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 4 December 2023.