Good-natured and full of energy, Gladys Dinis is Human Capital Director at BFA, Banco de Fomento Angola. Making a difference and making a difference is her biggest motivation. Her pragmatic and results-oriented side is her great differential. Get to know her better, as well as her inspiring career:
- Name: Gladys Dinis
- Age: 45 years old
- Nationality: Angolan
- Profession: Human Capital Director
- Institution: BFA – Banco de Fomento Angola
- Years of experience: 15
- Relevant academic training: G.RH, Executive Master RH, Banking Management and International Management.
- What was your motivation for following this path: The possibility of making a difference and marking People and companies.
- What does your job represent to you? It’s my fuel, the opportunity to leave a mark.
- Most memorable professional moment (in a positive way): When I took over the management of a department for the first time.
- Most striking professional moment (for the negative): When I had to dismiss from my team an element that helped me in my training and integration in the company, which years later I started to lead, due to a breach of trust
- Professional characteristics that best define you: I have a modifying profile, results-oriented, energetic, resilient and with a sense of humor.
- In another life, what other profession would you have followed? I have no idea. I only have this life, which I control. I want to fulfill my dreams in this life.
- Favorite movie: I don’t have any specific, the story has to pique my interest. I’m a fan of crime series.
- Music or group of your life: The UB40 group
- Phrase that inspires you: “To the front, behind comes people”, I heard this phrase years ago and engraved it in my memory. When I’m out of energy, not knowing what to do for a moment, I say it to myself and get back to the fight. I’m not one to cry over spilled milk for a long time.
- In the future, how would you like to be remembered? What do you think your legacy will be? As someone of value, who added value wherever and with whom I was. A good professional, mother, sister, wife, daughter and friend. A good companion and citizen… and friend of her own.
- In the city where you live, what advice do you have for first-time visitors? As I like to enjoy a good meal at the table, in Angola I suggest a trip to the island to discover the restaurants on the island of Mussulo.
- Retirement plans: When I “retire”, I will become a farmer. Dedicate myself to my personal projects. I will be a pensioner with a “signed portfolio” as the Brazilians say. ahahahahah