José Miguel Pessanha, the patriarch of the family, made his way through Economics. He finished his degree in 1982 and is currently a director of Millennium BCP. He has four children who all graduated from the Catholic University.
Francisco opted for a Master's in Marketing, which he completed in 2010. He is currently Marketing Director at Banco Atlântico Europa. Marta, Francisco's wife, relied on UCP for her degree (2010), Master (2013) and General Management Programme (2015). Her area is Communication Sciences, specialising in Marketing, just like her husband. Today she is connected to Deloitte, in that same area.
As for the other brothers, Pedro was in management, in a General Management Program in 2014, and is an architect. João is in the financial area, specialising in the same in 2012. Today he is a financial analyst. Madalena, the younger sister, graduated in Management in 2016 and is now studying for a Master's degree.