Joana Guerra is Head of Legal at Critical Software and Compliance Officer at Critical Ventures, its venture capital arm. She leads the legal and compliance work for both, covering corporate governance, contracts and regulatory matters.
She has more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of law and people management. She began her career as a lawyer at Garrigues, where she worked in competition law. She then spent nine years at Nestlé, where she headed the labour law department as National Labour Relations Manager and later became HR Manager for its factories in Portugal. In 2016 she was recognised by ILO and ACC as Europe’s best in-house employment lawyer. At Efacec she led labour relations and HR operations, and later became HR Director for the company’s international network.