DREAM BIG, WORK HARD, AND STAY FOCUSED

Resilient, optimistic, proactive, and a strong leader, Mariana manages to achieve every goal she sets for herself while focusing on people, whether clients, consumers, suppliers or employees. She believes that pharmacists have a significant role in society as promoters for disease prevention and maintaining health and well-being. Mariana's entire professional career was influenced by this vision and the purpose of providing consumers with high-quality products.

With almost 20 years of experience in health care and self-care, she started her professional career in this business area as a technical director, contributing to the launch, implementation, and growth of new concepts, brands, and products in the national pharmaceutical market. Homeopathy, supplementation with antioxidants and immunostimulants, were concepts practically non-existent at the time in Portugal.

The following-up process and leadership of innovative projects with renowned partners led Mariana to pharmaceutical marketing and management. After a few years working as an independent consultant, she developed a new business of healthcare products in the European and national markets.

'We believe in Self-Care' was the motto for the foundation of Ampliphar in 2011. After nearly ten years of commercial activity in the national market with the launch of 3 own brands, several references, and the exclusive representation for the Portuguese pharmaceutical market of several international brands, Mariana continues to reinforce the importance of Self-Care in the health and well-being population, believing in the high growth potential of this business area in Portugal.