Qualifications:

• Degree in Regional and Urban Planning from the University of Aveiro;
• Advanced Public Management Course (CAGEP) at INA;
• Attendance of the Master in Administration and Public Policy, at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, in Lisbon;
• Attendance at the Doctoral Program in Public Policy at the University of Aveiro.

Professional Path:

• Chairman of the Boards of Directors of APA – Administração do Porto de Aveiro, S.A and of APFF – Administração do Porto da Figueira da Foz, S.A, since September 19, 2022;
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of IMT – Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, I.P., from 2016 to 2022;
• Managing partner of companies in the areas of project management and development of new formats of trade and commerce of Portuguese food products, from 2010 to 2016;
• Responsible for the Second Generation Citizen Stores Mission Structure, from 2008 to 2010;
• General Director of Infrastructure and Equipment, Ministry of Internal Administration, from 2007 to 2008;
• Director of the Facilities Studies and Planning Office, at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from 2005 to 2007;
• Alderman of the Municipality of Aveiro, from 1998 to 2005, performing duties on a full-time basis, having assumed responsibility for municipal works, traffic and mobility and the environment. Between 1998 and 2001, he also assumed responsibility for urban planning, having, between 2000 and 2005, assumed the position of vice-president of the City Council of Aveiro;
• Councilor of the City Council of Aveiro on a non-permanent basis, from 1994 to 1997; • Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ria, from 2001 to 2005;
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Municipalities of Carvoeiro-Vouga, from 1998 to 2005;
• Administrator of the Municipal Services of Aveiro, from 1998 to 2005;
• Director of MOVEAVEIRO - Empresa de Mobilidade, E.M., from February to October 2005;
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ERSUC, Resitários Sólidos do Centro, S.A., from March 1998 to July 2005;
• Non-executive director of ERSUC, Resitários Sólidos do Centro, S.A., from July to October 2005;
• He participated as a supervisor in the study promoted by the Center for Social Studies of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra - «The functioning of the courts», in 1995;
• Managing partner of a company providing services in Regional and Urban Planning, from 1992 to 1997;
• Hired Professor of Geography at C+S in Albergaria-a-Velha, from 1991 to 1992;
• Hired professor of Geography at C+S in Ílhavo, from 1990 to 1991.