PhD in Economics from the University of Évora and Degree in Economics from the Portuguese Catholic University.
He is an Associate Professor at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL) and director of the Autónoma Academy – executive and postgraduate education at UAL –, as well as carrying out consultancy and research activities at the Center for Economic and Institutional Studies at UAL.
He is a consultant to private companies in various sectors of activity.
Between January 2015 and February 2017, he was director and chairman of the Audit Committee of IFD – Financial Institution of
Desenvolvimento, SA He is a member of the Remuneration Committee of national regulators and chaired the Monitoring Committee of the privatizations of CP Carga and EMEF.
He was director of ICP-ANACOM from June 2006 to May 2012, having previously carried out consultancy and academic activities since 1993.