He was born on April 2nd 1958. He graduated in Economics from Instituto Superior de Economia (1981) and received a post-graduate degree in European Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1982). He also completed a professional education course through the American Bankers Association (1982), the academic component of the Master’s Degree programme in Economics at the Faculty of Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and, in 1985, the “Advanced Management Program for Overseas Bankers” at the Wharton School in Philadelphia. From 1981 to 1995 he worked at Banco Português do Atlântico, occupying several positions, manly as Head of the International Credit Division, and General Manager responsible for Financial and South Retail areas. From 1995 to 2002 he worked at the Banco Comercial Português, where he held the posts of General Manager of Financial Management, General Manager of Large Corporates and Institutional Businesses, General Manager of the Treasury, member of the Board of Directors of BCP Banco de Investimento and Vice-Chairman of BIG Bank Gdansk in Poland. From 2002 to 2003, he was a member of the Board of Banco Português de Negócios. From 2003 to 2005 he worked at EDP as General Manager and Member of the Board of EDP Produção. In 2005 he was elected CEO at HC Energía, Chairman of Genesa and Member of the Board of Naturgas Energia and OMEL. Currently he is CEO of EDP Renováveis and responsible for Regulation and Energy Management (Gas and electricity) at Iberian level. He was appointed on 30th March 2006 as member of the Executive Board of Directors, which office began on 30th June 2006, and reappointed on 15th April 2009, 20th February 2012 and 21st April 2015.

 Economics  Business and Management