Experienced as manager, consultant, entrepreneur, civic leader, trainer, and lecturer. He lived one-third of his life in Asia and Africa, one-third in North America, and later in Europe. He has work experience in Portugal, Germany, Holland, Spain, the U.K., France, Croatia, Poland, Angola, Algeria, and the USA.
He has experience both in for-profit and non-profit sectors. Teaches master’s students on Lean Entrepreneurship at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics.
Founding partner of several startups including Startup Discoveries SGPS, YDreams, Secretplaces, Factory of Contents, Storm Magazine, Wellbeing Weekend, L & V Consultants, and the NGO: MEDIARCOM. Member of APBA Portuguese Association of Business Angels and a mentor to several startups.
Worked in strategic management with international consultancy, commercial banking in the US, investment banking in Spain and Portugal. Broad experience as consultant and trainer with pharma and tourism industries. Engagements with teams needing a boost in performance
MScB Master of Science in Business with thesis (Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT), MA Planning (University of Iowa), certification in Mediation, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution by the PON Program on Negotiation and PIL Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School, Harvard University. Third cycle studies in Marketing at the Universidad de Sevilla and in Public Policy at the National School of Public Health, Nova University.