Born in Mozambique where he finished high school in 1974, he lived in London from then on where he studied Civil Engineering at UCL University College London until 1978. He graduated in Business Administration in Lisbon from ISE, University of Lisbon`s Faculty of Economics, in 1983, while working for the Research and Sudies Department of IIE Foreign Investment Institute. In 1987, after attending an MBA from New University of Lisbon, he became project manager of FII`s US Desk, a first governmental effort at atracting FDI from a selected market. He was based in Lisbon, Portugal, until 1990 where he developed his career in management (his first appointment as board member in 1989) and consulting (namely for the United Nations).
Lived in South East Asia (Macau) during the nineties first as Chief of Cabinet for Economy and Finance of the last government under portuguese administration and later as President of SPIC, Sociedade do Parque Industrial da Concordia, as well as other non-executive board member positions.
Back in Portugal after 2001 he became involved in private equity and venture capital, while also lectured in the faculty of economics of Lisbon`s Technical University and occasionaly accepted consulting assignments.
He has been executive and non-executive board member of large companies with diverse responsabilities ranging from finance to global strategy.