Doctoral Researcher at NOVA-FCT in the areas of Innovation in Supply Chain and Procurement. Doctor of Business Administration course curriculum at INDEG-ISCTE Business School. Degree in Management and Industrial Engineering from ISCTE. Academic Director of the Procurement & Global Sourcing Programme and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Degree in Supply Chain Management at NOVA SBE. Member of the General Council of the Portuguese Procurement Association. He has lived in 5 countries where he has developed extensive experience in Operations. He was a member of the European Cement Association and a representative on the Fuels team in Brussels. He was CEO of Compañia General de Carbones in Spain and Vice-President of the CAPEX Industries Group in the UK.