Apresentação Pessoal

I'm currently a Seconded National Expert at the European Commission — Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture — Unit B.1 Higher Education.

Between February 2020 and April 2024, I was the Head of Governance Support, a service that provides advisory and assistance to the University's President, Head of Administration and other Governing Bodies, supports strategic planning and interinstitutional collaboration activities. From December 2015 to January 2020, I worked in this service as a graduate staff member.

I was Audit Board President of Atractor Association - Interactive Mathematics between April 2021 and April 2024.

I attended the NATO Youth Summit 2022, which took place at NATO’s Headquarters. I delivered a presentation at the 2016 European Week of Regions and Cities Masterclass, an event organized by the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission on the use of financial instruments in Cohesion Policy 2007–2013.


International exchanges

• Concordia University of Edmonton — Canada (2017)
• University of Petra — Jordan (2017)
• University of Novi Sad — Serbia (2018)
• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University — Georgia (2019)
• University of Maryland Baltimore County  — United States of America (2022)
• Université Paris-Saclay — France (2023)

Academic background

• Bachelor of Economics — Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2009)
• Master in Finance and Taxation — Universidade do Porto (2014)
• Finance Specialization (Doctoral Programme, non-awarding degree course) — Universidade do Porto (2016)
• Bachelor of Laws  — Universidade do Minho (ongoing)

Awards

• Young Tax Professional of the Year Portugal — EY (2012)
• Inclusive Leadership Award — EY (2012)
• Winner of the 8th Economic Issues Contest—Accounting Category, Portuguese Economists’ Association (2012)
• Joseph S. DeBlasi Outstanding Contribution Award — ICPC Foundation (2019)
• Excellence Scholarship — Universidade do Minho (2019)