PhD in Management, major Finance at Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa. Thesis theme: 'Essays on Bank Risk Management'. Master in Finance at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA) and a Management degree at 'Universidade de Évora'. Fulbright Scholar during his Master studies in the USA. Invited Assistant Professor in NOVA IMS. He is a NOVO BANCO employee where his main responsibilities are managing the commodities proprietary trading desk and structure products business (hedging, pricing and providing new solutions) for retail and institutional clients of the group. Prior work experience has a market risk analyst. Main duties: Value-at-Risk (VaR) implementation, control and reporting.