Lourdes Afonso is an Associate Professor at FCT NOVA, where she teaches courses in Financial Calculus, Life and Non-Life Actuarial Science, Pension Funds, Claims Reserves, and Probability and Statistics. She holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics for Economics and Management from ISEG. Since 2018, she has also been a Guest Lecturer at NOVA IMS. As a member of the Center for Mathematics and Applications at FCT NOVA, she conducts research in Actuarial Sciences. Since 2021, she has served as the President of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Institute of Actuaries and represents the institute in the Actuarial Association of Europe and the International Actuarial Association. She has been a board member of the International Association of Consulting Actuaries since 2022. Additionally, she is a certified Responsible Actuary for Non-Life Insurance branches by the Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (ASF).