Born in Lisbon on June 23, 1948. Bachelor's degree in Economics from ISCEF in 1971. Ph.D. in International Relations from NOVA in 2012. Served in the Military as a Naval Reserve Officer in Mozambique from 1973 to 1975. Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences from 1972 to 1973. Technician at GEBEI - Basic Studies Group of Industrial Economics from 1972 to 1986, where he worked on projects in the areas of Industrial Economics and International Specialization of the Portuguese Economy. Technician at the National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (JNICT) from 1986 to 1994, responsible for the Studies and Planning Service, where he conducted various works on the Technological perspective and coordinated the preparatory work and negotiation of structural programs for the Science and Technology sector: CIÊNCIA STRIDE and PRAXIS XXI. Collaborated with the Secretary of State for Planning from 1986 to 1994, working on International Economics and Development Strategy. Joined the Department of Prospective and Planning (DPP) in 1995 as Director of Services and later as Deputy Director-General responsible for Prospective and International Information. Coordinated the team that developed the Strategic Vision for the National Plan for Economic and Social Development 2000-2006 (PNDES). Member of the Working Group that prepared a version of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development in 2004, submitted to the government on July 1, 2004, and member of the team that reformulated the National Strategy for Sustainable Development, approved by the government in December 2006. Part of the team at the Department of Prospective and Planning that conducted preparatory work for the definition of the National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN) 2007/13. Advisor at the Department of Prospective and Planning and International Relations (DPP) of the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy from 2007 to March 2011. Responsible for the "Prospective" discipline in courses for public administration officials taught by INA - National Institute of Administration from 2004 to 2010. Regular collaboration with the National Defense Institute (IDN) since 1986, serving as a lecturer in National Defense Courses since 1997. Author of numerous studies and articles in the fields of international economics, foresight, and development strategies.