Porto, Porto, Portugal
A results driven, self-motivated and team player senior manager with a proven ability to develop and strengthen management teams in order to maximise company profitability and efficiency. Extensive experience in multicultural and international environments with a consistent track record of developing or restructuring businesses and achieving demanding goals in sectors as diverse as retail, logistics, forest, building materials, energy and transports. Areas of Expertise: Strategic management; Corporate Finance; Operations management; Change management; Partnerships/alliances negotiation with competitors/suppliers; Cost reduction and control.
Porto Digital is a private association founded 2004 by the Municipality of Porto, University of Porto and the Portuguese Business Association (AEP), in cooperation with Metro do Porto, in order to promote ICT projects within the context of the city of Porto and Porto's metropolitan area. Among its goals are increasing quality in education, particularly through an increased use of ICT on all levels of education; reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency of the municipality services; contributing to reduce the digital divide; and contributing to a better quality of life in the urban area for inhabitants, workers and tourists. Porto Digital has implemented since 2008 a fiber-optics backbone and a public access wireless mesh network.
Metro do Porto, S.A. mission is to plan, conceive, build, equip and explore a light rail network in the Porto Metropolitan Area, under concessions granted by the State. The Porto Metro is part of the public transport (mass transit) system of Porto, Portugal and is a light rail network that runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs. Major Achievements and Responsibilities: June 2019 - October 2025 • Direct involvement in the ongoing expansion process, with the consignment of works on March 16, 2021. Yellow Line Expansion started commercial operation on June 28, 2024, while the construction of the infrastructure of the BRT - Bus Rapid Transit - line between Boavista and Praça do Império was concluded on August 23, 2024. • Metro do Porto is currently building the Pink line (to be concluded on Q1 2026) as well as the Ruby Line (second line between Porto and Gaia, including a new bridge over Douro river), to be concluded by the end of 2026. • Metro do Porto capital restructuring by the end of 2023. • Restructuring of a “sale and lease back” operation for the vehicles acquisition by Metro do Porto between 2002 e 2003 (US Cross Border Lease) - still undergoing. Jan 2016 -June 2019 • Being one of the two Executive Board members, responsible for all support areas of the company operation (Finance, Administrative, Management Control, IT, HR, Environment and Safety, Customer Support and Commercial). • Direct involvement in the analysis and decision process related to expansion alternatives of the existing light rail network that will imply an investment of up to EUR 307 million. • Direct involvement in the setup of the Public Private Partnership with Viaporto (Grupo Barraqueiro) implemented by 1st April 2018 in order to ensure the adequate operation of the light rail network in the Porto Metropolitan Area.
Consultative services for small and medium size organisations providing direction on strategy, finance and management control and implementation of new processes and procedures. Investment in several start-ups.
Efacec Group has industrial operations in Portugal (power and distribution transformers, switchgear and automation), Spain, India and Argentina, and it is present in a large number of countries due to its Engineering Division activity (EPC, Environment and Transports). Major Achievements: • Setup of a Shared Services Centre (Administrative and financial areas) to support Efacec operations in all the geographies where it has a relevant presence (already concluded the integration of Portugal, Angola, Spain, Romania and Czech Republic; migration of Chile and Algeria started in September 2015). • Setup of two loans of EUR 30 million (July 2014) and EUR 10 million (April 2015) in order to guarantee the treasury needs of Efacec Group during the restructuring and sale process. • Active involvement in the design and execution of Efacec Group restructuring – started in 4Q 2013 – thus making possible the majority shareholding sale by former controlling shareholders (Grupo José de Mello e Têxtil Manuel Gonçalves) in Efacec Power Solutions. After this operation was concluded the new majority shareholder (Winterfell Industries) appointed a new management team.