- Assistant Professor of Finance, University of the Azores, Portugal

- Researcher, Centre of Applied Economic Studies of the Atlantic (Centro de Estudos de Economia Aplicada do Atlântico - CEEPlA), Portugal.

- Director of Undergraduate Programmes in Economics and Management.

- Ph.D., M.Res. in Finance, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

- MBA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

- First degree in Business Administration, University of the Azores, Portugal