Graduated in International Relations in 2001 by the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of Lisbon. Hold (i) a M.A. in Media & Cultural Analysis by Loughborough Univ., England, (ii) a Masters in International Relations, major in International Business at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of Lisbon and (iii) an Executive MBA, major in Applied Leadership by Robert Kennedy College, Zurich, Switzerland, validated and awarded by the University of Wales. Researcher enrolled in a PhD in Management, major in HR & OB at ISCTE Business School, Lisbon. As a one-off project, I was Director of HR at ALCR Business Group. I was a Fellow Lecturer of Team Management – granted with an ISCTE Internal Grant; I have published articles in the Journals "Corporate Governance, Compliance, and Sustainable Businesses", "Executive Digest", and academic works by the Journal of "Sustainability" and the "European Journal of Economics and Business Studies", as well as, Bubok Publisher. I was a Visiting Professor and Speaker at Schools of Executive Education in São Paulo (Brazil), Braga and Leiria (Portugal), as well as, Speaker at (i) the 6th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Holland; (ii) the ICSS XIII, 13th Inter. Conf. on Social Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; (iii) the 4th Inter. Conf. on Social Sciences, Athens, Greece; and (iv) the 2nd OFEL Inter. Conf. on Governance, Management & Entrepreneurship, Dubrovnik, Croatia (Paper: an alternative model of leadership called "The Mastering of 5 Key Elements"). Mentor of Social Impact Projects at IES - Social Business School (powered by INSEAD); Member of the Editorial Board of IJM&P. More recently, undertook a Blue Book Traineeship at REA (Research Executive Agency) of the European Commission, which is a funding body for research and innovation, managing EU research grants.