PhD in Social Sciences, specialising in Social Policy, from the University of Lisbon; MSc in Human Resources Policy and Management from ISCTE-IUL; BA in Management and Administration from the Technical University of Lisbon; BA in Social Security from the International Polytechnic Institute; postgraduate qualification in Corporate Governance from the CIDP at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, with training in public management from the National Institute of Administration, in ‘Pivoting to Online Teaching: Research and Practice’ (Computer Science) from the University of Texas, and in ‘Get Interactive: Practical Teaching with Technology’ (Computer Science) from the University of London.

He has worked in the field of social protection policies, primarily in the areas of design, development, evaluation and management, holding senior technical, coordination and management roles in the public sector and, by extension, on various national and international committees and delegations, notably in the field of social policy within the OECD and the EU.

He is currently Director-General of the Directorate-General for Solidarity and Social Security, Chair of the Advisory Council for International Social Security Coordination, Coordinator of the National Cooperation Commission, Member of the Management Board of the Social Sector Restructuring Fund, Coordinator of the Working Group on the Drafting of the Social Benefits Code and the Single Social Benefit within the framework of social protection for citizens, and a member of the Recruitment and Selection Committee for the Civil Service.

Researcher at CRC-W (Catolica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing) and at the Advanced Computing Research Unit (ISTEC-Lisbon). His main areas of research include social development and cohesion; the adaptation and modernisation of social protection; the scope, organisational aspects, analysis, evaluation and management of social policy; the social economy; and sustainable development. Author and co-author of articles and other publications in the field of sustainability and social policy.