Experience

Ágora - Cultura e Desporto do Porto

• Portugal
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of New Projects at Ágora (MATADOURO and CACE rehabilitations)

  • Jul 2022 - Present



PERFORMAT - Associação para as Artes Performativas em Portugal

• Sede no Porto mas âmbito nacional

• President of the Board of Directors

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  https://performartportugal.wordpress.com https://performartportugal.wordpress.com



Union de Theátres de L'Europe

• Paris Area, France

• Member of the Board of Directors

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  https://www.union-theatres-europe.eu https://www.union-theatres-europe.eu



Ágora - Cultura e Desporto E.M., S.A.

• Porto

• General Director of Culture Departament of Ágora

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2022



Teatro Municipal do Porto - Rivoli . Campo Alegre - Ágora Cultura e Desporto do Porto E.M. S. A.

• Porto, Portugal

• Executive Director of Performing Arts Dep. (Teatro Mun. do Porto, Festival DDD e Campus) of Ágora

  • Feb 2018 - Jul 2022



Universidade do Porto

• Porto

• Counselor of the General Council of Porto’s University

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2021

  www.up.pt www.up.pt



Câmara Municipal do Porto

• Portugal
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultor of management

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2019

  www.teatromunicipaldoporto.pt www.teatromunicipaldoporto.pt



Teatro Nacional S. João E.P.E.

• Chairman of the Executive Board

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2018

  – Planning, managing and supervising the organization’s human, financial and patrimonial resources; – Coordinating the national and European applications for funding, and managing the approved applications;_ Supervising all the Organization's procedures of Public Procurement acquisitions;– Supervising the development of a suitable performance evaluation system;– Representing the TNSJ at the Management Board of the UTE (Union of the Theatres of Europe) from 2009 to 2013, and at the regular meetings and general assembly’s of this association;– Representing the TNSJ at the regular meetings of PEARLE – Live Performance Europe, the largest European network for the performing arts, which aims to promote social interaction in cultural and artistic institutions;* The vast majority of the goals set by the TNSJ’s Board have been met. Among the results obtained in the last eight years, one should highlight: - In spite the fact that the organization is now managing and programming three show halls with a budget that is noticeably smaller than the one it formerly had for a single one, a structural cost reduction of 32% has been achieved. - Notwithstanding an activity budget reduction of 48%, the TNSJ saw a 37% increase in the annual number of spectators comparatively to 2008 and a consistent growth in its occupancy rate, which is currently 79%.* Strongly committed to the internationalization of its productions, the TNSJ organized 57 international tours for its shows between 2000 and 2015. In 2003, as a token of international recognition for its artistic achievements, the TNSJ became the sole Portuguese member of the most prestigious European theatre network – the Union of the Theatres of Europe (UTE).* In June 2011 the TNSJ was honoured with the Novo Norte (New North) award, in the “Creative North” category, for the excellence of its contribution to the national arts, the diffusion of Portuguese culture and the promotion of its city and region of origin. Show less

• Member of the Executive Board

  • Apr 2007 - Feb 2009

  – Managing the organization’s conversion from Public Institute to Entrepreneurial Public Entity, a process that mainly involved: - Developing a new system of management control, which included devising and implementing a new model of analytical and cost centre accounting, as well as a new Organization Chart; - Co-devising and implementing a suitable computer model of management control, which allows checking every expense for budget conformity and accordance with all the legal dispositions of the Public Procurement Code. - Coordinating the required internal process of motivation for the implementation of the new model; - Supervising the compilation of an Expenditure Guidebook that includes all the relevant legal dispositions (as prescribed by the Public Procurement Code), as well as the operating rules for expenditure commitment and payments according to the new management control model.– Developing the original plan for the programme contract signed with the State, including: - Carrying out a SWOT analysis of the organization; - Setting goals for each year; - Monitoring the established goals and submitting quarterly and annual activity reports to the relevant governmental authorities.– Leading the financial management of the organization as an Entrepreneurial Public Entity: - Supervising the drafting of the annual activity plans and the corresponding annual budgets and investment plans, as well as the quarterly and annual activity reports and the annual accounting documents; - Controlling the organization’s budgetary implementation; - Negotiating the organization’s funding with the competent government authorities (Finance and Culture).– Leading the administrative management of the organization as an Entrepreneurial Public Entity, which comprised: - Hiring staff; - Setting up the organization’s internal rules of procedure; - Managing human resources (as Head of Department) - Ensuring compliance with the State-owned business sector legislation. Show less



Teatro Nacional São João E.P.E.

• Porto Area, Portugal

• Financial and Administrative Director

  • Oct 2002 - Mar 2007

  – Leading the organization’s financial and administrative management: - Coordinating the drafting of the annual activity plans and corresponding annual budgets; - Supervising the organization’s budgetary implementation; - Negotiating the organization’s funding with the competent government authority (the Ministry of Culture); - Co-devising and implementing the computer model for scheduling the entire TNSJ staff (including technical personnel with “flexible” work schedules), thus ensuring compliance with all legal dispositions and allowing control of overtime costs; - Internal negotiation for establishing the work scheduling operating rules; - Ensuring compliance with the State’s Central Administration legislation. Show less



at "Morais Leitão e Associados"

• Porto Area, Portugal

• Lawyer

  • Oct 1995 - Sep 2002

  - Face-to-face legal counselling to commercial companies (Portgás and Optimus); - Assistance to processes of merging, demerging, buying and selling of commercial companies; - Drafting contracts, public deeds, registrations, etc., within the scope of legal assistance to commercial companies. Companies consulting - Face-to-face legal counselling to commercial companies (Portgás and Optimus); - Assistance to processes of merging, demerging, buying and selling of commercial companies; - Drafting contracts, public deeds, registrations, etc., within the scope of legal assistance to commercial companies. Companies consulting



Banco de Portugal

• Lisbon Area, Portugal

• Internship at the legal Department

  • Jan 1996 - Jun 1996

  Analysing the law in force and drafting legal advices Analysing the law in force and drafting legal advices