Maria Almeida

Board Member of the Portuguese Business Council Kuwait at Portuguese Business Council - Kuwait
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Kuwait City, Al Asimah, Kuwait, KW
Languages
  • Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Professional working proficiency
  • Spanish Professional working proficiency

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Experience

    • Kuwait
    • International Trade and Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member of the Portuguese Business Council Kuwait
      • Jun 2020 - Present

    • Board Member
      • Jun 2019 - Present

    • Kuwait
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • English Literature Teacher
      • Sep 2022 - Present
    • United States
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • HR & Administration at PERI Kuwait & Marketing Coordinator Kuwait | Qatar
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2022
    • Emigration and Immigration Office
      • 1997 - Jun 2018

      • Responsible for the Mayor’s personal mail and all administrative procedures of the Mayor’s office. • Reception of Ambassadors, Consuls and business missions organising visits and other protocol events. • Translation of protocols from English to Portuguese and from Portuguese to English. • Responsible for the issue of European Union Citizens Residency Certificates in cooperation with SEF (Portuguese Border Services) • Responsible for the Emigrants Office in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry (General Directorate of Consular Relations) - Administration work to help Portuguese emigrants on their return to Portugal, organising all the process, filling forms to require retirements, pensions or funds to send to the countries where they worked as well as other subjects or legal matters like illness or death. I also advise and help Portuguese people who want to work abroad. • Promote meetings with associations of immigrants for an easier and better integration in the city of Braga. • Organization of Dia das Comunidades (a cultural event with all the communities living in Braga). • Organization of workshops for potential emigrants. • Accompanied diplomatic visits, security operations and journalists from all over the world in their visits to the City Hall and the Municipal Stadium for the event UEFA-EURO 2004. • Coordinator of the City Hall’s Office in Loja do Cidadão (a building where all the public sector services are located). I supervised the Water and Public Transport Departments and all kind of inquiries regarding City Hall services. • Responsible for the training of three trainees qualifying in Public Relations. • Filling all the application forms to apply for funds of the European Union for projects such as the rebuilding of Braga’s historical centre, new roads, social and sporting facilities, etc., in the European Funds Cabinet of the City Hall. Show less

    • Australia
    • Writing and Editing
    • Public Relations Manager
      • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

      - Public Relations and Human Resources Manager in AGM - International General Contracting - Kuwait - Administrative and logistic support for the internationalization of Portuguese companies in Kuwait - Contact with Portuguese companies and trades for eventual commercial relations in the Middle East. - Administrative/logistic support for potential Middle East investors in Portugal. - Promote and planned meetings with Portuguese Companies and eventual partners/sponsors in Kuwait. - Public Relations and Human Resources Manager in AGM - International General Contracting - Kuwait - Administrative and logistic support for the internationalization of Portuguese companies in Kuwait - Contact with Portuguese companies and trades for eventual commercial relations in the Middle East. - Administrative/logistic support for potential Middle East investors in Portugal. - Promote and planned meetings with Portuguese Companies and eventual partners/sponsors in Kuwait.

    • HSE (Health & Safety and Environment) - Responsible
      • Feb 2013 - May 2014

      • Responsible for Health & Safety and Environment in the rebuilding of houses for the staff of Company Chevron in Erbil, Iraq, from April until September 2013 • Administrative and logistic support for the internationalization of European companies in Iraq - YUMN – Worldwide, IQ • Contact with European companies and trades for eventual commercial relations with Iraq. • Administrative/logistic support to potential Iraqi investors in Portugal. • Responsible for Health & Safety and Environment in the rebuilding of houses for the staff of Company Chevron in Erbil, Iraq, from April until September 2013 • Administrative and logistic support for the internationalization of European companies in Iraq - YUMN – Worldwide, IQ • Contact with European companies and trades for eventual commercial relations with Iraq. • Administrative/logistic support to potential Iraqi investors in Portugal.

Education

  • Universidade Moderna - Porto
    European Studies
  • Universidade do Minho
    Legal English Course, Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
  • Instituto Britânico de Braga
    Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – Cambridge, English language

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