Experience

EVIO - Electrical Mobility
• Portugal
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Executive Committee Member

  • Sep 2022 - Present


Capwatt

• Portugal
• Electric Power Generation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Business Finance

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2022

  Fully owned by Sonae Capital, Capwatt contributes to a sustainable energy paradigm by providing integrated energy solutions: solar, biomass, bioenergy, cogeneration and services like energy efficiency, stationary storage, EV charging and commercialization of energy ▪ Development and leadership in areas such as management planning and control, financial control, funding and risk management, in close collaboration with Sonae Capital’s shared services ▪ Coordination of the financial transformation of Capwatt, where it transitioned from being an owner of generation assets in Portugal, into diversifying onto other technologies and services, with an international presence, and putting in place an asset rotation strategy ▪ Development of a team with clear goals and responsibilities, fully capable of carrying out the company's challenges, during a timeframe in which Capwatt grew from 26 companies and 85 people in Portugal, to 55 companies and 250 people in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico ▪ Interim Head of the Retail activity in electricity and natural gas, structuring it from early stage to growth stage, focused in B2B



ENC Energy

• Portugal
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CFO and member of the Executive Committee

  • Oct 2013 - Sep 2019

  ENC Energy, an expert in landfill biogas, providing EPC and O&M services in Portugal, Brazil and Chile. In 2013 Inter-Risco, the oldest private equity operating in Portugal, became the majority shareholder. ▪ Development and leadership in areas such as accounting, tax, treasury, reporting, funding and other corporate finance matters like valuation of individual projects and group-wide valuation ▪ Management of corporate risks, including insurance, hedging and cash management ▪ Deployment and development of the head offices in Brazil (Campinas) and Chile (Santiago) ▪ Coordination of several M&A and business development projects, including the sale of a power plant in Portugal and the opening of share capital in Brazil to a private equity fund ▪ Relation coordination with over 30 banking institutions, in Portugal, Brazil, Chile and the UK ▪ Refinancing of the group, removing personal guarantees, securing a project finance, matching currencies of assets and debt, reducing all-in cost in 215 bps and increasing equity value in 55%



Portuguese Government

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor to the Secretary of State for Energy

  • May 2012 - Sep 2013

  ▪ Negotiation with some of the most important companies in the Portuguese energy sector and interaction with multiple entities: state, private, national and foreign ▪ Responsible for the financial sustainability model of the Portuguese electricity sector ▪ Responsible for the presentations to the EC, ECB and IMF (Troika) of measures taken by the Portuguese Government in the energy sector, foresaw in the Memorandum of Understanding ▪ Preparation of information to support the political decision-making process ▪ Technical advisor in multiple legislation acts published between 2012 and 2013



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager (Transactions)

  • Aug 2009 - Apr 2012

  In charge of the valuation of projects and companies, creation and review of complex financial models, negotiations, financial structuring and other interventions in both Corporate and Project Finance, in energy, transportation, telecommunications, healthcare, construction and other

• Senior Associate (Performance Improvement)

  • Sep 2006 - Jul 2009

  In charge of the optimization of business processes and the development of management support frameworks and systems, such as balanced scorecards, activity-based costing tools and risk management frameworks

• Audit Associate

  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

  Technical work within the Statutory Audits to companies in the automotive, beverages, electrical equipment, and other sectors, including the analysis of internal control procedures