International Procurement Projects

Education:
Degree in International Relations - Lusiada University Lisbon - 1992

-Certificates of English language studies & business english studies - Anglo World Education - Bournemouth College - UK 1997

-Advance Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other

Languages (TESOL) - Transworld Schools - San Francisco USA - 2001

-Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other

Languages (TESOL) - Transworld Schools - San Francisco  USA - 2001

- Certificado de Experto en Comercio Exterior y Marketing Internacional - Centro de Estudios de Posgrado de Empresas

(CEPADE) - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - 2004 - Spain

Present: Master en Direccion internacional de Empresas

(MBA internacional) - CEPADE – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Spain

Work Experience:
May 2004 - present: Market Development Manager at Azinor Trading group of Companies - a Leading portuguese trading conglomerate that deals mainly with the Portuguese Africa Speaking Countries - Lisbon -Portugal. I'm in charge of international sourcing markets and international procurement and market research activities : major markets: argentina, turkey; brazil, china, portugal, spain, south africa, india, indonesia,Angola and Mozambique.Key contacts with trade comissions; foreign embassies, ICEP; Portuguese Business associations; Chambers of Commerce, Bankers and CEO of many portuguese and international companies.  Strong knowledge of major business and industry reports, international marketplaces and familiar with major and key sectors of industries in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and other markets where I done market research.

Setember 2002- present - International trade consultant and trainer (business associate of Aydon Consultants UK for Portugal and Portuguese Africa speaking countries. Simultaneously I developed and delivered as independent consultant  training programmes to leading portuguese export companies and I had close cooperation with leading training providers.

September 2001- July 2002 - Business English trainer- Linguapoint - Formazioni et Servici Linguistic - Reggio Emilia - Italy

I taught international business english to corporate clients: export companies and banks (in-house training).

January 2000 - May 2001 - International language and cross-communication trainer for expats Chevron/Texaco - Angola

June - December 1999 - Export area manager in charge of USA market - Norwegian Furniture Manufacturer - Norema ASA -Lisbon - extensive travelling to USA and developed market research on USA furniture market.

June 1996 -June 1999 - Export area manager in charge of new markets development: USA,Canada, Eastern Europe and China for a leading portuguese cork manufacturer - M.J.Orvalho, S.A - extensive international travelling and field research on that export markets. Participation in trade fairs; trade missions, matchmakings, seminars and evaluation of business opportunities.

January 1993 - June 1996 - Sales Consultant - Insurance Sector - SPS - AGF group and Victoria - Great lisbon area - Developed sales to SME customers.

- IT skills ( Ms Office; PHC programme, internet search engines, Powerpoint, Ms Project)

- Language skills: Portuguese mother tongue; English fluent at native level

- excellent french and spanish and conversational italian.

Interests:
Travelling, Writing , Reading, History and International Affairs. Jogging & Cycling.

Member of the board of Portuguese Think Tank - Fórum de Reflexão Económica e Social with the aim of research and analysis of portuguese economy and their future role in the global economy.

References:
Will be furnished upon request