Over thirty years of experience in microeconomics and competition economics — in both application and teaching, across institutions that built the modern Portuguese and European competition architecture.
Founder of the modern Portuguese antitrust system as the first President of the Autoridade da Concorrência, where he led the institution from its inception and simultaneously served as Head of the European Competition Network — coordinating competition authorities across the EU.
Author of twenty-plus books and several hundred articles on competition law, economic development, financial regulation, and antitrust enforcement. Member of the Editorial Board of the European Competition Journal.
Earlier in his career: Senior Economist at the World Bank; Executive Director at the EBRD; Deputy Governor of Banco de Portugal for six years with the monetary policy portfolio; member of the EU Monetary Committee and of the Economic Policy Committee of the European Commission.
Founder and Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics; visiting positions at New York University, the University of Maryland, University College London, and Universidade Católica Portuguesa — where he currently holds his professorship.
Roles where the economics of competition, regulation, and macroeconomic policy were the substance of the work — not the periphery.
A small selection. Full publication lists on SSRN and ResearchGate; the firm can supply specific titles relevant to a mandate on request.
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