Member of the General Council of the University of Coimbra.

Independent Member of the Board of Directors of the European initiative Gaia-X.

Former Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation, Government of Portugal.

Former Director General of DG DIGIT Digital Services, European Commission.

Senior expert with more than forty years of experience, mainly in International Organisations, in the Digital domain.

Recognised expertise on strategic thinking, research and innovation management, definition and implementation of public policies, international negotiation, advisory and consultancy.

Interests: Digital strategies and policies, national and international digital public policies, data economy, cloud, IoT, cybersecurity, high performance computing, AI, social impact of technologies, nexus research/innovation, intelligent territories, digital literacy and gender equality.