PhD in Social and Organizational Psychology in the Organizational Behaviour specialty, and also holds Master's degrees in Educational Psychology (ISPA) and D.E.A. in Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Éducation - University of Paris-8 . For two decades he was a professor of organizational behavior at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and the first responsible for Soft Skills Laboratory of ISCTE-IUL. He has worked as project manager and consultant in an international consulting and training company, with intensive intervention in projects related to team management, decision making and negotiation.