Service activities:
December 16, 1987, he passed a competition for the position of "Embassy Attache";
February 16, 1987 Junior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
June 3, 1991. Employee of the Temporary Mission of Portugal at the Peacekeeping Structures in Angola;
April 1, 1993 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs;
September 16, 1993 Embassy of Portugal in Washington, Political Advisor;
October 14, 1998 Embassy of Portugal in Moscow, Political Advisor;
August 1, 2002 Diplomatic Assistant to the Prime Minister;
November 26, 2002 Deputy General Director of the Strategic, Defense and Military Information Service;
March 1, 2005, Acting General Director of the Strategic, Defense and Military Information Service;
September 1, 2005 Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OECD;
January 23, 2007 Director of the Main Political Directorate of the Ministry of National Defense;
May 6, 2010 Chief Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the European Commission;
July 11, 2011 Chief Diplomatic Assistant to the Prime Minister;
February 18, 2013 Permanent Representative to the OECD, Ambassador;
September 2017 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Portuguese Republic to the Russian Federation.