Consultancy services on Development. Macao, Timor-Leste and Southeast Asia. Asean Current Affairs specialist. Solid first-hand know-how and experience. Skilled Tetum, English and Portuguese communicator and Translator.Advisor to three Presidents of the Republic and the Government of Timor-Leste for 13 years (2007-2019), based in Dili.Formerly Head of Political Communication units (1996-2006) in the cabinets of Portugal's Senior Minister for Social Security and Senior Minister for Education, based in Lisbon. Crisis communication specialist. Political communication advisor.Previously Media analyst and Head of the Media Unit (1986-1995) at the Official Media Directorate, with the Portuguese Macao Administration, based in Macao.Later Chief Editor at Portuguese and English newspapers Ponto Final and Macao Express, in Macao.From 2020 to 2022, Advisor for Communication and Costumer Management at Social Security Institute, Portuguese Administration, in Lisbon.