- Set up of a new legal entity in Portugal in 2016. - Responsible for all the local business development actions to capture new deals- Participation in all investment initiatives including: pricing discussions, due diligence's and all closing mechanics- Drafting and reviewing servicing strategies to manage portfolios acquired- Third party portfolio management activities to ensure performance/returns for investors.Main Achievements:• New Business Creation: Set up of a… Show more - Set up of a new legal entity in Portugal in 2016. - Responsible for all the local business development actions to capture new deals- Participation in all investment initiatives including: pricing discussions, due diligence's and all closing mechanics- Drafting and reviewing servicing strategies to manage portfolios acquired- Third party portfolio management activities to ensure performance/returns for investors.Main Achievements:• New Business Creation: Set up of a new asset management company within the country (all corporate & legal matters)• Business Development: able to influence the acquiring, in a competitive and concentrated market, of several portfolios (Secured & Real Estate & Unsecured) within the first years of activity. Close to #100 transactions analysed in a total of €20bn.• Set up of a master servicing solution/structure able to work with different local servicers Show less

Senior Manager reporting to the country managing director. Responsible for managing the internal second line of defense function of the company which includes: Risk, Internal Controls, Compliance and Quality Assurance functions.Main Achievements:• Set up of a Risk and Control Framework• Executed the first Risk Control & Controls Self Assessment

Main Achievements:• Contribution for the project that finished w/ the FCA license being obtained to operate in the UK• Setting up the Collections Monitoring Controls within the 1 LoD

Main Achievements:• Setting up the Operational Risk team within a new country & risk culture

Main Achievements:• Created an internal control model and system over all Collections Procedures that was benchmarked from Portugal to Spain and the UK • Helped managing the exit from the Greek market

Main Achievements:• Learned a lot w excellent professionals while developing the first stones of what would be the ideal monitoring controls system for the Collections area.• Launch of a new department to help customers in Financial difficulties (Overindebtness Department) - the first of its kind in Portugal within the financial sector

Main Achievements:• Experienced the life of a collector throughtout all the internal buckets in order to learn how collections were made and be able to change/improve the internal procedures after it• Built the first documented Procedures Book focused for the collections area

Worked as a senior auditor in the Bank, Insurance and Government division. Besides the normal audit works I've performed work in credit risk analysis and evaluating the internal control system and procedures. I’ve done most of the audit works in Angola and in the Cape Verde Islands.