Conservationist, environmentalist, shark expert, specialised in shark diving training and in shark advocation. Master Business Administrator in Marketing, Mathematics and Drawing and Painting teacher, Fernando has become a diver since the earlier 80's. Art photographer, fine arts teacher and Real Estate consultant.Nowadays, I dedicate my time to fine arts creativity based on photography and painting. I teach drawing and painting with Frias Reis Art living atelier. I'm also an economist, who dedicates a part of his time as an instructor trainer that teach others to teach shark diving activities.Today, as a Real Estate business consultant, I am a member of CENTURY 21 POLO CENTRAL team. I'm available to help you handle the organization of all commercial, juridical and legal aspects, as well as managing the visits for the commercialization of your property.After I've start diving with sharks all around the world, I become a Divemaster with a White Shark Awareness Diver Speciality. Today I am a Shark Diver Instructor Trainer, a Dive Guide and as well member and co-founder of the Sharks Educational Institute, living between Spain and Portugal.As diver and as an independent researcher, I have been collaborating with several associations and organisations like APECE in Portugal, Pro-Squalus in Brazil, Librito del Sur in Argentina, Emirates Diving Association in UAE, Shark Project in Germany and Shark Alliance. I am also a co-founder and Steering Committee member of the Shark Atlantic Platform, and when in the Canary Islands, Spain, where I lived for more than seven years, I've found and had presided to the Canary Islands Shark Alliance and I've organised three editions of the Canary Islands Underwater Film Festival. In 2016 I have assumed the executive management of the Sharks Educational Institute. Regarding this, I've been invited as a speaker at international conferences and seminars about the importance of sharks in the marine environments and their contribution to an healthy biodiversity.In 2020 and by the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the Portuguese Alliance of the Global Compact Network, the UN corporate sustainability initiative, I have been appointed as one of the Portuguese ambassadors for the Goal 14 concerning the domain of 'Conservation and sustainable use the oceans, seas and marine resources'.In 2021, together with others, I co-founded the 'Associação SEI Portugal' the national branch of our international NGO 'Sharks Educational Institute' overwhich I currently preside.I'm a creative, an ethical, and a game-changer manager.