Paulo holds a Master in finance from ISCTE (Lisbon), and he is currently Doctoral candidate (DBA) at IE Business School, (Madrid), where he is doing Research on Private equity value-creation management models. His professional experience started in Banking (1995-1999) doing Leveraged-Buy-Out and credit risk management, then evolved to Private Equity & M&A both in Portugal and Spain (1999-2011) where he managed several deals in different industries and investment stages. More recently (2011 – present) he has been advising family businesses as Independent Director and CFO, together with cross-border M&A advisory. Paulo holds a diversified investment and advisory experience, namely regarding investment stages (Start-ups, Growth, Turnarounds), industries (manufacturing, hospitality; Health; Chemical; Auto; FMCG;) and geographies (Europe; Africa; South America), together with management experience of PE backed portfolio companies (as Executive Director or NED).