Description

I am a sustainability consultant with over 18 years of experience specialising in GHG accounting, climage change consulting, circular economy assessment, and EU project management. My work sits at the intersection of technical expertise and project delivery - helping organisations and municipalities understand, measure, and reduce their climate impact while navigating complex funding landscapes.

On the GHG accounting and verification side, I have led emissions accounting processes for corporate groups (Scope 1, 2 and 3) following the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1, and provided technical support for carbon footprint calculation software development.

In circular economy, I have been part of the H2020 CityLoops project - one of Europe's flagship urban circularity initiatives - where I contributed to circularity analysis of the Porto cluster across the biomass sector. I also lead circular economy assessments for businesses, applying frameworks aligned with international standards and Ellen MacArthur Foundation principles.

My climate change consulting experience includes the development of Municipal Climate Change Adaptation Plans for four municipalities in the Porto metropolitan area (Maia, Matosinhos, Trofa, and Valongo), as well as climate risk studies and climate impact analyses for both public and private sector clients.

As an EU project manager, I have a strong track record in securing and managing European funding, achieving a 55% success rate across H2020, EEA Grants, LIFE, Interreg, and Portugal 2030 applications, and managing a portfolio exceeding €7.5 million in funded projects. I ensure technical and financial compliance throughout project lifecycles, in line with funding programmes requisites.

I hold a Master's degree in Environmental Economics and Management from the University of Porto and have worked across Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Czech Republic, and the UK.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Portuguese
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

2GO OUT
EU Project Manager
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
September 2019 - September 2025 (6 years)
São João da Madeira, AV, Portugal
• Development and implement project in the area of decarbonisation and climate change adaptation: ○ 15 emissions reductions calculation and verification for Industry Decarbonisation in several sectors, in the scope of PRR applications (2023). ○ 9 Ex-ante Assessments of Emissions Reductions for Industry Decarbonisation in several sectors , in the scope of PRR applications (2022), following GHG Protocol, scope 1 and 2. ○ Municipal Plans of Adaptation to Climate Change (Maia, Matosinhos, Trofa, Valongo and Gondomar) ○ Ex-post evaluation of emissions reductions for the industry decarbonisation, in the scope of FundoAmbiental applications.
• Develop and implement project in the area of Circular Economy: ○ Team member of H2020 CityLoops project - Closing the loop for urban material flows, with internal responsibility for project manager, management of meetings of the Porto Cluster, circularity analysis studies of the biomass sector and urban circularity.
• Project to study circular economy and food waste indicators for the collective food sector.
• Develop and monitor applications to national (Fundo Ambiental, Portugal 2020, PRR) and European (H2020, EEA Grants, LIFE) grant programmes, achieving a 55% success rate and securing over €7.5 million funding for clients..
• Ensure the management of funded projects, ensuring compliance with the rules of the funding programme in technical and financial terms.
• Responsible for operations management in line with ISO 9001 requirements and procedures, ensuring the management and control of services delivery processes.
Project Management (PMO) Grant Writing Circular Economy
Freelance
Sustainability Consultant
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2012 - Today (14 years and 7 months)
Porto, Portugal
• Development of projects in the area of carbon management and climate change: ○ Verification of GHG emissions calculations of a Spanish education institution ○ GHG emissions support calculations and verification of a company from the Czech Republic of manufacturing and trading in the field of substrate production, fertilizers, grass mixtures and grass carpets. ○ Study of technical requirements for a carbon footprint calculation software. ○ Verification of GHG Emissions calculations to be integrated into sustainability reports
• Development of projects in the area of sustainability: ○ Environmental impact study - waste descriptor ○ Support for the development of the diagnosis of accessibility to public facilities in 6 municipalities of the Alto Alentejo
• Training actions: ○ Monitor at the YougnVoluntem - a CGD program that promotes the practice of volunteering in high schools, being responsible for the presentation of the training action
GHG Accounting GHG Protocol Sustainability Strategy Training Environmental impact
WPS
We Provide Solutions / Administrative Assistant and Helpdesk
DIGITAL AND IT
June 2016 - August 2019 (3 years and 2 months)
Porto, Portugal
• 1st level helpdesk support
• Management and control of contracts renewal for customers and suppliers, avoiding interruption of the services
• Service management (domains, web hosting, SSL certificates, backup software)
• Technical support to the company's proprietary invoicing software: (UEBBILL and WPERP)
• Web development and web design in Wordpress
• Support to the commercial department in answering the phone to the customer, directing to the technical teams according to the requests
• Performing financial controls and reports of accounts payable and receivable, reporting them monthly to management
• Support to accounting in the management of payroll, customer and supplier invoices
• Forecasting accounts payable and receivable, including bank reconciliation, ensuring compliance with financial planning
Wordpress HelpDesk Administrative and Financial Manager administrative support