He holds a degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (1989). He moved into management training and healthcare management after completing the AESE/IESE Executive MBA (2002-2004). He earned a PhD in Human, Social, and Legal Sciences from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC-Barcelona, 2017); his thesis is titled “Misión, motivación e integración profesional en la gestión hospitalaria.”
He is a Professor of Human Behavior in Organizations at AESE. He has been the Director of PADIS – Senior Management Program for Healthcare Institutions since 2004. He has been a coach in the AESE Executive Coaching team since 2012. He is a member of the AESE Board of Directors (2003-2010; 2017 to date). He has been an Associate Partner at DPM Consulting Portugal since 2017 and is a member of the Research Committee of the DPMC Foundation (2021).
Best Paper Award at the 4th International Conference on Organization and Management (ICOM 2019), organized by the College of Business at Abu Dhabi University, for the work titled “Applying Business Interactive Games for Capacity Building: a Case Study in Health Care Operations Management,” co-authored with Prof. Nuno Biga of AESE Business School.
Co-author of the book “Sonhando com um hospital optimista,” a guide to revitalizing the humanization of care provided in healthcare institutions (Edições AESE, 2018). He contributed an article to the work “Reflexões sobre Ética Médica,” which features contributions from 20 other healthcare specialists (Principia, 2019). He is the co-author of the chapter “Managing people with ethics and compassion” in the book “Emerging Human and Techno-Human Business Management Dynamics in a Globalized Environment” (Nova Science Publishers, 2020). He is the co-author of the chapter “Being ‘on a Mission’ at Work: How to Make Mission Statements Effective in the Healthcare Sector,” in the book “Regionalized Management of Medicine” (Springer, 2022). He is also the co-author of the chapter “O propósito da organização” in the book “A Direcção Geral como Política de Empresa” (AESE, 2025).
He has participated in several studies: “La cultura empresarial: estudio empirico en empresas españolas y portuguesas,” by IESE (2007), “Impact of working hours on sleep and mental health” (2017), “Atrito e retenção do talento” (2024), and “Saúde Mental nas Empresas” (2025).
He teaches regularly in the Emerging Leaders Programme (Timoney Leadership Institute, Ireland) and in the Programa Dirección de Sistemas de Salud (Dominican Republic).
He is the author of the case study “Nelson Pereira” (2011) and co-author of the cases “Matilde” (2013), “Guilherme” (2014), “Rodolfo” (2017), and “Compassionate Leadership in the ICU of the Hospital de Manresa” (2022). He supervised the writing of the case studies “O Centro de cirurgia cardio-torácica de Coimbra” (2006), “O Departamento de Operações do Millennium BCP” (2012), and “SAFE4PRO, um negócio pouco seguro” (2017).
During his university years, he was the director of the Boavista Student Residence in Porto (1989-1992) and was responsible for several University Work Camps: Jachembie Zdroy (Katowice, Poland – 1988), São Tomé and Príncipe (1989), and the organization of Volunteer Camps at the João Paulo II Support Center for the Severely Disabled (1993–1996). He was a permanent collaborator of the Institute for University Solidarity and Cooperation (ISU), a Development NGO (1992-2002).
His interests include
- Healthcare Systems Management and Hospital Management
- Management by Missions (DPM)
- Motivation and Executive Personal Development
- Time Management and Personal Organization
- Compassion and Compassionate Leadership
He unwinds from his professional activities by swimming.
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