Ricardo Gouveia Mendes
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He is a guest lecturer at these two universities, where he teaches Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Economic History, and collaborates with the PROSPER - Centre for Economics for Prosperity research unit at Católica-Lisbon. He is also financial co-director of Opus Dei in Portugal. In the past, he was director of the Montes Claros university residence and director of the GMP executive training programme at AESE Business School.
He also worked in the Planning and Management Control Department at Portugal Telecom, now Altice.
He is also a musician, passionate about choral chamber music, and is a member of the Lisbon Chamber Choir and the vocal quartet 4 Voices.
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