He´s a civil servant who has pursued an economic career at the Brazilian National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES). He´s taken part in the structuring of several concession projects at the national and state levels and public-private projects (PPPs) in the transportation and infrastructure sectors. He´s also worked at structuring infrastructure financing projects on the airport and roads/highways sectors under the “Project Finance” model. He´s obtained a bachelor degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He´s also achieved post-graduation certificate in Finance from COPPEAD/UFRJ and he´s attended classes on a Master Program in Economic Theory at the Federal University of São Paulo (USP).