1980/81 - Professor at ISLA - Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração – where he lectured the International Relations course for 3rd and 4th degree students.

1981/89 - Journalist at the weekly newspaper “Tempo” – where he started as trainee and later became Deputy Chief Editor, Editor of the Economics Supplement (founded by himself) and Director of “Tempo Documentos”, “Tempo Medicina” and of the Magazine “SSD - Sexta-Sábado e Domingo”.

1982/83 - Advisor to the Minister of State Assistant to the Prime Minister – where he was responsible for the coordination of the Cabinets of Dr. Francisco Pinto Balsemão and Dr. Basílio Horta.

1984 - Author and Director of the TV show “Jornal de Economia” - the first news show made by an external production company after the 25th April 1974, which for six months was broadcast on Saturdays by RTP1 in the prime time.

1983/90 - President of the Latin American Studies Institute – NGO for the cooperation between Europe and Latin American countries. Over that period several cooperation agreements were established, in cooperation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Jaime Gama, with a number of institutions from those countries, namely with the main Latin American universities.

1985/87 - Special Advisor on Mergers and Acquisitions, namely in the consolidation of the Eduardo Martins, Lanalgo and Evicar group.

1990/92 - Shareholder and Marketing Director of the magazines “Tomorrow” (focusing on the main personalities of today’s society), “Teenager” (for teenage readers) and “Dona” (on mundane events) – responsible for the Marketing and Administrative Management Departments.

1992/94 – President of the Board of Directors of Telecine Moro – a company he reorganised with a view to its presence in the private television market, establishing joint ventures with RTP and several external production companies. He was also responsible for its financial feasibility, for the creation of the invaluable Historical Archive and for the early stage negotiations with the Government for the creation of a Lisbon Regional Television.

1994/96 - General Manager of TV News (Spain) – where he was responsible for the creation of the Iberian TV News Group, with representative offices in Lisbon and Madrid. This company has also launched the first private service of integrated support for entrepreneurs form both countries regarding their investments in the Iberian Peninsula and established major agreements with Portuguese and Spanish banks and with the Portuguese and Spanish branches of Dun & Brandstreet.

1996 - Founder and Editor of the bilingual business magazine “Tagus”, especially oriented to Iberian investors.

1996/98 - General Manager of ADA Portuguesa – a Spanish company, leader in the travel assistance sector in Spain, later expanded to Portugal, where he was responsible for the procurement of Portuguese clients and for the launching of the Call Center service in both countries.