2019-present: Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
2017-2019: Vice-Governor of Banco de Portugal (Central Bank)
2016-2019: Portugal's representative at the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory
Mechanism (SSM - ECB)
2016-2017: Member of the Board of Banco de Portugal
2004-2016: Member of the European Parliament
2002-2004: Member of the Portuguese Parliament
1999-2002: Minister for Planning (Spatial and Regional Development)
1995-1999: Minister for Environment
1992-1994: Executive Vice-President of the Porto Industrial Association (Associação industrial Portuense)
1988-1992: Vice-President of Portugal's Northern Region Coordination Commission (Comissão de Coordenação da Região do Norte)
1989-1992: Member of the Board of Portugal's Statistics authority (Instituto Nacional de Estatística)
Since 1977: Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the Porto University
1985: PhD in Economics - University of Reading
1981: Master's Degree in Economics - University of Reading
1977: Degree in Economics - Porto University