He was a professor at the New University of Lisbon and at the Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies. He was the Administrator, from 1986 to 1990, and President, from 1990 to 1992, of the public town-planning company of Lisbon.
He was an academic at the New University of Lisbon and the Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies. From 1986 to 1990, he served as Administrator, and from 1990 to 1992, as President, of the public urban development agency in Lisbon.