Transformation & Programme Director
For more than 28 years I've led transformation in telecoms, energy, logistics and technology across Europe, South America and Africa. I lead as an executive, an interim leader or a programme director, build the team and the rhythm, and stay until the results show up in the P&L.
Available from January 2027 for a full-time leadership role or an interim term. Lisbon, working across Europe, open to relocation within Europe.
What I do
Companies call me when a programme needs one person who owns the result. These are the six situations I know best.
A COO, Head of Transformation or Programme Director seat is open, or a critical programme needs a leader now.
5 countriesend-user IT run as interim manager at lastminute.com through Covid
You buy a company, sell a business or separate it from the group, and everything must keep running on day one.
€60M5-year carve-out for a major Portuguese energy company
You need a new country operation, a nearshore centre or a new unit set up fast and at lower cost.
< 3 monthsto a live nearshore centre: 16 people, 30% lower cost
An IT or project portfolio has grown too expensive, or too many projects run late and over budget.
−20% OPEXon a €500M IT portfolio over 3 years
You want generative AI and machine learning to change how work gets done, with results you can measure.
+50%productivity from automating processes with generative AI
Your products and operations now depend on connected devices, networks and software, and IT and operational technology must work as one.
€40Mtelecom B2B portfolio with drone and smart-city solutions, €8M+ saved
Most roles mix two or three of these. Tell me what's going on and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.
Start a conversationCases
Clients are not named. Every figure is real.
The task: run the B2B project portfolio of a major Portuguese telecom operator, with a €40M budget and 100+ stakeholders.
What I did: managed the portfolio since 2023, including drone and smart-city solutions, and delivered it on time and on budget.
The task: separate the business without disrupting operations, with five years of CAPEX and OPEX to control.
What I did: ran the carve-out end to end: plan, governance, budget and delivery.
The task: cut the running cost of a leading logistics company's IT portfolio.
What I did: reshaped the portfolio and its operating model, and tracked savings year by year.
The task: open a nearshore centre fast to serve clients in several countries.
What I did: set it up, hired the team and put the processes in place. I also co-built the Portuguese operation to 35 people.
The task: run Egypt's ICT Sector Modernization Program with a consortium of more than 30 companies.
What I did: led the programme and kept the consortium delivering through 2011.
The task: keep the whole company working when offices closed overnight.
What I did: took the End User Services Manager role for a year and ran end-user IT across five countries.
The task: find structural savings in a global telecom operator's IT budget.
What I did: designed shared services and a new operating model based on IT4IT.
How I work
Full-time, permanent
A permanent seat in your leadership team, running transformation, operations or a portfolio of programmes, with clear authority and targets.
6 to 12 months
Full-time in your leadership team for a set term, with a clean handover to a permanent leader at the end.
Defined scope
I own one programme, such as an integration, a carve-out or a turnaround, from business case to delivered result.
Meet the people who run the business, read the numbers and agree what success looks like.
A plan with a business case, the governance and the team in place.
Early savings or milestones delivered, so everyone sees the change is real.
Steady reporting to the executive team and the board, and a clear path to the full result.
Career
I've lived and worked in Lisbon, Geneva, São Paulo and Madrid, and I'm back in Lisbon today. Click a stretch of the timeline or a city on the map to see what I did there.
Education
Executive MBA, London Business School
BSc Statistics & Information Management, Nova IMS
Languages
Sectors
Tell me about the situation. I reply personally and I'm happy to start with a call.