Director of the Payment Systems Department at Banco de Portugal, with responsibilities for oversight, regulation and supervision, management and operation, development and innovation in the Portuguese payment market.
She has been involved in the main developments in payments at European and national level, such as the migration to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the implementation of the revised Payment Services Directive, the availability of instant transfers and other innovative services and, more recently, the study of the digital euro and the launch of the beneficiary confirmation and SPIN functionalities.
It is a member of the Market Infrastructures Board (MIB), the body that manages the Eurosystem's market infrastructures that enable the safe and efficient settlement of payments and securities, and also represents the Bank of Portugal in various international groups.
