Since December 2020, he has been responsible for the Account Manager team for Europe at Mastercard Processing, Mastercard's issuance processing programme. Paulo started working at Mastercard in November 2001 and was the first Country Manager for Portugal, responsible for managing, developing and implementing Mastercard's activities in Portugal.
Before joining Mastercard, he began his career in the banking industry in 1992 at Caixa Geral de Depósitos, always in activities related to means of payment. In June 2000, he joined the team at Banco Português de Negócios as Senior Director to develop the Cards Department of the Means of Payment Division.
He graduated in Business Management from the University of Évora and has a postgraduate qualification in Advanced Studies in Banking Management from the Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and Universidade Católica. During his professional career Paulo has attended various leadership and team management courses. His professional interests lie in artificial intelligence, robotics, start-ups and fintechs, change management, leadership and motivation.
