06/09/2026 updated
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Data Strategy & AI Governance Consultant
Lisbon, Portugal
Worldwide
Master's degree in Information Systems and Business ManagementAbout me
Senior BA & Data Governance consultant. I translate regulatory complexity into actionable requirements and governance frameworks — bridging business, compliance, and IT. 10+ years in financial services, insurance organisations and consulting firms.
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Data & AI Governance
10+ years of experience delivering governance operating models and compliance-by-design across highly regulated institutions. Expertise in embedding governance into processes and tooling through pragmatic controls such as classification, metadata standards, access policies, approval workflows, and audit readiness, using federated ownership models aligned with business domains.
Regulatory Compliance & Risk Frameworks
8 years of experience translating GDPR, NIS2, and EU AI Act requirements into actionable governance architectures and operational decisions. Strong background partnering closely with Legal, IT Security, and engineering teams to ensure compliance-by-design across digital transformation initiatives.
Information Security Risk Management
6 years of experience in information security risk management, including the design of supervisory operating models with structured data monitoring, regulatory reporting workflows, and enforcement processes. Expertise in establishing governance foundations for data-driven oversight in regulated financial environments.
Performance Measurement & KPI Design
4 years of experience in performance measurement and KPI design, supporting evidence-based commercial decision-making and tracking both technical and business-oriented metrics.
MLOps & Data Science
Applied MLOps experience using MLflow to track experiments and business metrics (accuracy, financial and operational cost), manage model versions, and support deployment validation via local serving. Postgraduate-qualified in Data Science with distinction.
Microsoft Purview & Collibra
Familiarity with Microsoft Purview and Collibra, with experience in evaluating and adopting tooling solutions aligned with governance frameworks.
Master Data Management
Structuring and validation of reference data management processes for investment banking clients, improving data quality and alignment with regulatory reporting.
Business Analysis
Requirements gathering, functional analysis, and macro-level scope documentation for treasury, credit risk, and capital markets projects at major financial institutions.
Project Management
Project leadership and coordination of cross-functional technical teams in core banking system implementation contexts, including backlog refinement, sprints planning, and alignment with CMMI standards.
Cybersecurity
Advanced training in cybersecurity covering cybersecurity responsibility, organizational application, risk management principles and methodologies, forensic collection and data analysis, and HR leadership applied to cybersecurity.
Financial Services & Capital Markets
Cross-functional experience in treasury, credit risk, middle office, and capital markets with platforms including Calypso, gained across major financial institutions such as Murex/Santander, Barclays/Barcorp, and Novabase/BES.
10+ years of experience delivering governance operating models and compliance-by-design across highly regulated institutions. Expertise in embedding governance into processes and tooling through pragmatic controls such as classification, metadata standards, access policies, approval workflows, and audit readiness, using federated ownership models aligned with business domains.
Regulatory Compliance & Risk Frameworks
8 years of experience translating GDPR, NIS2, and EU AI Act requirements into actionable governance architectures and operational decisions. Strong background partnering closely with Legal, IT Security, and engineering teams to ensure compliance-by-design across digital transformation initiatives.
Information Security Risk Management
6 years of experience in information security risk management, including the design of supervisory operating models with structured data monitoring, regulatory reporting workflows, and enforcement processes. Expertise in establishing governance foundations for data-driven oversight in regulated financial environments.
Performance Measurement & KPI Design
4 years of experience in performance measurement and KPI design, supporting evidence-based commercial decision-making and tracking both technical and business-oriented metrics.
MLOps & Data Science
Applied MLOps experience using MLflow to track experiments and business metrics (accuracy, financial and operational cost), manage model versions, and support deployment validation via local serving. Postgraduate-qualified in Data Science with distinction.
Microsoft Purview & Collibra
Familiarity with Microsoft Purview and Collibra, with experience in evaluating and adopting tooling solutions aligned with governance frameworks.
Master Data Management
Structuring and validation of reference data management processes for investment banking clients, improving data quality and alignment with regulatory reporting.
Business Analysis
Requirements gathering, functional analysis, and macro-level scope documentation for treasury, credit risk, and capital markets projects at major financial institutions.
Project Management
Project leadership and coordination of cross-functional technical teams in core banking system implementation contexts, including backlog refinement, sprints planning, and alignment with CMMI standards.
Cybersecurity
Advanced training in cybersecurity covering cybersecurity responsibility, organizational application, risk management principles and methodologies, forensic collection and data analysis, and HR leadership applied to cybersecurity.
Financial Services & Capital Markets
Cross-functional experience in treasury, credit risk, middle office, and capital markets with platforms including Calypso, gained across major financial institutions such as Murex/Santander, Barclays/Barcorp, and Novabase/BES.
Experience
Professional experience0 - 5 years
Freelancer since2021
Languages
EnglishNative speakerPortugueseNative speakerSpanishFluent
Project history
Implementation of Group Client Portal workflows to manage external client requests and activities lifecycle. Delivered client surveys introducing an AI pipeline to automate the classification of descriptive feedback collected. Acted as business-technology partner for work packages in the context of public-services digitalisation initiatives, using Outsystems to align architecture and services with EU digital-government best practices. Designed and prototyped an AI solution for automated classification of descriptive client survey feedback.
Led work groups (squads) to facilitate cross-functional decisions, assessing data issues and federated governance for the Polaris core system. Led the Marketing Bancassurance workstream within the context of Polaris Core's first localisation for non-life insurance products in Portugal. Conducted gap analysis of customer journeys across MillenniumBCP and ActivoBank, identifying GDPR compliance gaps and regulatory-driven requirements. Contributed to the resolution of cross-domain data inconsistencies across a multi-platform bancassurance ecosystem, applying federated data governance principles across a 250M euro portfolio.
Led digital modernisation initiatives aligned with EU regulatory frameworks, including the Single Digital Gateway Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 and the Web Accessibility Directive (EU) 2016/2102, delivering Outsystems-based solutions for public services digitalization. Delivered two regulatory workflow platforms (SGPI and SI RJET) that automated and governed the full lifecycle of public incentive management and tourism regulatory classification services, improving process traceability and audit readiness.