Previous positions include adviser responsible for the negotiation of trade agreements, Ministry of Finance Secretariat of Federal Income Tax and adviser, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.

c. Supporting FOCA Portugal in its proposal to create a Center of Excellency for an industrial re conversion in the rural region of Vale do Sousa with European partners.

VIVAT members in Sao Paulo, Palmoplis, Vale do Jequetinhonh, Minas Gerais and Aparecida do Rio Negro in Brazil are striving to promote human life of those excluded by the society, namely, the street people, unemployed, victims of human trafficking and those living in extreme poverty.