Projecto Empresarial em Finanças
Licenciado em Organização e Gestão de Empresas pelo Instituto Superior das Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) e Mestre com Especialização em Finanças na Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Entre Julho de 1993 e Novembro de 2000 exerceu funções na Direcção Financeira do Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e ao Investimento (IAPMEI), tendo coordenado o Gabinete de Engenharia/Inovação Financeira e em acumulação, o Gabinete de Estudos do Instituto;
Entre Junho de 2001 e Setembro de 2004 exerceu funções de assessor da administração da APICapital, SA, sociedade de capital de risco do grupo API - Agência Portuguesa para o Investimento (actual Portugal Ventures);
Entre Novembro de 2000 e Maio de 2001 exerceu funções de Director Geral da empresa de consultoria em financiamento de PME, SBI ? Small Business Investments (actual SBI-Consulting);
Entre Outubro de 2004 e Junho de 2005 exerceu funções de gerente (?manager?) na Divisão de Corporate Finance da Deloitte;
De Julho de 2005 a Dezembro de 2009 desempenhou funções de Director-Geral Executivo da Associação Sem Fins Lucrativos Audax (Centro de Investigação e Apoio ao Empreendedorismo e Empresas Familiares do ISCTE e Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa), sendo responsável, entre outros projectos pelo lançamento do Fundo de Capital de Risco Universitas e pela organização do concurso televisivo Audax - Negócios à Prova (lançado em parceria com a RTP2).
Entre 2010 e 2011 foi Diretor de Corporate Finance da Capital Criativo, SCR e Key Man do fundo Revitalizar - Sul
Entre maio de 2012 e dezembro de 2013 Foi administrador do Teclabs - Instituto de Ciência Aplicada da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Entre maio de 2012 e março de 2015 foi administrador da BTEN - Business Talent Entreprise Network, SA, sendo sócio fundador
Desde Junho de 2011 é Managing Partner da BIZ4U- Corporate Advisory, Lda
Administrador não executivo da Geometral, SA, desde julho de 2013
Administrador da Blue Catching SCR, desde outubro de 2013
CFO do Shark Tank Portugal desde agosto de 2014
Foi Director Executivo do Programa Especializado em Empreendedorismo e Criação de Empresas do AUDAX/ISCTE entre Setembro de 2002 e Julho de 2014, tendo sido responsável pela coordenação do módulo de Elaboração de Plano de Negócios;
Foi consultor de empresas, de entidades estatais, associações empresariais e do sistema financeiro sobre financiamento de PME.
Foi consultor de empresas de âmbito familiar, destacando-se apoios dados no Grupo Riviera, no Grupo Eu-Steel e o Grupo Fernando Barata.
BSc in Management (ISCTE-IUL Business School) and a Master Degree with specialisation in Finance from Portuguese Catholic University.
He started his career in IAPMEI (Portuguese Small and Medium Business Agency) where assumed the Institute Research Department and the Financial Engineering Department coordination from 1993 to 2000. During that period has coordinated several projects related with SME financial instruments dynamization, such as IAPMEI's private equity investments follow-up (he was non-executive board member of Inter-risco, the BPI private equity operator, between 1999 and 2000), the launch of the mutual guarantee system in Portugal (SPGM, Lisgarante, Garval and Norgarante), the alternative public market to SME's set-up (nowadays Alternext) and the PME-Excelência Award conception (that still exists until today as a national reference of the best SME performance distinctive iniative).
In 2000 founded the specialized consultancy firm in SME Financing - SBI - Small Business Investments. He has coordinated, among other corporate finance projects (Terra Azul - Expansion Plan, Valentim Carvalho - restructuring plan, Euroliva - sale mandate), the Portuguese Venture Capital Barometer (2001) and for the study of the Impact of the Venture Capital on Portuguese SME's return, promoted by APCRI - Portuguese Venture Capital Association and the international consultancy firm Bannock Consulting
In 2001 joined IPE-Capital (on time IPE group, today AICEP Global) as board assistant of the group private equity operator (IPE-Capital), where was responsible for the investment assessment division and new private equity funds set-up. He has represented IPE-Capital in several invested companies, namely Plataforma SGPS (car retail), Sun Co (energy), Pavilis (building) and Hozar (clothing retail).
In 2004 joined Deloitte (M&A Division) covering the all corporate finance services providence to SME market.
Since 2005 until December 2009 was Managing Director of Audax, ISCTE's Entrepreneurship and Family Business Support Center. In this Center (where maintains a founder partner position he was responsible for a university owned venture capital fund set-up (Universitas Private Equity Fund) , for the coordination of Entrepreneurial and Family Owned Advanced Courses (including abroad, such as TREPAN project launch in Romania) and other University-Enterprise consultancy projects, namely start-up's financing and corporate governance projects for family owned businesses and capital market access. During this period Rui has lead several restructuring plans (involving strategic and financial issues) in family owned companies, such as Juvenal (cork industry), Fernando Barata Group (Tourism & Hotels), EU-Steel (metal products) and Clap/Medeia Films (cinema production and exhibition).
In March 2008 assumes an executive CFO position in Riviera Group, a Tourism, Hotel & Real State Companies Group based in Carcavelos and Santos/Brasil, being responsible for the group financial restructuring plan, cash management, management control systems set-up and accounting/reporting activities.
in January 2010 Joined Capital Criativo as Corporate Finance Director, where is responsible for investment opportunities assessment, for new private equity fund set-up support and corporate finance service provider to potential invested companies
between may of 2012 and december 2013 was member of the Board of Teclabs, the Faculty of Science Incubator, with responsibility of technology transfer services.
Is Managing Partner & Founder of BIZ4U-Corporate Advisory (a corporate finance boutique for SME's) since june 2011
Is CFO of Shar Tank Portugal since August 2014.
Since 2002 he teaches entrepreneurship, corporate finance and M&A in ISCTE Business School courses, being responsible for the courses business plans coordination and modules (including business plan design, launch, finance & follow-up).
