ENERGETIC PROBLEM-SOLVER AND MISSION ACCOMPLISHER

A man of missions, Ricardo has a successful track record of delivering results, leading and motivating teams, and managing impactful organizational transformation initiatives. After finishing his graduation in Industrial Management Engineering at FEUP in 2003, Ricardo started his professional life with an internship at EFACEC Energia, in the manufacturing department, where he could learn lean manufacturing concepts.

Eager to try the consulting world, he joined Deloitte in 2003 and built up a career from Analyst to Manager of Strategy & Operations practice of the Manufacturing, Consumer Business, Energy & Resources industry, where he has worked with high-profile organizations in Portugal and Angola.
He joined Cerealis Moagens in October 2013 to assume, as a project manager, the leadership of a massive sales effectiveness transformation program aimed at boosting commercial excellence within the company.

In February 2015, Ricardo was challenged to leave his comfort zone and assumes the leadership of corporate planning, management control, and information systems areas at Cerealis SGPS. He managed a 3-years business and digital transformation program, while restructuring IT Governance and IT Service practices. He also developed rolling forecasting routines, while improving corporate performance management practices, through analytics, and coordinated the application to UE funds.

In 2018, Ricardo merged two of his greatest professional passions – Technology and Consultancy – at Abaco Consultores to become Sales-to-Delivery and Continuous Improvement, where he led SAP S/4HANA greenfield implementations. In 2019, he returned to Cerealis SGPS to assume a broader management function as Shared Services Director, leading strategic planning, management control, procurement, information systems and technology corporate functions, role he currently holds.

What truly motivates Ricardo, is to play a leading, decisive and purpose-driven role in the development of strategies that envision innovative and creative ways to challenge status quo. He consistently seeks to add value to his organization, by increasing its ability to become future-fit, whilst making a positive impact on society.

Driven by a tremendous sense of accomplishment, hi-energy, honesty, confidence, and resilience, Ricardo also lives up to these values in his personal life and in the coming year he aspires to accomplish his dream of riding the 1000 km Saint James Camino Frances in his mountain bike.