Sérgio studied International and European Law at Nova University in Lisbon. In his master’s thesis he delved into the impact of facial recognition technologies in Data Protection and Privacy in the EU. He’s CIPP/E certified. Sérgio studied and worked in multiple European cities, including Coimbra, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Brussels and Luxembourg. Sérgio was a Blue Book Trainee at the European Commission’s Data Policy and Innovation Unit, where he was involved in the preparatory work surrounding the Data Act. He also worked at a financial tech company and as a trainee at the Portuguese Competition Authority and at the Portuguese Embassy in Brussels. Sérgio is fluent in Portuguese and English and has an intermediate level in Spanish and French.