Head of Cabinet
Ricardo Alberto Pereira Madruga da Costa is an economist. He was born in the parish of São Sebastião - Ponta Delgada on December 12, 1965.
Academic qualifications and relevant training
- Degree in Business Organisation and Management from the University of the Azores.
- Advanced Management Programme for Executives at the Catholic University of Portugal.
- "NATO Youth Exchange" leadership programme at The Atlantic Council of United States.
- Leadership for XXI Century" leadership programme at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Professional experience
- Senior Technician at SATA Air Açores from September 1989 to December 2020, having held the following positions:
- Marketing and Sales Director at SATA Air Açores from March 1997 to November 2011.
- Director of Audit, Quality of Service and Information Safety at SATA Air Açores from July 2014 to August 2018.
- Chief Commercial Officer from September 2018 to February 2020.
- Director of External Relations at SATA Air Açores from August to December 2020.
- Regional Director for Cooperation with Local Government between December 2020 and April 2022.
Other activities
- President of the Secretariat of the Regional Delegation of the Portuguese Economists' Association from May 2011 to January 2018.
- Member of the Representative Assembly of the Portuguese Economists' Association since January 2018.
- Mentor of the "Connect to Success" programme promoted by the Luso-American Development Foundation in 2017 and 2018.
- Member of Ponta Delgada Municipal Assembly from 2002 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2020.
- Member of the São Miguel Island Council from 2014 to 2020.