Marta Guerreiro is 40 years old. She graduated in Economics at the Nova Business School of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon) with a specialisation in the areas of Monetary Economics, Industrial Economics and Public Economics.
She joined the Banco Comercial dos Açores in 2000, where she began working as a Credit Analyst, later becoming responsible for the Credit Analysis Unit. She implemented and managed the Technical Support Unit of the Commercial Department, focusing on the promotion of Operational Marketing. Following several acquisitions and mergers, she joined the commercial area in 2013, becoming responsible for the management of the Business Centres of São Miguel and Terceira at Banif. Two years later, she headed the Regional Business Department of Banco Santander Totta.
In addition to her extensive training on banking, namely on external trade, risks, money laundering, ROI, quality, team building and leadership, she took part in “Leadership in the 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage,” a programme conducted by the Harvard Kennedy School, Executive Education and promoted by the Luso-Americana Foundation for Development in partnership with the Regional Government of the Azores.
She has been a member of the Regional Secretariat of the Portuguese Economists' Association until 2016 and is a full member of this association. She is also a fellow of the college of Political Economy.
She took office as Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism of the XII Regional Government of the Azores on November 4, 2016.