CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Maria Manuela Lemos de Melo Meneses

ADRESS

 

Rua Professor Queiroz Veloso, 20; 1600-658 LISBOA, PORTUGAL

Telephone

 

351.21.7595005; 351.969447895

Fax

 

351.217595005

E-mail

 

meneses.manuela@gmail.com   m.meneses@netcabo.pt

Nationality

 

Portuguese

EDUCATION

 

*Degree of chemical engineer (branch Technology and Industry) (1966-1972) Instituto Superior Técnico

*Post-graduation in Information Technology (1986) Instituto Superior de Economia.

*General Management Course (1990) Faculdade de Economia - a Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Mother language

 

Working languages

 

Portuguese

 

english, french ans spanish to portuguese

IT competencies

 

Experienced in Word, Excel, power point, paint, acrobat, internet explorer, OmniPage, Windows Media Player, Lexibook Translator, Babylon, winproject

experiência  rofissional

 

* TRANSLATOR SINCE 1980 MAINLY IN TECHNICAL, SPECIALLY ON CHEMISTRY, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, OIL INDUSTRY, PATENTS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, pharmaceutics, medicine, business

*chairwoman OF Galpforma – 2001-2002 (R. Do Alecrim nº 57-2º Lisboa; portugal); Vocational education and Training for all the companies of  the Group Galp Energia (Oil & Gas portuguese Corporation) with the RESPONSIBILITY of strategy, planning, budget and PROGRAMS  implementation ;

*Human Resources Director 2001-2002 of 2 business units of galp energia Cº (R. Tomás da Fonseca 1600-209; Lisboa; Portugal) with the RESPONSIBILITIES for planning, recruitment, training, CAREERS, salaries and benefits, motivation

Member of the Board of Galpgest –2001-2002 (company managing forecourt stations)

*General Director of Lubricants – 1997-2000 and 1993-1994 with the responsibilities of strategy, planing, budget, and management of R&D, manufacturing, logistics, commercialization, marketing, technical assistance  and exportation in Portugal and Spain.

*Chairwoman of Galplub –1999-2000 company of technical assistance on lubricants for industry

* Chairwoman of Galpfer – 1999-2000 – joint-venture with a Spanish company to commercialize lubricants in Galiza (Spain)

*General Director of Galp Insular e Internacional – 1994-1996 (Petrogal – R. das Flores, 7; 1200 Lisboa) with the responsibilities of creating new companies and operations abroad, namely in Azores, Madeira, Spain and African countries.

* Chairwoman of Moçacor – 1995 (Mozambique)

*Chairwoman of Agran – 1995 (Angola) company of agricultural products

*Chairwoman of Sonagalp – 1995 (Angola) oil retail company in Angola

*Member of the Board of the companies: Petrogal Española (1995-Spain); Petrogal Angola ( 1996-Angola); Petrogal Açores (1996-Azores); Petrogal Madeira (1996-Madeira)

* Director of External Relations of Petrogal 1992-1995 and 1989 with the responsibilities of communication with organizations, companies, media and customers, internal communication and “porte parole” of the company

*Director of Communication and Marketing of Petrogal  1990-1992 with the responsibilities of strategy, planning,  budget and management of the fields of communication, promotion, publicity, customer care. Leader of the project of the new identity and image and leader of the school for the retail partners

*Manager of The Documentation and Information Center of Petrogal 1979-1988

*Manager of The Documentation and Information Center of General Direction of Energy of The Economy Ministry.

TRAINING

 

* SDL TRADOS - ISLA - 2007

* Managing People –Management Centre Europe- Brussels – 2000 –

*Lubricants Marketing – 1999 – Institute of PetroleumOxford – United Kingdom

* World Oil Congress – Stavanger - Norway

* Internationalization and Globalization – 1998

* Management of Energy Resources in Emergency and Crisis Situations – 1988 – Commission of oil products of NATO.

* Workshop on Technical Information and Data Flow – 1988 by Incite, NTIS and Consulplano.

* Information sessions on Information and Innovation by DG-XIII-B - 1986

*Latest Developments and Technologies – 1977 –LFE,  Brussels – providing technical and scientific information within the framework of the ISO 9000 Program.

* World Workshop on Strategy and Leadership – 1997 – Tracy -Lisbon

*Dynergic Management – 1991 – meetings leading, motivation, communication, negotiation.

* Image Role on de corporate management – 1991- Lisbon

* Scientific and Technical Documentation and Information in the field of Oil Industry – 1974 – Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil Malmaison, France.

* Activation Analysis applied to the study of water pollution – 1972 – Reactor Centrum Nederland, Petten, Holanda .

And many others courses, seminars, conferences dealing namely with subjects like management, oil industry, lubricants, human resources and training.

Social skills

and competences

  

cooperation with different teams and organizations in several fields namely engineering, solar energy, technical and scientific information and, as that, the applicant was  *Portugal representative of FID/II in UNIDO; An intense work with African countries

*member of engineers organization and, as that team worker for the pilot project for implementation in the universities  the concept scientific information;

Organizational skills

and competences

 

*First CHAIRWOMAN of INCITE – Portuguese association for the development of scientific and technical information with the responsibilities FOR ITS creation, strategy, budget, planning and ANIMATION.

* Member of the board of Portuguese of solar energy and of its journal aiming to develop tue use of renewable energies.

* Member of National Energy Data Committee of the World Energy Conference of Portuguese National Committee

* Representative of Petrogal in EUROPIA

Artistic skills

and competences

 

 

Loving painting, special visitor worldwide of exhibitions and a small painting  collector.

Course on JEWELRY in a school that provides TECHNICAL skills to work with noble materials, design  and manufacturing of jewels.

Loving travelling knowing almost all european countries and several countries in America, Africa  and Asia (60 countries visited)

Piano player