Speaker Bio
Born in Lisbon in 1972, Andre´ de Araga~o Azevedo graduated in Law by the
University of Lisbon. He is married and has three children.
He travelled to Macau in 1995 where he worked as a Lawyer and Legal Adviser,
supporting the transition of Macau from Portuguese to Chinese Administration
process. In 2005, when returned to Portugal, Andre´ Azevedo worked in the National
Parliament, as advisor to the Constitutional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Ethics
Commissions.
Between 2008 and 2011, he joined the Ministry of Health has the Chief of Staff of
the Secretary of State for Health.
In 2012, Andre´ Azevedo he joined Microsoft Portugal, with commercial
management functions in the Public Sector and, in 2017, he became an
administrator with the responsibility of promoting the use of technology as a factor
for transforming national companies and organizations. He was in charge of
coordinating the technological training plan for the ecosystem of Startups and
research centres based on cloud services, as well as the digital training of citizens
and professionals throughout their life cycle.