Moedas was born to a communist journalist and a seamstress in Beja, Alentejo, southern Portugal, in 1970. He studied at Lisbon University, graduating in 1993 with a degree in Civil Engineering from the See more

After leaving university, Moedas worked as a project manager for the Suez Group in France between 1993 and 1998. He then took postgraduate studies at Harvard Business School, … See more

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member (since 2021)
• Aga Khan University, Member of the Chancellor’s Commission (since 2021)
• Africa Europe Foundation (AEF), Member of the High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations … See more

• Amaro, N. L., Moedas, C. 2011. O Novo Paradigma do Investimento Imobiliário: Análise e estratégias para um sector-chave da economia. Sabedoria Alternativa
• Bogers, M., Chesbrough, H., Moedas, C. 2018. Open Innovation: Research, Practices, and Policies. California Management Review, Volume: 60 issue: 2, page(s): 5-16 See more

Following the Eurozone crisis, Moedas was appointed coordinator of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Economic Research Unit. He and Eduardo Catroga led PSD negotiations in the run-up to Portugal's 2011 State Budget, following which he was … See more

• Member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering (2014)
• Commander of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit by the King Felipe VI of Spain (2015)
• Honorary Doctorate in Laws by the University of Cork (2016) See more

• XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal (in Portuguese)
• List of Parliament members in Portugal (in Portuguese) See more