Consultant in circular economy, reverse logistics and environmental regulation, he is a Mechanical Engineer, with a master's degree in Energy and a PhD in Environmental Sciences. He worked for 20 years at CETESB- São Paulo State Environmental Agency, where he was Assistant to the Vice-Presidency and Advisor of the State Secretary Cabinet, coordinating the State Policy on Solid Waste. He has provided consulting services to the OECD and was a member of the United Nations Sustainable Consumption and Production Expert Group. He is currently a professor at the Catholic University of Santos (UniSantos), and also in postgraduate and MBA courses at several other institutions, in the areas of Circular Economy, waste management, life-cycle assessment and environmental regulation, and has chapters in books and articles published in these areas.