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RICARDOFONSECA PORTFOLIO
2002-2014
- In 2002 I wenttoGalp Açorescorporationas client manager, www.galpenergia.com, having
held network management functions resale and business management of lubricants, gas
stations, lpg, in all azorean islands.
- At GalpAçoresi´ve developed and run until November 2014 processes of economic studies,
construction management, fuels and lpg reservoirs installation contracts on the islands of
Terceiraand SãoMiguel,explorationandconstructionof Galpservice stations on the island of
Faial, Terceira, São Miguel, managed the dossier of the four gas stations in highway roads
concession of the island of São Miguel.
- Ellaboration of the economic study that led to the allocation of the last license to a new
driving school in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island in the Faja de Cima in
June 2009.
SOME REFERENCE WORKS PROMOTED AT GALPENERGIA CORPORATION IN THE AZORES AT
THE PERIOD BETWEEN 2002-2014
- Businessdealsof over100 publicandprivate commercial customers representing more than
2,000 gasoline consumer cards in galpfrota cards, lubricants and lpg on all the islands of the
Azores since 2002.
- Innovation ideas leader on a monthly basis at Galpenergia intranet since 2009 to 2014.
- Contractual Locking, licensing management, economic study design of two gasoline service
areas on the island of São Miguel between 2012 and 2014
- Contractual consolidation of lpg retailer network to 5 years in Flores, Pico and São Jorge
islands.
- Renewal contract for diesel consumption for 5 years with Transmaçor, ship corporation.
- Managementof the image implementation process galp of Furnas gas station and licensing
and construction in Ribeira Seca Ribeira Grande gas station, both in São Miguel Island.
- Carrying out feasibility studies and operational management / logistics acquisition and
maintenance of equipmentof highwaystationsGalpandgpl on all the islands of the Azores in
the period 2002-2014 in order to provide customer service.
- Dismantling Coordination of gas stations in Santa Cruz das Flores and in Lajes das Flores for
environmental compliance on the island of Flores and also in São Miguel island.
- Implementationof opt-outdoorpaymentterminals in galpenergia gas stations in the Azores
in order to maximize customer service in GalpEnergia gas stations.
- Prospecting, licensing process management / construction work of gas station of Angra do
Heroísmo- phase II on the Terceira Island.

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- Prospecting, licensing process management / construction of the gas station's work
Boulevard Prince of Monaco, Horta on Faial island.
- Prospecting, licensing process management / construction of 24 hours gas station's work is
dried in Ribeira Ribeira Grande on the island of São Miguel.
- Gas stationimage andfuel tanks implementationinSãoRoque- Ponta Delgada on the island
of São Miguel.
- Prospecting,licensingprocess management / construction work of gpl-industry in the Royal
Garden hotel on the island of São Miguel.
- Prospecting,licensingprocessmanagement/ construction work of lpg-industry Terceira Mar
Hotel in Terceira.
- Prospecting,licensing process management / construction work of lpg-industry in Vip hotel
on the island of São Miguel.
- Prospecting, licensing process management / construction work of gpl-industry in Caloura
Hotel on the island of São Miguel.
- Prospecting,fuelsbusinessconsolidation,lubricants,lpgchannelednetwork and GalpEnergia
industrycompaniesfromvariousfields of activity of the Azores as well as the various aspects
of the Azores regional government.
- Raising allotments in gpl bulk channeled to provide hundreds of houses on the island of
Terceira and São Miguel.
2000-2001
I have worked in Accounting Section of SATA AIR AZORES from September 13 to December
31, 1999, www.sata.pt, namely with the following activities:
- commercial and accounting operations.
- control of traffic flow, namely the establishment of sold and flown revenues of travel
operators of Sata Group, namely:
• SATA EXPRESS.
• AZORES EXPRESS.
- Advisor in the Control of SATA Investment Projects co-financed by EU funds under the
Community Support Framework II involving DREPA, Regional Directorate of Studies and
Planning of the Azores, namely:
- Project Briefcase Air- Transport Network Optimization.
- Project Sado- Autonomous System Operational Order.
- Project Board Equipment Acquisition.

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- Project Amsys- Fleet Management System.
- Project ABC- System Activity based costing.
- Clearance of accounts on the economic and financial situation of SATA AIR AZORES, EP to
provide data to the Bank of Portugal.
In SATA INTERNATIONAL, SA, www.sata.pt, exercised functions from 2000 to 2001, namely:
- Assessment and control of the sales made by travel agencies and shops SATA
INTERNATIONAL, SA, paid by credit card in Portugal.
- Control differential billing TAP flight hours.
- Financial control of all sales of travel agencies and SATA stores INTERNATIONAL, SA for
regular routes in Portugal and of the costs associated with managing the BSP.
- Financial control of all sales of travel agencies in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and France as
well as expenses associated with the management of the BSP in those countries.
- Financial Control of Airport Charges in France and Norway.
- Financial control of CASS sales of all cargo agents covered by this system in Portugal.
- Constitution supply check c - maintenance of aircraft AIRBUS.
- Clearance of monthlyflighthours,blockhours,numberof commercial flightsand positioning
route and equipment.
- Collaborationinthe managementandcoordinationof TPA installationprocess at the level of
relations with REDUNICRE, AMERICAN EXPRESS and BPA in Porto counter sales.
- Financial control of expense accounts related to the repair and maintenance of all aircraft.
- Assistance in passengers relationship management particularly in terms of repayments.
- Control of billingtrafficfrominternational aviation companies and respective reconciliation
accounts.
- Launch of IATA CLEARING HOUSE documentation from international aviation companies for
reconciliation of third-party accounts.
- Elaboration of Quarterly Report for INAC, National Institute of Civil Aviation.
- Control and reversal of expense accounts and related revenue AMSYS integrations.
- Ellaboration of monthly performance report to SATA AIRLINES Administration.

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- Financial control of sales of travel agencies in Germany within the route PDL / FRANKFURT /
PDL and of the costs related to the management of the BSP in Germany including the
DERDATA, B+S CARD SERVICE.
- Financial control of operating leases account related to the three B-737 and the two A-310.
-Launchand follow-upin2001 of the whole accessionprocess of the company to CBCL system
(Local Credit Card Billing) that the company had not. The entities involved were REDUNICRE,
SA and ADP PORTUGAL, S: A.
-Launchand assesmentin2001 to processof implementationof international Merchant code
American Express to Sata International, SA The entity involved in this process was the
American Express Spain in the focal person was Mrs. Consuelo Izquierdo.
- intensive collaboration in the process of joining the BSP system in France, Switzerland and
Spain, making all the financial control of the company in these countries.
In October2001 the Group's CustomerManagementOffice Satawas created in which pay i´ve
gave support to management.
Similarly i´ve started to control the entire system of IATA CLEARING HOUSE Sata Group in
terms of relations with foreign airlines or in accounting terms in settlement and closing
movements, working on different exchange rate regimes.
Business Consultant since 1998.
- Door to door sales in Azores, direct marketing system in 1992 to finance university
graduation at NOVA BUSINESS SCHOOL.
From 1998 untill 1999, i´ve exercised functions in the Financial, Administrative and
Commercial departmentsof RaizQuadrada- HumanResources&Consulting,Ltd., the company
that won the tender for the commercial exploitation of the Azores Pavilion at Expo '98.
- In the financial area took over the control responsibility of receipts and payments of the
company. In the commercial area took intensive functions, relationship management with
customers, stakeholders, and regional and continental suppliers for the entire payroll
merchandising.
- In particularassumedmanagementadvisory functions related to the Azores participation in
Expo '98, including the clearance of Sales, Royalties paid to EXPO Park, Audit of sales in Expo
'98.
Similarlycollaboratedintensively in shipping goods to customers, stock inventory, returns to
vendors.Performednumerousproposalsfor launching new business areas in the company in
the field of Training, Multimedia, IT and consulting.
- I have attended the Teacher Training Course for Trainers of the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Ponta Delgada from 17 June to 24 July 1999, having obtained Good Plus.

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- I have worked as a journalist in economic journalist economy area in the "Journal Expresso
das Nove" since mid-November 1998 to 14 January 1999, maintaining a weekly page analysis
in Economics.
- I have worked as a journalist in economics in the newspaper "Eastern Azorean" since mid-
February 1999 to mid-June 2000, maintaining uninterrupted weekly page themes on
Economics, sports and regional development, http://www.acorianooriental.pt/.
- I have performedmanagementfunctionsinthe UniversityResidence of NovaBusinessSchool
inLisbonduringmy graduationperiodineconomics being responsible for students of Europe
and Africa behaviour inside the residence.
- I have workedinthe summerof 1993 inWWI (Wholesale WarehousingIndustries) as a direct
salesman,havingreachedthe rankingof 42 bestdirectsalesmanof the IberianPeninsulainthe
period June to September 1993.
- I have worked as a pineapple fruit distributor of the island of São Miguel, since the end of
January 1996 until mid-June 1997, selling pineapple in Lisbon.
- I have worked in the OTL program, summer youth program, in the following institutions:
In the Project Office of EDA Electricity Company of the Azores, SA, www.eda.pt
In the Department of Biology at the University of the Azores, www.uac.pt.
AS CONSULTANT:
Performed and organized in full and individually in 2001 in the period from September to
Octoberthe applicationprocesstoEU fundsof eighteen SIDELinvestmentprojects, two SIDET
investmentprojectsand2 studies of economic and financial viability for business acquisition
and storage for accounting firms Neca Ltd and Managing & Organizing, Lda.
CURRENTLY IN PORTUGAL:
- I´m a financial, educational, strategic, sales and investment projects consultant, founder of
AÇORFINANCE. https://www.facebook.com/ACORFINANCE/?fref=ts.
- I´m ERC SATA RALLYE AZORESTECHNICALSCRUTINEER and local rallyes scrutineer with FPAK
license nº. 2037.
- Social web administrator regarding automobile, business, investigation, sea sports, rally
pages evolving members from the five continentes on a daily basis.
- Presidentof ABSA- AzoreanBodyboardandSurf Association,anassociationthatstarted of an
simple ideaata gas stationandtoday has60,000 Average visitsonadailybasisonFacebook in
justa yearand a half of existence involving110countriesof 5 continents in social networking.
- Creation and development of incoming projects of youth to the Azores involving European
Union countries.

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- Academic Researcher in the area of energy/fuels demand worldwide in econometrics.
SOCIAL/SPORTS ACTIVITIES:
- Responsible forRelationswith Competitors at ERC SATA RALLY AZORES between 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, with regard to conflict management, communication management with
competitors, application of FIA regulations, Federation Internationale de L 'Automobile, to
competitors. This job was recognized by teams to clerk of the course Mr. Antonio Andrade.
- ERC AZORES AIRLINES 2015 and 2016 scrutineer, being responsible at scrutineering, by the
scrutineers chief Mr. Fernando Costa Matos, for final approval of all competitors cars wich
evolves secure and intense knowledge of FIA technical lists and “J ANNEXE” of Internationl
SportingCode and its alterations. Also at scutineering marked FIA code bar in the roll cage of
all cars for tyre marking and inspection during the rally. I´ve marked tyres in service stations
and checked safety equipment of all competitors in special stages.
- Participationinnational andregional meetings of Galpenergia gasoline and lpg retailers in
2002-2008 period on behalf of Galp Açores, SA
- CivicService ProvisioninEarthquake that occurred in Faial in 1998 at Supermarket Solmar to
raise food supply.
- Representativeof the Azoresinthe EuropeanParliament in 1993, representating Azores and
Domingos Rebelo school at Euroschool program after providing evidence of selection to the
school and sportslevel atthe regional level.Ihave alsobeenspokesperson and coordinator of
one of the discussiongroupsonthe impactof the SchengenTreatywithinthe EuropeanUnion.
I representedinthe 2000/2001 football club"Aguia dos Arrifes” in São Miguel Championship
in which i was island champion, winning the Honorary Cup and the Cup of São Miguel also.
- Fan of all motorsports on a 24/7 basis.
- As a Poetry writer i have published two books namely “An Azorean sea” and “The tenth
azorean Island” in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
SPORTS ACHIEVMENTS:
- Under-10 Champion of the island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
- Under- 14 Champion of the island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal..
- Representative of the Azores in Lisbon at the National Stadium in Inter-district football
tournament under-13. I was selected to represent Sporting club of Portugal but this process
suffered SCP presidency change.
- Regional Champion under- 14 in the Azores island of selections.

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- Representative of the Azores in Lisbon at the National Stadium in Inter-district football
tournament Under-15.
- JuniorChampionof SãoMiguel andthe Azores,representing the Azores in qualifying for the
finals of the National Junior Championships in 1991.
- Champion at senior level club at Aguia dos Arrifes in football in 2002 on the island of São
Miguel and regional runner-up in 2002.
- ParticipatinginfootballinSerie Azores, semi-professional league representingthe clubAguia
dos Arrifes in the 2000/2001 season.
AWARDS:
- Galpenergiainnovationprize in2008 with the Project gas stationsretailersportal creationin
GalpNet, IT platform of formal communication with retailers for them to contribute to
innovation.
- Obtained the Aguia dos Arrifes sports merit diploma as a football player.
- As president of the sports club ABSA obtained the title of champion of the Azores 2015
bodyboard open, under-18 surf and open bodyboard 4th leg winners in the 2015 disputed in
Terceira Island in March. I´ve sponsored athletes of bodyboard to represent Azores in the
National, European and World League.
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS:
- Creation of tourist incoming youth project to the Azores involving European and non-
european countries.
- Publication both of Master and Doctoral thesis in international journals.
- Manage the Associationof BodyboardandSurf the Azoressince 2013. The developedactivity
is registered in the events page on facebook ABSA. To highlight the organization of the
championship Portugal Pro Tour in 2013 and 2014 in the Azores.
https://www.facebook.com/ABSA.ASSOCIACAOBODYBOARDSURFACORES?ref=hl
- Manage the ABSA website content absaassociacaobodyboardsurfacores.com.
- Creation of social and sporting events under the Sea Economics and Schools of the Azores.
https://www.facebook.com/ABSA.ASSOCIACAOBODYBOARDSURFACORES/events
- Sports Commissioner FPAK, Responsible for Relations with national and international rally
teamsfrom 2011 to 2014 on ERC Sata Rallye AzoresandalsoAzoresregional rallies in matters
of competition regulations, conflict management, logistical support.

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- Econometric research in the energy segment of fuels on a national and international
perspective.
- Creation and consolidation of surf and bodyboard school with national and international
partnerships in order to come to the Azores to promote competition and training as well as
incoming tourism.
- Publication of 3rd book of poetry in 2016.

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WEB LINKS FOR CROSS CHECK ON RICARDO FONSECA OUTDOOR PROJECTS/SPORTING
ACTIVITIES
https://www.instagram.com/ricardo.free.azores.portugal/
https://www.facebook.com/ABSA.ASSOCIACAOBODYBOARDSURFACORES/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/ABSA.ASSOCIACAOBODYBOARDSURFACORES/events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=180i4NJgUAM
https://vimeo.com/80455353
https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.fonseca.566/photos_albums
http://www.gdc.com.pt/
https://www.facebook.com/ACORFINANCE/?fref=ts
SOCIAL/SPORTS EVENTS
Participationinthe meetingonwomen'srightsinthe contextof workoccured in May 2016
organizedbyUMAR Association.
Organisationof the events BODYBOARDPROTOUR AZORESin 2013 and2014, portuguese pro
bodyboardchampionshipheldinAzoresandtransmitedliveinfull hdall overthe world.
ERC AZORES AIRLINESRALLYE 2011-2016
MUSIC FESTIVALMONTE VERDE IN SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
Participationin2012 inthe Meeting"Youthand DemocraticParticipation"organizedbythe
Youth Regional Directorate andheldatthe Academyof ArtsinPontaDelgada,São Miguel
Island.
MONTE VERDE MUSIC FESTIVAL
MOTO GP PORTUGAL 2009, 2010
MUSIC FESTIVALROCKIN RIO
MUSIC FESTIVAL OEIRASALIVE
MUSIC FESTIVAL SuperBock SuperRock
+ POSITIVEIDEASsponsoredbyGalpenergiaandheldin2004 inCoimbra.