Fernando Jorge Cardoso has been a visiting full professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon since 2021. He is co-founder and executive director of the Club of Lisbon. He holds a degree in Economics (1976) from Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) in Maputo, a PhD in Economics (1991) with Public Habilitations (2006) from the Higher Institute for Economics and Management, ISEG at the University of Lisbon. He has over a hundred publications on development, geopolitics, geoeconomics and security, with a focus on Africa. In Mozambique, he was Dean of the School of Economics at UEM (1978-1983), advisor to the Minister of Planning (1977-1983) and Executive President of the sugar company Maragra (1983-1985). In Portugal, he has held research, training and management positions at several universities (1991-2021), coordinated the Africa area of the Institute for Strategic and International Studies, IEEI (1991-2012) and the Strategic and Development Studies area of the NGDO Marquês de Valle Flôr Institute (2012-2021). As a consultant, he has prepared and evaluated cooperation programmes in Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde and the PALOP group. He is a regular contributor to the National Defence Institute and the Institute of Military Studies.