José Hermenegildo Tavares de Freitas Carvalho, holds a BSC and a MSC on Geological Sciences by the University Pierre et Madame Curie, Paris VI, France. He was the founder and is actually one of the managing partners of GGC.
Has more than 30 years of professional experience on geological and hydrogeological studies, engineering geology and on multi-commodity exploration projects (metallic and industrial minerals). He works for several exploration companies and for civil works companies in Portugal, Australia, Angola and Mozambique for metallic and industrial minerals.
Formerly served as Geologist for the Geological Survey of Portugal – Exploration Branch, now LNEG.
He has been an invited lecturer in Geotechnics and Geology in Portuguese higher education institutions for over 20 years.