Carlos Correia de Matos

Carlos Correia de Matos was born in Viana do Castelo, NW Portugal, by the end of the Second World War and says he is determined not to embark for the Elysian Fields before the International Mathematical Union becomes a great, decent institution again. He holds three university degrees (plus a postgraduation), each of which confers him a professional title: auditor (certified public accountant), economist and lawyer. As an economist, he was approved in the first public competition ever opened by a Portuguese university to recruit assistant professors (1977, Porto Faculty of Economics); however, he then opted for a better-paying career in the banking sector, where he developed competencies in the field of financial mathematics.