Miguel Sena e Silva

Senior Associate Director
Miguel advises our clients for concession tenders, assets valuation and transactions, due diligences, litigations or debt refinancing

MSc/BSc in Mechanical Engineering by NOVA FCT, with post-graduate studies in Logistics (MBA by IST/ISCTE/FEUP) and Data Science (NOVA IMS), complemented with intensive training in Transport Modeling (MIT, US; PTRC, UK) and PFI/PPPs schemes (UMI, Austria).

Miguel has 23 years of experience across the transport sector – covering road, rail, ports and airports. As Senior Associate Director, Miguel advises our clients on highways, rail, aviation, and freight transport/logistics for various types of requests, namely concession tenders, assets valuation and transactions, due diligences, litigations or debt refinancing, having performed analyses related to operational performance of transport systems, pricing, competitiveness assessments, and focused research within the scope of transport research projects funded by the European Commission.

Miguel holds relevant international experience in Europe (France, Germany, Georgia, Ireland, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, USA), LATAM (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) and Africa (Mozambique, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome and Principe). Author of 14 technical communications presented at leading industry events.

Languages

Mother tongue Portuguese, Work proficiency in English and Spanish

Key experiences

Transport Demand patterns analysis and simulation

Transport system’s modeling; forecasting, economic, and risk analyses

Strategic analysis in freight and logistics sector

Development of freight transport studies in road, rail, and air modes

Programming (R, python) and Data Science

Pricing and Managed Lanes

R&D projects in transport – Horizon 2020 and 7th Framework Program

Joined VTM

Miguel joined VTM in 2001