Mateus has more than 28 years of working track, with profile and experience in the areas of tax and legal, capacity building, business development and international trade.

Has experience in developing and implementing trade law capacity building initiatives for stakeholders, including private sector, for the country effective participation in international trade.

For the last 16 years has been working as consultant, namely advising international clients in structuring, setting up and operating investment projects in Mozambique from a tax and legal point of view, as well as assisting in compliance, advice and due diligence for transactions.

Has an in-depth knowledge of the Mozambique private sector, having participated in negotiations and drafting of legal reforms, collaborating for and was engaged in the public-private dialogue aimed at improving business environment.

Have been engaged in trade facilitation, participating in negotiations and implementation of international trade agreement, such under the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) between some of the countries of this group and the European Union and United Kingdom. Also is active in advising companies to navigate in the complexity of access to other preferential markets such under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).