Hugo Alexandre Matos Tavares is Senior Officer of the Portuguese National Police (Public Securiy Police) and leads several police stations in the cities of Oporto and Lisbon.  In 2009, he was designated Chief of Local Police Division in Cascais City Hall;  In  2012,  Hugo Alexandre Matos Tavares was appointed Chief-Inspector of Criminal Investigation Unit of the  Economic Portuguese Police (Economic and Food Safety Authority); Since  May this year, and after being promoted to Senior Office rank, Mr. Tavares was designated the  Director of the National Unit for Intelligence and Criminal  Investigation  of Economic Police. Mr. Tavares holds a university degree on Police Sciences specializing on Criminal Law, European and Economic Criminal Law, Police Leadership. He also published several technical / academic articles on Criminal Law.