Dear Members,

We are pleased to announce that António Manuel Amaral has joined PostEurop as the new Market & Intelligence Support replacing Aleksandar Kasabov who has returned to Bulgaria.  António's main role will include providing permanent support for the activities of the Market Activities Circle (MAC), managing and adding value to the intelligence questionnaires and database, as well as gathering up to date postal market information.

António is Portuguese and has spent the last eight years with CTT Correios, Portugal.  From 2008 to 2012 he was responsible for the strategic studies and market intelligence department of CTT Correios de Portugal. During this period he worked on market analysis and international benchmarks regarding the development of new products and also with the implementation of the FMO in Portugal. In this context, in 2009 and 2010, he conducted two working papers which were published in the context of the Conference for Postal and Delivery Economics organized by the CRRI of Rutgers University. From 2012 to June 2014 he worked in Madrid as management controller at CTT Correios Spanish CEP subsidiary Tourline Express Mensajeria SLU.  António graduated from Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2004 with a degree in Economics.  He is married to Vera and together they have a ten years old son.

Sincerely,

Botond Szebeny

PostEurop Secretary General