Mr. Gil Bires has a degree in law and a postgraduate degree in international trade law. He has considerable experience in the area of investment/export promotion and facilitation acquired over several years of activities at the then Investment Promotion Center (CPI), where he began his career in 1999 as Legal Adviser and, later, Director of Project Management Services, having also served as a Deputy Director General of the Office of Accelerated Development Economic Zones (GAZEDA) from January 2013 to June 2017. He also coordinated the Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange Program (SPX) at the Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX). The SPX Programme helps local enterprises to successfully meet the challenges of globalization and to take advantage of emerging industrial subcontracting outsourcing and supply chain opportunities.  In August 2021 he was appointed Director General of Mozambique Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX).