Mrs. Maria Oliveira, CXS

Senior Officer – Licensing Department
Portuguese Customs and Tax Administration

Mrs. Maria Oliveira is an Export Control and Sanctions Specialist (CXS), currently serving as a Senior Officer in the Licensing Department of the Portuguese Customs and Tax Administration.
Since 2005, she has been working in the field of strategic trade controls, commercial restrictions, and sanctions. She represents Portugal as Delegate to the Dual Use Coordination Group of the European Commission and as Assistant Delegate to the Dual Use Working Party of the Council of the European Union.
Mrs. Oliveira has delivered several training sessions for customs officers on dual-use items trade and contributed to the European Commission’s outreach initiatives on EU restrictive measures concerning Russia. She has also participated in Portuguese missions to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Currently, she is also engaged with the EU P2P Programme, supporting capacity-building initiatives in third countries on export controls for dual-use items