Paula Casimiro has been working in the National Statistical System since 1995, being the Head of the Central Balance Sheet Division since March 2016. Previously she exercised coordination functions in the Monetary and Financial Statistics and Central Credit Register Division and in the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics Division and as a balance of payments and international investment position statistics specialist in the Statistics Department of Banco de Portugal. In these functions, she has represented Banco de Portugal in several national and international working groups, namely in the Statistical Council, ECB, Eurostat, OECD, BIS, IMF and in the European Committee of Central Balance-Sheet Offices. She has a master's degree in Applied Mathematics for Economics and Management from the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG) and a degree in Economics from the same institution. She has been a guest lecturer at Nova IMS since 2000, being responsible for the "Management of Statistical Systems" course in the Postgraduate Program in Statistical Systems, with a specialization in Central Banks' Statistics.