Mr. Carvalho Netto holds a graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico.
He was a Director of Transgás and GDP, SGPS, S.A., and Chairman of the Board of Directors of natural gas distribution companies – Dianagás, Duriensegás, Medigás, and Paxgás.
Mr. Carvalho Netto held several offices as General-Directorate for Energy and was in charge of the coordinating of National Energy Plans between 1982 and 1984.
From 1984 to 1988 he was appointed by Prime Ministerial Order to work in the OECD's International Energy Agency. Between 1988 and 1995 he was a senior manager in the European Commission’s General-Directorate for Energy.  He moved to ERSE in 2002.
From 2005 to 2007 he was Adviser on energy to the Assistant Secretary of State for Industry and Innovation (2005-2007) and to the Minister for the Economy and Innovation (2007-2008).
Mr. Carvalho Netto was responsible for several international projects leading to the publication of articles on energy issues.