Adriano Silvestre Senvano has worked for the National Directorate of Geology (part of Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Mozambique) since 1991. He served as National Director of Geology from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, he was appointed General Director of the National Institute of Mines (INAMI). He has also served as member of the Comission of Experts for Extension of Continental Shelf of Mozambique from 2002 to 2010, and as President of the Central Comission of Public Ethic in 2015. He holds a Hons degree in Geology from the University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Maputo-Mozambique and a Master’s Degree in Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology for Tropical and Sub-Tropical Regions from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, in Germany.