Rui Dias

Senior Consultant

Rui is a Senior Circular Economy Consultant in the Climate, Nature, and Resources Business Unit. Rui is a skilled LCA analyst with a track record of analysing and interpreting LCA data across environmental challenges including carbon and resource management, ecosystem health and quality, and biodiversity. Alongside this, Rui regularly supports clients in collecting, assessing, and validating supplier-specific data for integration into carbon footprints and life cycle assessments.

Before joining 3Keel, Rui worked as a Senior LCA Consultant for WSP, managing and delivering life cycle assessments and developing whole life carbon strategies for the built environment and industry sectors. His past experience includes working as an applied sustainability researcher in international projects which developed data-driven and science-based strategies to support the transition towards circular, net-zero, and sustainable business models. Rui has been publishing impactful scientific articles encompassing innovative tools, frameworks, and insights in circular economy and sustainability areas.

Rui has a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering (University of Coimbra) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering and Management (Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon). Through this training, he has gained experience in building decision support tools for supply chain management problems and in modelling companies’ processes to improve operations while reducing costs and the environmental footprint.