Fer­reira is no stranger to the in­sur­ance busi­ness and man­age­ment, hav­ing spent most of his ca­reer with the Fur­ness Trinidad Group. He joined the CIC group two years ago as CEO. He al­so served as a di­rec­tor of the De­posit In­sur­ance Cor­po­ra­tion (Sub­sidiary of the Cen­tral Bank) dur­ing the pe­ri­od 2002-2008.