Walter da Cruz Pacheco

General Director of the Debt Management Office
Ministry of Finance, Republic of Angola

Walter da Cruz Pacheco

Biography

Mr Pacheco was raised in Angola but lived most of his life in Portugal and the United Kingdom, where he finished his higher education. Mr Pacheco holds a Bachelor Degree in Business and Economics and a Master Degree in International Finance (distinction, first in his class). He started his career as a FX trader at the Standard Bank of Angola. As the former Head of Market Development at Angola’s Capital Markets Commission, in 2014 Mr Pacheco oversaw the establishment of Bolsa de Dívida e Valores de Angola(“Bodiva”) - the Angolan Stock Exchange - which changed the landscape of the financial system in Angola, fostering investment and long-term growth. In 2014, while Mr Pacheco was Executive Director, Bodiva launched two secondary public debt trading markets (a treasury securities registration market and a wholesale treasury securities market). He is currently General Director of the Debt Management Office at the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Angola.