Luís Pacheco spent seven years of his career at Portugal Telecom, during which he assumed senior management roles in several subsidiaries and international operations.

As group finance director of PT SGPS since 2006, he holds senior management positions at the holding company PT SGPS, as well as at PT PRO and PT ACS and Previsão. He holds overall corporate responsibility for human resources, financial and cash flow operations, fiscal affairs and financial reporting, among others. The current chief financial officer serves also as deputy Chairman of PT Investimentos Internacionais.

Prior to joining Portugal Telecom, he served as managing director and invited executive director of BES Investimento, from 1998 to 2002. He had previously held the roles of associate and managing director of UBS Warburg fro, 1994 to 1998.

Born in 1966, Luís Pacheco de Melo holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico at the Technical University of Lisbon and completed a Master in Business Administration from the Business School of the University of Navarra, in Barcelona in 1992.