Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance

Carlos Manuel Costa Pina

Married, 36 years old

Carlos Costa Pina (MSc.) has an Honours Degree in Law and a Masters Degree in Legal and Business Sciences from the Lisbon University and is the current Portuguese Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance.

Previously he was a board member of the Portuguese Securities Commission (2000/2005), where he was responsible for very demanding areas such as the supervision and regulation of stock markets, financial intermediation and asset management.

He was also a Legal Adviser in the Cabinets of the Prime-Minister (1999/2000) and the Minister of Finance (1998/1999). These highly responsible posts were of personal confidence and involved responsibility for and co-operation in the elaboration of a wide range of legal projects and diplomas, and monitoring various administrative and legal procedures pertaining to the Minister of Finance’s office. He has also attained a diversified and global experience on finance law matters through his participation in many and varied Working Groups (v.g., Working Groups on Securities Law, Insurance Contract Law and the State Owned Companies Law) some of which he actually co-ordinated (v.g., Working Group on the Revision of the Draft Budget Framework Law).

His achievements also included an intensive activity as a lawyer (1994/1998) and various prestigious invitations, since 1995, as a lecturer in the Lisbon Faculty of Law and some other Portuguese universities, and as a guest speaker and commentator in specialised legal and financial seminars and conferences.

His published works in Portuguese language include:

“The CO2 Emission Market”;
“Financial Markets and Institutions” (2004);
“Advertisement, Promotion and Prospecting on Financial Services” (2003);
“The Framework of the Portuguese Financial System”(2002);
“New Challenges of Asset Management” (2001);
“Financial Consolidation: The Needed Attention” (2001);
“Reform of Public Entities, Community Law and Competition Law” (2000);
“Documentary Credits – The ICC Uniform Customs and Practice and the Banking Activity” (2000);
“Information Obligations and Prospectus Liability on the Securities Market” (1999);
“Financial Supervisory Authorities”, in Portuguese Ministry of Finance’s Guide (1999);
“Reports of the Working Groups for (i) the Revision of the Draft Budget Framework Law and (ii) Preparation of the Complementary Legislation for the Budget Framework Law (collective text), Ministry of Finance (1999);
“The State Aids from a Comparative Law Perspective” (1998);
“The «Special» Industrial Tax under the Angolan Tax System: Evolution and Perspectives” (1998);
“The Fixed Establishment under the Angolan Legislation” (1996).