Fernando Pacheco

Fernando Pacheco has over 20+ years’ experience in Financial Services, spanning various segments (Transaction Banking, Payments, Crypto, Foreign Exchange, and Equity Markets), regions (Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Middle East), and roles (Business Head, Sales, Product, Trading, Operations).
Among his biggest achievements are the four businesses that he%27s scaled in Payments, Foreign Exchange, and Securities Lending, each with separate organisations.
Fernando has extensive experience with regulators and regulatory projects, having acted as Authorised Manager for a significant banking entity, managing new country license applications, seeking regulatory approvals for new product developments, and participation in industry wide projects.
He brings to organisations extensive international experience in the banking and fintech ecosystems and using the combination of an entrepreneurial mindset, passion for coaching and developing high performance teams, and a track record of executing both strategic and tactical plans across complex businesses, he has been able to secure marquee Client mandates and Partnerships.
He has partnered with clients across a wide range of segments, from structuring complex solutions for some of the largest global companies, to working with business owners in small/medium sized businesses, as well as providing consumer solutions in direct-to-consumer industry segments such as Healthcare, Retail, Insurance, Ecommerce.
The deep understanding of the end-to-end business across Sales, Service, Operations, Product, Risk & Governance allows him to connect the dots between different business line initiatives, mobilise cross-functional teams, and make him equally adept at driving revenue growth from client portfolios, managing the balance sheet, or implementing risk and control frameworks in order to scale business growth.