{"id":547665,"date":"2026-10-15T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/sb_speaker\/francisca-ferrao-costa\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:01:02","slug":"francisca-ferrao-costa","status":"publish","type":"sb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_speaker\/francisca-ferrao-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisca FERR\u00c3O COSTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francisca Costa is Vice Chair and Non-Executive Director of BFA Capital Markets.<\/p>\n

She brings more than 20 years of experience in banking, financial services, audit, with expertise in strategy, risk management, governance and initiatives that support value creation.<\/p>\n

In her current role, she contributes to the development of Angola\u2019s capital markets and to expanding access to investment opportunities.<\/p>\n

Francisca joined the BFA Group in 2017 as Head of Accounting and Planning. She subsequently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Banco de Fomento Angola, as well as Vice Chair of BFA Asset Management.<\/p>\n

Earlier in her career, she spent more than a decade at KPMG as a financial auditor in Portugal and Angola.<\/p>\n

She holds a degree in Business Finance from ISCTE Business School and has completed the Advanced International Corporate Finance Program at INSEAD, the Advanced Leadership Program at IMD, and a Specialized Programme in Corporate Sustainability at Nova School of Business and Economics.<\/p>\n

She is currently undertaking INSEAD\u2019s International Directors Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[250],"class_list":["post-547665","sb_speaker","type-sb_speaker","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-250"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrancisca FERR\u00c3O COSTA - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_speaker\/francisca-ferrao-costa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Francisca FERR\u00c3O COSTA - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Francisca Costa is Vice Chair and Non-Executive Director of BFA Capital Markets. 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