Verdigal Gomes Mendonça

Born on July 13, 1985, in the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, where he spent his entire childhood and adolescence.

He completed his Primary Education at the school of the former Porto Real company and his Secondary Education at Padrão Secondary School and Santo António II School.

In 2006, he enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree program in Mathematics at the former Polytechnic Higher Institute (ISP), now the University of São Tomé and Príncipe (USTP), in the city of São Tomé.

In 2008, he was awarded a scholarship funded by the Government of Cape Verde to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management at the University of Santiago on Santiago Island in Cape Verde.

After completing his university studies in 2012, he began his first job as a Financial Consultant at the company "Grupo INOVE - Business Consultants" in Cape Verde.

In 2015, he returned to São Tomé and Príncipe and worked at the offices of "Grupo AGORA - Consulting & Services" and "Grupo Soares da Costa" as a Financial Consultant and Manager.

In 2016, he was invited by the XVI Constitutional Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe to serve as Financial Administrator of the National Medicines Fund, where, a year later, he was appointed Executive Director of the company.

In 2019, he returned to the private sector and joined "Grupo CECA-GADIS STP - Super Ckdo" as an Accountant. In the same year, he founded his own company, named “VM - Business Consultants, Lda.”

In 2022, he was appointed Regional Secretary for Finance and Public Administration in the VIII Government of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe.