Mr. Vilius Šapoka is the current Minister of Finance in the Republic of Lithuania. For 5 years Mr. Šapoka held the position of the Director of the Financial Services and Markets Department at the Bank of Lithuania, and prior to that – of the Chairman of the Lithuanian Securities Commission. In 2003 he was granted the Master’s Degree in Economics at Vilnius University, he also studied in the  Baltic Management Institute as well as underwent training  at the European Commission.