Career highlights and studies
He was born in 1963. He holds an MEng degree from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Bucharest Polytechnic Institute, with specialization in Avionics. He acquired a postgraduate degree in Reliability with specialization in “Complex technical systems’ reliability” from the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute and attended various executive programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and London Business School. In 1994 he joined Alpha Bank Romania S.A., where he held several senior positions before he was appointed Executive President in 2007. He was Managing Director (1995-1996) and then Executive President (1996-2002) at Alpha Finance Romania S.A. (former Bucharest Investment Group – Brokerage S.A.). He served as President of the Board of Governors of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (2001-2006), as Board Member of the Romanian Association of Banks and coordinator of the banking commissions on Mortgage Lending, Non-Performing Loans, European Union Funds Absorption, Treasury and Capital Markets (2008-2014) and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Romanian Association of Banks (2015-2021). On 11.2.2019 he was appointed General Manager of International Network (new title as of 15.12.2023 Chief of International Network).