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Elected member of the Board of Directors by the OGM of April 24, 2025, for a term of office of four years, from April 26, 2025, until April 26, 2029; non-executive administrator.
Profession: Economist
Nationality: Romanian
Year of birth: 1950
Lion Capital – April 2025 – present
Member of the Board of Directors
(with the duties associated with the position exercised only after the issuance of the authorization decision by the Financial Supervisory Authority – ASF Authorization no. 44/26.02.2026)
Member of the Audit Committee within the Board of Directors, starting with May 14, 2026
Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE)
Professor – 1993 – present
Vice-Rector – March 2004 – March 2016
PhD Supervisor – October 1996 – Present
Dean, Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange – December 1993 – March 2004
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Finance, Banking and Accounting – February 1990 – December 1993
Associate Professor – September 1990 – October 1993
Lecturer – September 1979 – September 1990
Teaching Assistant – April 1974 – September 1979
PROVITAS, Bucharest – 2021 – present
Administrator
Key responsibilities: management of a real estate leasing company
Dâmbovița Hotel Complex, Târgoviște – 2021 – present
Administrator
Key responsibilities: management of a hospitality business
Institute for Financial Studies (ISF), Bucharest – 2015 – 2020
Leadership and administration of ISF
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Financial Studies – September 2017 – October 2020
Key responsibilities: coordination of scientific activity, academic partnerships, university programs, and the ISF journal
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors – 2015 – 2017
Banca Românească – 2003 – 2019
Board Member and Chair of the Internal Audit Committee (2003 – 2015)
SIF Banat-Crișana – 2003 – 2017
Member of the Board of Directors
Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania – 2000 – present
Certified Financial Auditor
The Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania (CECCAR) – 1996 – present
Certified Expert Accountant
National Bank of Romania (BNR) – 1999 – 2004
Statutory Auditor
Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade – October 1973 – May 1974
Junior Economist
Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada – July–August 1999
Academic research in Corporate Finance
University of Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom – October–December 1997
Academic research in Finance and Capital Markets
Université de Genève, Switzerland – January–June 1996
Academic research in Foreign Direct Investment and Capital Markets
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (Université des Réseaux d’Expression Française), Paris, France – October 1993 – July 1994
Excellence Scholarship – Financial Markets
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France – October 1993 – February 1994
TEMPUS Scholarship – Corporate Finance
Bucharest University of Economic Studies – 1976–1990
PhD in Economics
Bucharest University of Economic Studies – 1969–1973
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
Economic High School, Târgoviște – 1965–1969
“Professor Emeritus” distinction, awarded by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) – 2022
“Lifetime Excellence Award”, granted by the Association of Romanian Faculties of Economics (AFER) – 2020
Victor Slăvescu Prize, awarded by the Romanian Academy for the book Finance – 2009
Georgescu-Roegen Diploma, awarded by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies for scientific research conducted within nationally and internationally funded projects – 2006
Co-director of the World Bank Mobility Program with partner universities in Geneva, Orléans, Toulouse, and Reading – 1997–1999
OSCAR Award (including the statuette), granted by Capital magazine for the best economic book of the year – 1997
Member of the University Society for Financial Research, Tilburg, The Netherlands – 1990–2004
English (proficient)
French (proficient)
