Professionalism begins with qualifications
Based on high reputable educational partnerships with international professional associations and certifications bodies we bring in Romania a unique portfolio of international certifications.
FIND OUT MOREBased on high reputable educational partnerships with international professional associations and certifications bodies we bring in Romania a unique portfolio of international certifications.
FIND OUT MOREAdrian is a senior banker with 20 years of experience in banking and financial markets.
He is a CFA charter holdersince 2006 and holds a PhD in International Finance. Adrian has 5-year experience as a Senior Options Dealer with ING Bank where he helped started the bank derivatives business in Romania and over 8 years’ experience in risk management (market, liquidity, operational, reputational and credit risk). Previously, he has been a Senior Economist in the Research Dept. of the National Bank of Romania for about 6 years. Adrian is also an Associate Professor with DOFIN – Doctoral School of Finance, ASE. Between 2011 - 2013, Adrian was the President of the Association of Financial-Banking Analysts in Romania and for the last 13 years Adrian has been a member of the CFA Romania Board of Directors, as well as the association’s President for seven years.
Carmen holds a PhD in Finance from ASE Bucharest and has been a lecturer in the Finance Department of the university since 2002, delivering courses and seminars on corporate finance, capital markets and business valuation.
Also, she is a senior financial markets professional with more than 15 years of experience in business valuation and financial markets analysis. Between 2017 and 2021, she was manager within the Valuation, Modelling and Economics sub service line of a Big4 consultancy company, while during 2010-2017 she was Head of Financial Markets Research of BRD-GSG Financial Markets Division.
Carmen gives lectures for CEFA qualification offered by EFFAS & AAFBR, being a member of AAFBR – The Association of the Financial and Banking Analysts in Romania.
Daniela is the President of AAFBR – The Romanian Association of Financial and Banking Analysts. She is a Senior Associate within the Valuation, Modeling and Economics subservice line of PwC Romania, being involved in business valuation, state-aid assistance, independent business review, impact studies and assistance in mergers and acquisitions.
She has 16 years of experience in capital market and advisory, out of which more than 12 years in analysis of private and public companies including market-based approach and the income approach in various sectors of activity. Also, starting 2019 she is a lecturer for the CEFA qualification offered by EFFAS & AAFBR.
She is the holder of the Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) – EFFAS and a member of ANEVAR (Romanian Association of Certified Valuators), being a certified valuator specialized in business valuation.
Top consultant, Mirela holds an impressive portfolio of international and national professional qualifications such as: FCCA, CIA, CAFR, CCF and CECCAR along with a solid academic background: a PhD in Accounting from ASE Bucharest and an MBA from Bentley University USA (graduated with High Distinction). She is a highly experienced practitioner, being a partner in a consulting firm. Her main fields of expertise covers: IFRS, Audit, Taxation, Budgeting, Business Planning, etc. Mirela is also an accredited trainer with applied teaching experience both in classroom and on-line courses delivered to professionals looking to acquire additional practical skills, enhanced understanding and solutions in the fields of the trainings.
Bianca has over fifteen years’ experience in the financial markets industry, developing her career by being involved in several areas of asset management business. She has been a CFA charterholder since 2010 and gained the risk management PRMIA PRM™ Designation in 2021.
With a focus on fixed income portfolio management, macroeconomic analysis and derivatives, she is currently Portfolio Manager within Raiffeisen Asset Management, being responsible for the active management of several mutual funds and a voluntary pension fund. Through the years she was involved in voluntary financial education programs structured by CFA Society Romania and The Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority.
Mihai is an investment professional with more than 13 years of experience in financial markets, with a background in both sell-side bank treasury departments and buy-side asset management. For the past 8 years he has been part of the NN team managing the largest pensions funds in Romania, acting as Chief Investment Officer for the NN voluntary pension funds since 2019.
Apart from experience-related credentials, Mihai is both a CFA and CAIA charter holder and also holds other relevant international certifications such as the ACI Diploma and the ICMA Fixed Income Certificate.
Ionuț is an experienced risk and finance top professional with strong technical background and proven organizational skills.He has 20 years in various transformative C-level positions in banking and asset management industry: Chief Treasury & ALM Officer at CEC Bank, Chief Risk Officer at NN Pensions etc.
Ionuț is a Certified Basel III Professional (Basel iii Compliance Professional Association – BiiiCPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute).