Mihaela Lupu, currently the Chief Financial Officer for Central and Eastern Europe (CE&EE) at UniCredit Group, will become the new CEO and President of UniCredit Bank Romania from October 16, 2023. Her appointment was approved by the National Bank of Romania.

With a 25-year career at UniCredit, Mihaela Lupu started her career at UniCredit Group in August 1998 at HVB Bank Romania SA as a financial analyst, and in 2004 became the coordinator of the financial control department.

Since 2007, Mihaela was promoted to the position of head of the financial control department at UniCredit Țiriac Bank, and in 2010 she became the director of planning and control. The experience gained in these management positions and the leadership qualities recommended her in 2013 for the appointment to the position of financial director and member of the management of UniCredit Bank in Romania. Since 2017, Michaela Lupu has taken on new challenges in the Group, successively taking on the position of Head of Group Planning, Capital Management and Strategic Capital Management, and from 2021 to the present, the role of CFO for Central and Eastern Europe (CE&EE).

Mihaela’s responsibilities include being part of the due diligence team for the merger with Banca Comercială Ion Țiriac, followed by the merger between UniCredit and HVB Țiriac, and being part of the team that coordinated the acquisition of the retail and corporate portfolios from RBS.

Teodora Petkova, head of Central and Eastern Europe at UniCredit, said: “Michaela’s appointment as CEO of UniCredit Bank in Romania is a testament to her professional training and outstanding contribution to our organization. Her data-driven approach to decision-making, her strategic thinking, strong risk management skills, and her acute business acumen make it her mission to drive the growth and stability of the bank and contribute to the development and continued success of our clients and colleagues in Romania.” .

“It is a great honor and joy for me to return to UniCredit Bank in Romania together with the team that I have been a part of and in which I have grown for so many years of my professional life. At the same time, I feel a huge responsibility. Together with my colleagues at UniCredit, I will continue the bank’s commitment to being a partner of the communities in which we operate, a player deeply involved in the Romanian economy and one of the engines of the Group’s growth. Our mission is to always be better, to offer products and services adapted to the needs of our customers, and to be the bank of the future of Europe and Romania,” said Mihaela Lupu.

Mihaela Lupu has a degree in economics, a graduate of the Academy of Economic Sciences in Bucharest, and a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).