Raiffeisen Bank Romania extends VP mandate

Business Forum
The Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank has approved a new four-year mandate for Cristian Sporiş, who serves as Vice-President of the Board Management and coordinator of the Corporate and Investment Banking Division.

This decision is a response to Sporiş taking on new, expanded responsibilities within the bank.

Under his new mandate, Sporiş will also coordinate the Financial Institutions Directorate, the Capital Markets Trading and Sales Directorate, the Economic and Sectorial Research Directorate, and the Securities Services Department.

The new term is set to begin once these new responsibilities are officially approved by the National Bank of Romania.

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