Valentin Popovici

Valentin Popovici, CFA, currently serves as Head of FX Trading and Corporate Treasury Sales at Erste Group, where responsibilities include managing teams within Global Markets across the CEE Region and ensuring alignment with corporate strategies. Alongside this role, Valentin holds a position as a Board Member of ACI Romania. Previously, Valentin was Executive Director of Group Capital Markets at BCR, overseeing Financial Markets activities and managing a division of 40 professionals. Valentin's career also includes significant roles at Citibank and ABN AMRO Bank Romania, as well as an early position as an Economist at the National Bank of Romania. Valentin's academic background includes a Master's degree in Economics from Central European University and dual Master's degrees in International Trade and Economics from Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași.