16 November 2021

The Institute of Financial Studies in partnership with the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești invites you on October 28, 2021, at 11:40, to the SmartFIN@ISF Vocational Improvement Seminar. The seminar includes interactive presentations on the subject of career and presentations of case studies, technical and practical aspects in the field of insurance, capital market, pensions.

Special guests at the October 28 session:

PhD. Prof. Marian SIMINICĂ, Executive Director of ISF and PhD professor at the University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, teaches courses in Economic and Financial Analysis and Financial Diagnosis of the company and is a PhD supervisor in Accounting. He has a rich experience in university management, holding the position of Vice Dean of the Faculty (2008 - 2012), responsible for scientific research and quality assurance of education, as well as Dean, in 2012 - 2016. He was Vice President of the Board of the Association Romanian Faculties of Economics (2012-2016). He is a member of several professional associations in the economic field, respectively: expert evaluator ANEVAR, being General Secretary of the association in the period 2016-2017; expert accountant, CECCAR member; tax consultant, CCFR member. Since 2014 he is Vice President of the Romanian Society of Economic - Financial Analysis (SRAEF). Since 2017 he is a member of the CNATDCU Commission "Economic Sciences and Business Administration", and since 2018 a member of the Commission of permanent experts ARACIS, contributing to the external evaluation of numerous undergraduate and master's degree programs in economics. He has extensive experience in scientific research materialized in the publication of 7 books and university textbooks, over 60 articles in specialized journals, including 12 articles in journals indexed Web of Science with nonzero AIS, participation in national and international conferences, participation in scientific research contracts as a grant director or member of the research team. He is a reviewer for several Web of Science indexed journals and a member of the editorial board for several indexed journals in International Databases. The main research directions are: financial performance and business risks; sectoral economic-financial analyzes; business behavior research models.

PhD. Assoc. Prof. Laura Elly NAGHI, doctor in the field of Finance - Insurance with an experience of over 15 years in the field of professional training of adults. She completed postdoctoral studies at ASE Bucharest in the field of insurance. She has several books published in the financial field, BDI articles and participations in international conferences frequently. ANC authorized trainer, with international certifications, participated in the elaboration of professional training manuals specific to non-banking financial markets. She gives presentations at events organized in the financial market, including financial education projects among students (middle school, high school) and pre-university teachers.

Dragoș-Marius CĂLIN - Dragos CALIN has over 20 years of experience in the insurance field, accumulated in companies such as GENERALI, GROUPAMA and ASIROM. Three years ago he was appointed Sales Director of GRAWE Romania. Dragoş-Marius Călin took over the executive management of Grawe Romania, becoming president of the insurer's board of directors.

Daniel SZOCS, Associate Broker in the Corporate Department of Otto Broker, has over 12 years of experience in the insurance field. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Transilvania University of Brasov. He started his career in the insurance field in the Retail Department, where he constantly grew to the level of Area Manager within Otto Broker. In 2018, he accepted the challenge to relocate to Bucharest and work in the Corporate Department, in the area of ​​business development. Commercial and Agricultural Credit Insurance are the main areas in which he specialized, but being a technology enthusiast, he also added IT Professional Responsibilities in his areas of interest.

Mihnea BĂRBULESCU has over 20 years of experience in the Romanian capital market, with expertise in the field of sales of treasury products, of financial investment services as well as of collective and individual portfolio management services. The knowledge was accumulated within prestigious (financial) institutions in Romania, such as Raiffesisen Bank, Raiffeisen Capital & Investment S.A., BT Securities, Erste Asset Management Romania. He currently holds the position of Executive Director in the management of Erste Asset Management Romania and coordinates the activities of sales, marketing and product management.