16 November 2021

The Institute of Financial Studies in partnership with the University of Craiova invites you on November 8, 2021, at 12:00, 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 November 8 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.

Virgil ȘONCUTEAN has over 20 years of experience in the insurance field, and since 2016 he is CEO of Allianz-Țiriac Asigurări, one of the largest insurers and the representative in Romania of the most valuable insurance brand in the world - Allianz. He joined the Allianz-Țiriac team in 2001, and until 2006 he worked in the sales and sales management area, first as director of the training department, and then as regional sales director. In 2006 he was co-opted into the Allianz team in Germany, where he coordinated organizational transformation programs in Allianz Group companies in over 20 countries. He also headed the distribution management consulting division of Allianz Group OPEX (now Allianz Consulting), as well as the CEEMA regional consulting center of Allianz Group OPEX. Virgil Șoncutean is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics, specializing in Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and holds an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Radu TOIA is an ISF and AAF lecturer. He has over 20 years of experience in the capital market. He was Executive Director of the Association of Fund Administrators (AAF), member of the Coordination Board of the Entity for the amicable Settlement of Non-Bank Financial Disputes (SAL-FIN), independent administrator of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), Vice President of SIF Transilvania , Director within CNVM and ASF.