The Institute of Financial Studies and the Financial Supervisory Authority, in partnership with the “Titu Maiorescu” University in Bucharest, invite you on April 15, 2025, at 10:00 to the SmartFIN@ISF Vocational Training Seminar and ASF Academic Laboratory. The seminar includes interactive presentations, case studies, and technical and practical aspects from the field of cybersecurity.
Special Guests at the April 15, 2025 Session:
- Professor Dr. Marian SIMINICĂ, Executive Director of ISF and university professor at the University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, teaches courses in Economic-Financial Analysis and Corporate Financial Diagnosis and is a PhD advisor in the field of Accounting. He has extensive experience in university management, having served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty (2008–2012), responsible for scientific research and quality assurance in education, and as Dean from 2012 to 2016. He was Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Economics Faculties in Romania (2012–2016). He is a member of several professional associations in the economic field, including: ANEVAR expert evaluator, serving as Secretary General of the association from 2016 to 2017; certified accountant, member of CECCAR; tax consultant, member of CCFR. Since 2014, he has been Vice-President of the Romanian Society for Economic-Financial Analysis (SRAEF). Since 2017, he has been a member of the CNATDCU Commission for “Economic Sciences and Business Administration,” and since 2018, a member of the ARACIS Permanent Experts Committee, contributing to the external evaluation of numerous bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the economic field. He has extensive experience in scientific research, materialized through the publication of 7 books and university textbooks, over 60 articles in specialized journals, including 12 articles in Web of Science-indexed journals with non-zero AIS, participation in national and international conferences, and involvement in research contracts as grant director or research team member. He is a reviewer for several Web of Science-indexed journals and a member of the editorial board for several journals indexed in international databases. His main research directions are: financial performance and risks of enterprises; sectoral economic-financial analyses; models for researching enterprise behavior.
- Călin RANGU – University lecturer, PhD in economic engineering, with 30 years of experience in the financial-banking sector, governance management, IT management, operational risk management, financial-banking technologies, and financial market supervision. He has over 20 years of strategic and operational management experience, including 12 years as a director in regulatory and supervisory authorities for financial-banking sectors (ASF, BNR) and the Insured Guarantee Fund, 8 years as a director at Raiffeisen Bank Romania, and 2 years as CEO of Raiffeisen Informatik’s subsidiary in Romania. He served 5 years as president of the Institute of Financial Studies and a member of the EFICERT (European Financial Certification Organisation) board, 4 years as vice-president of the InsurTech Committee, and 7 years as a member of the Committee for Financial Innovations and Consumer Protection at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority/Frankfurt. He is also a member of the European Financial Innovation Forum at the EU level, dean and university lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration at Danubius University, and an expert in digital economy, registered in the REXCD registry of the Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization. Călin Rangu has received several awards in the field of management, published two books, book chapters, two course manuals, a series of scientific articles, and over 100 specialized articles in the fields of financial-banking, IT, Fintech, banking technologies, information system security, and more.
