The Institute of Financial Studies in partnership with the West University of Timișoara through the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration invites you on the date of 8 June 2023, hour 11:00 to the Vocational Training Seminar SmartFIN@ISF. The seminar includes interactive presentations on the subject of career and presentations of case studies, technical and practical aspects from the field of insurance, capital market, pensions.
Special guests at the session of 8 June:
Prof. univ. dr. Marian SIMINICĂ, Executive Director of the ISF and university professor doctor at the University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, teaches courses in the disciplines of Economic-Financial Analysis and Financial Diagnosis of the Firm and is a doctoral supervisor in the field of Accounting. 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 that of Dean, in the period 2012 – 2016. Was Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Economics Faculties in Romania (2012-2016). 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, member CECCAR; tax consultant, member CCFR. Since the year 2014 is Vice-President of the Romanian Society of Economic-Financial Analysis (SRAEF). Since the year 2017 is a member of the CNATDCU Commission “Economic Sciences and Business Administration”, and since the year 2018 a member of the ARACIS Permanent Experts Commission, contributing to the external evaluation of numerous bachelor’s and master’s study programs in the economic field. Has a vast experience in scientific research activity materialized in the publication of 7 books and university manuals, over 60 articles in specialized journals, of which 12 articles in journals indexed Web of Science with non-zero AIS, participation in national and international conferences, participation in scientific research contracts as grant director or member of the research team. Is a reviewer for several journals indexed Web of Science and a member of the editorial board for several journals indexed in International Databases. The main research directions are: financial performance and risks of enterprises; sectoral economic-financial analyses; models for researching enterprise behavior.
Roxana BĂLUȚĂ, is Programs Coordinator and Life and Health Insurance Specialist at UNSAR – National Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania and has a career of over 15 years in insurance, of which 8 years of extensive experience in reshaping and improving operational processes, as well as in developing insurance products. Before joining the professional association of insurers, Roxana was responsible for project management within one of the most well-known companies in the industry. Currently, Roxana manages several programs within UNSAR, while also coordinating the activities of the Marketing, Communication, and PR group, the Digitalization and Innovation group, as well as the Life and Health Insurance Section.
Adrian TĂNASE, is the general director of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, during whose mandate the Bucharest Stock Exchange was promoted to the status of Secondary Emerging Market by FTSE Russell. Was appointed general director in January 2018. In the period 2018 - 2021 was a member of the Board of the Central Depository, and since 2019 is the president of the Board of Directors of CCP.RO Bucharest, the company that will provide Central Counterparty services for transactions on the capital market and the energy market. With the title of CFA, the entire experience of Mr. Adrian Tănase is in the financial industry, starting his career in 1998, as a financial analyst. Before joining the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Adrian Tănase was part of the ING Group team in Romania for 12 years. He joined the ING team in 2006, as Equity Portfolio Manager for ING Insurance, later, in 2008, was appointed Equity Portfolio Manager at ING Asset Management, and after three years was promoted to the position of CEO of ING Asset Management. In 2013 Adrian Tănase was appointed investment director at NN Pensii, the largest private pension fund manager Pillar II on the market in Romania, until 2018, when he joined the Bucharest Stock Exchange team.
