Alpha Bank Strengthens its Executive Committee by Creating New Roles
14.02.2019
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Alpha Bank has strengthened its Executive Committee with the appointment of Sergiu Oprescu
as General Manager of International Network and Nikos Salakas as General Manager, Chief
Legal and Governance Officer. Both positions will have a seat at Alpha Bank’s Executive
Committee and will report directly to the CEO, Vassilis Psaltis.
“These new roles will accelerate decision making and enhance our ability to swiftly implement
our plans so that we can efficiently drive an ambitious agenda in the years ahead,” said Vassilis
Psaltis, Alpha Bank’s CEO.
Sergiu Oprescu will oversee Alpha Bank’s subsidiaries in four countries as well as the
international Branches, strengthening visibility of international operations and ensuring
alignment with core Group functions. He will retain his position as Executive President and
Member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Bank Romania. His appointment will have immediate
effect.
Nikos Salakas will further upgrade and coordinate key functions that are critical in ensuring the
Bank’s effective governance and control and will strengthen the Bank’s internal legal expertise
in areas such as regulatory and capital markets matters. The role will cover the areas of Legal
Services, Compliance, the Secretariat of the Board of Directors and Data Protection. His
appointment will be effective as of 1.3.2019.
Short CV of Sergiu Oprescu
Sergiu Oprescu, 55, holds a MEng Graduate degree with concentration in Avionics from the
Aeronautical Faculty, Politehnica University of Bucharest. He acquired a postgraduate degree in
Banking from the University of Colorado and followed multiple executive programme studies at
Harvard Business School, Stanford and London Business School. He joined Alpha Bank
Romania in 1994 and held several senior positions before he was appointed Executive
President in 2007. He served as Chairman of the Bucharest Stock Exchange from 2000 to 2006
and is currently President of the Board of Directors of the Romanian Association of Banks.
Short CV of Nikos Salakas
Nikos Salakas, 46, has studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and
holds a postgraduate degree (LL.M. in International Business Law) from the University College
London. He is joining the Bank after having worked for Koutalidis Law Firm, where he was
leading the Banking and Finance Department as of 2010. He has more than 20 years of
experience in domestic and international Banking, Financing, Restructuring and Securities
transactions and he is ranked amongst the leading Greek lawyers by the IFLR, Legal 500 and
Chambers and Partners. He has supported Alpha Bank in regulatory, M&A, strategic and
finance transactions since 1999.