Greek
Global Sustain
Sign up to the newsletter


Alpha Bank S.A.

Alpha Bank S.A.

Member: Gold
Since: 29.08.2007

40, Stadiou Street, GR-102 52 Athens, Greece
RSS

Alpha Bank Strengthens its Executive Committee by Creating New Roles

14.02.2019 Share

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.

Photos