Elena Ana Cernat
Vice-Chair
Mrs. Elena Ana Cernat was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of the NBG Board of Directors in July 2019.
Mrs. Cernat is a highly experienced banker, having held several senior executive and non-executive positions during her career, with emphasis in business development and innovation and significant experience in retail banking, developing new business, digital and multichannel strategies.
In the past, among others, Mrs. Cernat held the position of Executive Vice-President of Idea Bank, CEO of Alior Bank Warsaw – Bucharest branch and of a Member of the Board of Directors of Euroline Retail Services (member of Eurobank Group).
Currently, she is an Independent Director at Credit Europe Bank (Romania) S.A. and at Blik Romania S.A.
She holds a B.A. in Philology, Applied Modern Languages from Babes – Bolyai University, Romania, an MBA degree, from the Romanian – Canadian MBA Program, certificate by University of Ottawa and HEC Montreal, as well as several certifications including among others Certification in Banking Marketing and she has been authorized by the Central Bank of Romania (BNR) KNF Poland and ECB. Mrs. Cernat has also enrolled in a Sustainability Transition management executive master’s degree with Bologna Business School.