Mihaela Lupu, currently Chief Financial Officer for Central and Eastern Europe of UniCredit, will become the  CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of UniCredit Bank in Romania as of 16th of October 2023. Her appointment is approved by the National Bank of Romania.

With a 25-year career in UniCredit, Mihaela Lupu started her professional journey in the Group in August 1998, in HVB Bank Romania S.A., in the position of Financial Analyst, becoming Coordinator of the Controlling Department in 2004. In 2007, she was promoted to the position of Head of Controlling Department in UniCredit Țiriac Bank, and in 2010 she was promoted to the position of Director of Planning and Control. The experience gained in these management positions and her leadership qualities recommended her for appointment as CFO of UniCredit Bank in 2013. Since 2017, Mihaela Lupu has taken on a new challenge within the Group, successively assuming the position of Head of Group Planning, Capital Management & Strategic ALM and, from 2021 until now, the role of CFO Central and Eastern Europe (CE&EE).

Mihaela Lupu holds a degree in economics from the Academy of Economic Sciences in Bucharest. She is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

“It is an honour and a joy to return to UniCredit Bank in Romania, to be together with the team I was part of and with which I grew up for so many years during my professional life. At the same time, I feel a great responsibility. Together with the colleagues of UniCredit, I will continue the Bank’s commitment to be a partner of the communities in which we operate, a deeply involved player in the Romanian economy and one of the Group’s growth engines. Our mission is and will always be to be better, to offer products and services tailored to the needs of our customers and to be the bank for the future of Europe and Romania”  said Mihaela Lupu.