Spurny is one of the bankers with a discreet presence on the market, this being one of the rare occasions where he makes a public appearance. The head of BCR studied at the Harvard Business School and at the Columbia University and before he came to Romania he ran the Hungarian business of Italian group Intesa.
He was appointed manager of BCR in the spring of last year in order to put together a restructuring plan for the bank, which targets the closure of several tens of units and the dismissal of several hundred employees.
Spurny also has to find new sources of income for BCR, which is affected by non-performing loans and had record-high losses last year.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)