Histe was put in charge of the risk management department of Société Générale, in Paris.

Gabizon, 55, has been working for France’s BRD Group for 30 years and has managed to gain a vast expertise in the corporate and retail banking sectors both in France and abroad, BRD Finance said in a statement Tuesday.

Gabizon aims to develop BRD Finance’s operations on the consumer lending segment.

BRD Finance, which has been operating the Romanian market since 2004, has 300,000 customers and works with nearly 5,000 partners countrywide. In 2012, the company reported net profit of RON9.8 million.