In Bucharest, Popa will be replaced with Alexandre Maymat, who will be appointed as chief executive officer of BRD at a later time, after current head, Guy Poupet, will leave.
Poupet has been running BRD for two years.
Popa, 47, will stay on as member of BRD’s Board, and Maymat will be also named in the Board.
Maymat is in Bucharest, along with several Societe Generale top officials, and he was introduced within a meeting with the central bank’s governor Mucur Isarescu. People close to the matter previously told MEDIAFAX that Maymat would become CEO of BRD, Romania’s second largest bank in terms of assets.