Anca Petcu will be reporting to Henk Paardekooper, CEO of First Bank, and will become member of the company’s executive team, as Vice President.
Before joining First Bank, Anca Petcu had held the position of Chief Transformation Officer within Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), where she contributed to defining and implementing the bank’s makeover initiatives, coordinating the Strategy, Project Management, and Process and Regulations Divisions, First Bank said in a statement.
Anca Petcu has an experience of over 20 years in the industry of financial services, banking and leasing, in fields such as retail and corporate sales, risk management, restructuring and digital transformation.
At First Bank, Anca Petcu will be coordinating projects of strategic importance for the bank, with impact on business development, change management in digital transformation, taking over management responsibilities of the IT operations and division, logistics & procurement, back-office treasury, project management and IT Security.
First Bank (the former Piraeus Bank) is held by US investment fund J.C. Flowers, with an ownership stake of over 70%. First Bank’s shareholding structure also includes the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the largest institutional foreign investor in Romania, as well as its management.