The mandate will start running from the 3rd working day after receiving the approval of the National Bank of Romania. On the date of the entry into force of Maria Rousseva’s mandate as CEO, the current mandate as Deputy CEO of Global Corporates will cease.
In August 2023, BRD – Groupe Societe Generale announced that François Bloch had decided to step down as CEO starting September 26, 2023, to pursue other responsibilities within the Societe Generale Group.
Maria Rousseva was a member of the BRD Steering Committee. She has over 23 years of experience in the banking industry, of which 18 years in management positions within the Societe Generale Group, including as Deputy CEO at Expressbank in Bulgaria from 2012 to 2015, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board at Societe Generale Bank Serbia from 2015 to 2019 and Deputy CEO at Rosbank from 2019 to 2022.
BRD is the third largest bank in Romania by asssets (RON71.5 billion in 2022) and the second largest bank at the Bucharest Stock Exchange (RON10.2 billion).
BRD shares have gained 32% so far in 2023, amid deals worth RON458 million.