Serban has a 16-year background in finance, including 12 years in risk management and lending, holding various management positions in lenders such as Garanti, OTP, CA IB Corporate Finance Romania, Millennium and Citibank, as well as ING Bank Canada.
Volksbank entered the Romanian market in 2000 and it currently has assets worth EUR4.7 billion and a network of 135 units.
In October 2011, control of Volksbank Romania was transferred to VBI Beteiligungs, as Volksbank International was bought by Russian Sberbank, but the Romanian unit was left out of the transaction.
Austrian group Volksbank holds 51% in Beteiligungs, while German DZ Bank AG / WGZ Bank AG and French BPCE hold 24.5% each.