George Călinescu
George Călinescu has more than twenty-five years of experience in banking and auditing. His tenure at BT began in 2013, and he is part of one of the youngest leadership teams in the Romanian banking sector. His management approach is to support the coordinated team to achieve excellence.
He holds a fellow member position with ACCA, one of the largest organisations of chartered accountants in the world. In 2019, 2024, and 2025, he was named the best Chief Financial Officer in Investor Relations at the yearly gala organized by The Romanian Investor Relations Association.
In 2025, he was elected to the Board of the CFO Club Romania.
He was born in 1975 in Iași.
Banca Transilvania
- Deputy CEO, Chief Financial Officer
- Member in:
- Leaders’ Committee
- Asset and Liability Management Committee
- Procurement Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- Data and Business Intelligence Monitoring Committee
Code Crafters
- Director
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Improvement Credit Collection
- Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Idea::Leasing
- Member of the Board of Directors
Bancpost Romania
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
Volksbank Romania
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
- Vice-Chairman of the Risk Committee
- Vice-Chairman of the Audit Committee
Banca Transilvania
- Executive Director, Financial
RBS Bank Romania
- Director
- Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Deputy General Director, Financial
RBS Bank Romania
- Financial Director
ABN AMRO Bank Romania
- Deputy Financial Director
Bancpost Romania
- Director, Planning and Strategy
ABN AMRO Bank Romania
- Deputy Financial Director
ABN AMRO Bank Romania
- Head of Financial Service
Alpha Bank Romania
- Head of Financial Service
Alpha Bank Romania
- Specialized Referent
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Romania
- Senior Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Romania
- Assistant Auditor
Coopers & Lybrand Romania
- Internship
2022 – 2026
University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA
1995 – 1999
American University in Bulgaria
1994 – 1999
Alexandru loan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Romania
Certifications and courses:
2003 - Ongoing
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom
- Member of ACCA Romania Organizing Committee (2005 - 2014)
- Senior Member since 2008
- Member since 2003
2021
MIT Sloan School of Management, United Kingdom
- Artificial Intelligence: Implications of Business Strategy
2020
UC Berkeley School of Information, United Kingdom
- Data Science Essentials
2017
Harvard Business School, USA
- HBX Disruptive Strategy
2013
Dale Carnegie Training Romania
- Impact Presentations
2012 – 2013
Deloitte Romania
- Next Generation - Developing Future Leaders Program
2011
RBS Bank Romania
- Presentation skills
2005 – 2008
ABN AMRO Bank Romania
- Financial Derivatives in Practice
- Asset and Liability Management Committee Simulation
- Leadership Program: Growth Management
- A+ Leader
- Leadership through Change
- Communication and Conflict Management
2006
Euromoney, United Kingdom
- Accounting for derivatives