Ömer Tetik, BT CEO, made several comments for the special edition of Ziarul Financiar, 1,000 reasons why business trusts Romania:

Growth prospects for Romania

• Romania still has significant room to grow and develop, both to close the gap with the West and thanks to our own strengths and context. 
• We have several key advantages, such as the country’s size and a younger population than in other countries, the quality of human capital, as well as diverse natural resources. 
• For these reasons, I am confident about our medium- and long-term opportunities and potential, even though the near term brings multiple domestic and external challenges.

Reasons to be confident in the development of Romania and Banca Transilvania 

• Although I am cautiously optimistic, I have more than five reasons to remain confident in the development of the local market. 
• Thanks to our European integration, Romania will become an increasingly important player in the region. 
• Another reason is infrastructure development and access to EU funds, which are essential to modernising the country. 
• We can be proud of a highly skilled workforce in fields such as IT, medicine, engineering and finance. 
• I would also mention energy resources and the diversification of economic sectors, from agriculture to the automotive industry.
• As for Banca Transilvania, we started the year from a solid base built over previous years, delivering organic growth and also growth supported by acquisitions. 
• We will be helped by our customer focus, including on clients in the diaspora, as well as the vertical and horizontal integration we have at the financial group level — we have all the essential business lines, a very large branch network and self-banking solutions, along with companies in areas complementary to banking.