Cătălin Caragea


Cătălin Caragea brings more than two decades of risk management experience to Banca Transilvania Group. He has worked in Romanian and international banks such as Raiffeisen Bank Romania, BCR and Erste Group Vienna.
At Banca Transilvania, he coordinates the risk management and compliance area, namely: integrated risk management, risk modelling, risk management and analysis of credit, market and liquidity risks, compliance, operational, including anti-fraud, information and technology security and business continuity.
He was born in Bucharest in 1979.
Banca Transilvania
- Deputy CEO, Chief Risk Officer
- Member in:
- Leaders’ Committee
- Asset and Liability Management Committee
- Procurement Committee
- Financial Institutions Credit Committee
- Policy and Loan Approval Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- ESG Committee
- Data Monitoring & Business Intelligence Committee
Banca Transilvania, România
- Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Erste Group Bank AG, Austria
- Executive Director, Credit Risk Methods Department
Erste Bank Oesterreich, Austria
- Executive Director, Credit Risk Methods Department
Erste Group Bank AG, Austria
- Deputy Executive Director, Credit Risk Methods Department
BCR, Romania
- Executive Director, Strategic Risk Management Department
Erste Group Bank AG, Austria
- Job Rotation, Corporate Credit Analysis and Risk
BCR, Romania
- Head of Department, Integrated Risk Management and Credit Risk Reporting Department
BCR, Romania
- Advisor to Chief Risk Officer
Raiffeisen Bank, Romania
- Head of Credit Portfolio Management
Raiffeisen Bank, Romania
- Team Leader, Credit Portfolio Management
Raiffeisen Bank, Romania
- Analyst, Credit Portfolio Management
BCR Leasing, Romania
- Economist, Risk Management Department
BCR Leasing, Romania
- Economist, Sales and Marketing Department
Raiffeisen Bank, Romania
- Loans Administrator, retail Risk
2005 – 2007
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchanges, Romania
- Master’s Degree in Capital Markets Trading and Settlements
1998 – 2003
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Management, Romania
- Degree in Technical and Economic Systems Management
Certifications and courses:
2019
LSSIAP, Romania
- Certified Green Belt Lean Six Sigma
2014 – 2016
Bled School of Management, Slovenia
- Group Leadership Development Program