UniCredit Tiriac Group has chosen a new chef-economist, Catalina Molnar at UniCredit Tiriac Bank, replacing Dan Bucsa, who was promoted in the UniCredit Group. At the same time, Mihai Patrulescu joined the UniCredit Tiriac Bank Group as a senior economist.

Catalina Molnar, the new chief economist of UniCredit Tiriac Bank, has over nine years of experience in economic research at the National Bank of Romania (2003 - 2007) and later as Senior Economist in another commercial bank (2007 - present). She graduated the Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest, Faculty of Finance - Banks, and a masters program in macroeconomics DOFIN in the same institution.

Dan Bucsa joined UniCredit Tiriac Bank in June 2011 and will now head to the research and analysis team for UniCredit Group in London, led by Gillian Edgeworth, chief economist for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). Dan Bucsa's new responsibilities will specifically target research activities for markets in Central and Eastern Europe. He holds a PhD in economics from the Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange.

The new senior economist, Mihai Patrulescu, has experience as an analyst in the macroeconomic field in Romanian financial institutions. He graduated ASE, Finance and Banking, specialized in international finance, financial crisis, sovereign debt and economic policies.

UniCredit Tiriac Bank has 240 units in Romania and is jointly owned by UniCredit group through Bank Austria and Romanian investor Ion Tiriac.

Ioana Toader, ioana.toader@romania-insider.com