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AikGroup

We are a leading financial holding company operating within the territory of Southeast Europe
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About us

AikGroup (CY) Limited financial holding consolidates bank assets of our Group, thus representing the leading financial holding company in the region that consists of the following recognized financial institutions operating in the territory of Southeast Europe: AikBank, Gorenjska Banka, AikLeasing, GB Leasing, M&V Investments. 

AikGroup operates with a clear focus to meet the unique financial needs of all clients. It is a growth-oriented full-service financial institution serving businesses and individuals across the SEE region, through extensive branch network. Over 3.000 employees provide personal services and a full range of relevant financial solutions. Highly profitable structure with app. EUR 8.9 billion of total assets, including total net loans in amount of app. EUR 6.1 billion, while funding is based on stable deposit portfolio in amount of app. EUR 7.4 billion, followed by strong capital base. The Group is pursuing growth in a responsible and sustainable manner, fostering social and economic well-being in the places where we live, work and give back.

 As a sound financial institution, dedicated towards sustainable growth and development, by sharing good practice, knowledge, and experience and with rational strategic investments, we are focused on further enlargement of our presence and strengthening of our position within regional market and Europe.

Group Members

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Board Members

Romeo Collina

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Collina started his banking career in Italy in 1980s, before moving thereafter to US for 10 years between Chicago and New York, where he took over as Deputy Chief Branch Manager, responsible for corporate clients in US and Central & South America.

In 2000, Mr. Collina moved to London as a Branch Manager until 2004 when he became the Head of Trade Financing, Corresponding Banking and International Network, in more than 20 countries, for Capitalia, the third largest Italian Banking Group. After the merger with UniCredit he was involved in the most significant turnaround projects. In 2010 he was appointed as CEO in ATF Bank, the 3rd largest Kazak Group. In 2013 he was Head of Restructuring and Workout in Italy, becoming the following year Deputy Chief Risk Officer. In 2015 Mr. Collina was nominated Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and GM in Zagrebacka, number one Bank in Croatia. From March 2016 to the end of 2018, he joined the Board of Bank Austria, number one Bank in the Country, as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and COO. In 2019 he was part of the team who was working along with the Group CEO on the new 2020-2023 Business Plan. On January 2020 he was appointed as CEO again in Zagrebacka until he retired in September 2021.

In November 2022 Mr. Collina was nominated as a non-executive director and Chairman of Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Before entering in the Banking Industry, he was a member of the Italian Water Polo National Team in two Olympic Games. He was the World Champion in1978.
Aleksandar Kostić

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Kostić has broad background in financial management. In the past years he has been involved in the realization of the banking division strategy, with a special focus on new investments and M&A processes.

Before joining the Group, he gained knowledge and experience in private equity, credit, and real assets through different assignments and investment projects within the region.

Mr. Kostić is a non-executive director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited.

Aleksandar Kostić graduated from the Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), where he studied at the Department of Economics.
Lambros Papadopoulos

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Papadopoulos has 29 years of experience in senior management and board positions in listed companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Cyprus.

Mr. Papadopoulos commenced his career in 1993 at Ernst&Young in London, where he qualified as a member of ICAEW and worked in the divisions of Audit and Corporate Finance until 1998. During 1998-2012, he worked at Citigroup (London) as the Head of Equities Research for Greece and as Head of Research for Small and Medium Capitalization Companies in Continental Europe. Since 2006 he held the position of Managing Director and was a member of the Operating Committee in Equity Research. In 2013, Mr. Papadopoulos founded Pentep Advisors Ltd, which provides consulting services in financial and strategic matters. Amongst the other non-executive positions that Mr. Papadopoulos held, was being the Chairman of the Audit Committee and independent member of Board of Directors at Bank of Cyprus in 2013 and Hellenic Bank between 2015-2018. Between 2018-2022 he was an independent member of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit/Strategy Committees of the Board of Directors of Global Ports Investments, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Since July 2019, he is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Cyprus Asset Management Company (KEDIPES) while since April 2019, he is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Trastor Real Estate Investment Company which is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.

Since January 2022 he is a Non-Executive Director, independent member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Papadopoulos holds a B.A. (Hons) Accounting with Computing degree (First Class) from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales since 1996.
Martin Elling

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Elling, a Dutch national, graduated in economics in 1979 after which he joined United Nations where he worked for 11 years on sector policy lending in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa mostly for the World Bank.

In 1992, he joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, as a Senior Banker. Mr. Elling left the Bank in 1997, and he has since then created several businesses in B2B services in Ukraine and Russia. After achieving three successful exits, Mr. Elling now works mostly as a Non-executive Director concentrating on strategic development and corporate governance.

In November 2022 Mr. Elling was nominated as a non-executive director, member of Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
George Syrichas

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Syrichas has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector. He served as an Executive Director and Board member of the Central Bank of Cyprus and the Resolution Authority of Cyprus. He is currently on the Board of banking and financial institutions.

Mr. Syrichas also follows and deeply understands international economic and financial developments and challenges. He has participated in numerous international forms, such as the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the ECB Governing Council as the Governor’s accompanying expert.

In January 2022 he has been appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer, member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited. Since June 2023 he holds position of Non-Executive Director, member of the Board of Directors and is currently the Chairman of the Risk Committee.

Mr. Syrichas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex. He has taught economics and business executive courses at various Universities and institutions in Cyprus and abroad. He frequently discusses current economic affairs in public media and has given numerous lectures in Cyprus and abroad on topics related to the Cyprus and European economies, banking, financial stability, monetary and exchange rate policy, and European Union issues.
Jelena Galić

Member of the Board of Directors

Ms. Galić graduated from Faculty of Economics at University of Belgrade and obtained Ph.D. in Economics at the same University.

Ms. Galić joined AikBank in March 2015 as Chairperson of the Board of Directors. Before this position, she was the Director of the Business Advisory Services at Deloitte Belgrade and also Practice Leader in Financial Service Industry (FSI) and Public Sector (PS) for the cluster composing of Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Macedonia and Montenegro within S&O and ICT. Her service line focus was on strategy development, business restructuring and change management. Before joining Deloitte, she was the Executive Director of the Economics Institute in Belgrade. During her 25 years of professional experience, Ms. Galić has taken a leading role in number of projects performed for public and private sector clients in the area of strategy and business development. In addition to this, during her engagement within the Economics Institute, she has also been active in providing advisory services to the government in the area of economic policy and financial sector development (she led number of projects, governed by international development agencies such as ED, WB, IFC, and performed for the government as a beneficiary). She attended many domestic and international conferences as invited speaker and published more than 40 working papers and was one of the founders and Vice President of the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM). Currently, she is a member of the Managing Board of SAM, Managing Board of Serbian Banks Association, Academic Society of Serbian Economists (ASSE), Serbian Economists Association, Banking Committee of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Serbian Association of Corporate Directors. She is also the Associate Professor at Belgrade Banking Academy (BBA).

In January 2022 she has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited. Since November 2024 she has been holding position of non-executive director, member of the Board of Directors.
Razvan Munteanu

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Munteanu is a skilled banker with over 30 years of experience.

In recent years, he was a member of the management board transforming Hypo Alpe Adria into Addiko Bank. First, he served as Retail Head and CEO. In this capacity Mr. Munteanu led the preparation and execution of the initial public offering (IPO), after leading the strategic shift to consumer lending and rebranding the group. Mr. Munteanu also served as Chief Business Officer at Privatbank, the largest Ukrainian bank.

Afterwards, Mr. Munteanu developed a portfolio of independent non-executive directorships, including First Bank Romania, Ukreximbank, Ukraine, Omnio (a Fintech in the UK), AxFina (a NPL servicing company in CEE) and Uniqa Ukraine.

He has been serving initially as the advisor to the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited since June 2024, and as the Group Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors since November 2024.
Aleksandra Babić

Member of the Board of Directors

Ms. Babić graduated from Webster University, Vienna where she also received her master’s degree. Ms. Babić has more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She started her career as an auditor of financial institutions in Ernst and Young. Later she joined Ernst and Young advisory team. She was engaged in projects in the risk management area including introduction and implementation of Basel standards.

In 2014, she joined AikBank, Belgrade as Head of Risk Controlling. In 2021, she became Head of Risk Management Function, responsible for development of comprehensive risk management framework on the group level and for monitoring of the implementation of the Group Risk Management and Group Risk Appetite on the subsidiary level. Both as a Head of Risk Controlling and Head of Group Risk Function, Ms. Babić was actively involved in numerous M&A processes.

She has been Group Chief Risk Officer, a member of the Board of Directors since June 2023.
Romeo Collina

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Collina started his banking career in Italy in 1980s, before moving thereafter to US for 10 years between Chicago and New York, where he took over as Deputy Chief Branch Manager, responsible for corporate clients in US and Central & South America.

In 2000, Mr. Collina moved to London as a Branch Manager until 2004 when he became the Head of Trade Financing, Corresponding Banking and International Network, in more than 20 countries, for Capitalia, the third largest Italian Banking Group. After the merger with UniCredit he was involved in the most significant turnaround projects. In 2010 he was appointed as CEO in ATF Bank, the 3rd largest Kazak Group. In 2013 he was Head of Restructuring and Workout in Italy, becoming the following year Deputy Chief Risk Officer. In 2015 Mr. Collina was nominated Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and GM in Zagrebacka, number one Bank in Croatia. From March 2016 to the end of 2018, he joined the Board of Bank Austria, number one Bank in the Country, as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and COO. In 2019 he was part of the team who was working along with the Group CEO on the new 2020-2023 Business Plan. On January 2020 he was appointed as CEO again in Zagrebacka until he retired in September 2021.

In November 2022 Mr. Collina was nominated as a non-executive director and Chairman of Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Before entering in the Banking Industry, he was a member of the Italian Water Polo National Team in two Olympic Games. He was the World Champion in1978.
Aleksandar Kostić

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Kostić has broad background in financial management. In the past years he has been involved in the realization of the banking division strategy, with a special focus on new investments and M&A processes.

Before joining the Group, he gained knowledge and experience in private equity, credit, and real assets through different assignments and investment projects within the region.

Mr. Kostić is a non-executive director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited.

Aleksandar Kostić graduated from the Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), where he studied at the Department of Economics.
Lambros Papadopoulos

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Papadopoulos has 29 years of experience in senior management and board positions in listed companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Cyprus.

Mr. Papadopoulos commenced his career in 1993 at Ernst&Young in London, where he qualified as a member of ICAEW and worked in the divisions of Audit and Corporate Finance until 1998. During 1998-2012, he worked at Citigroup (London) as the Head of Equities Research for Greece and as Head of Research for Small and Medium Capitalization Companies in Continental Europe. Since 2006 he held the position of Managing Director and was a member of the Operating Committee in Equity Research. In 2013, Mr. Papadopoulos founded Pentep Advisors Ltd, which provides consulting services in financial and strategic matters. Amongst the other non-executive positions that Mr. Papadopoulos held, was being the Chairman of the Audit Committee and independent member of Board of Directors at Bank of Cyprus in 2013 and Hellenic Bank between 2015-2018. Between 2018-2022 he was an independent member of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit/Strategy Committees of the Board of Directors of Global Ports Investments, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Since July 2019, he is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Cyprus Asset Management Company (KEDIPES) while since April 2019, he is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Trastor Real Estate Investment Company which is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.

Since January 2022 he is a Non-Executive Director, independent member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Papadopoulos holds a B.A. (Hons) Accounting with Computing degree (First Class) from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales since 1996.
Martin Elling

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Elling, a Dutch national, graduated in economics in 1979 after which he joined United Nations where he worked for 11 years on sector policy lending in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa mostly for the World Bank.

In 1992, he joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, as a Senior Banker. Mr. Elling left the Bank in 1997, and he has since then created several businesses in B2B services in Ukraine and Russia. After achieving three successful exits, Mr. Elling now works mostly as a Non-executive Director concentrating on strategic development and corporate governance.

In November 2022 Mr. Elling was nominated as a non-executive director, member of Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
George Syrichas

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Syrichas has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector. He served as an Executive Director and Board member of the Central Bank of Cyprus and the Resolution Authority of Cyprus. He is currently on the Board of banking and financial institutions.

Mr. Syrichas also follows and deeply understands international economic and financial developments and challenges. He has participated in numerous international forms, such as the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the ECB Governing Council as the Governor’s accompanying expert.

In January 2022 he has been appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer, member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited. Since June 2023 he holds position of Non-Executive Director, member of the Board of Directors and is currently the Chairman of the Risk Committee.

Mr. Syrichas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex. He has taught economics and business executive courses at various Universities and institutions in Cyprus and abroad. He frequently discusses current economic affairs in public media and has given numerous lectures in Cyprus and abroad on topics related to the Cyprus and European economies, banking, financial stability, monetary and exchange rate policy, and European Union issues.
Jelena Galić

Member of the Board of Directors

Ms. Galić graduated from Faculty of Economics at University of Belgrade and obtained Ph.D. in Economics at the same University.

Ms. Galić joined AikBank in March 2015 as Chairperson of the Board of Directors. Before this position, she was the Director of the Business Advisory Services at Deloitte Belgrade and also Practice Leader in Financial Service Industry (FSI) and Public Sector (PS) for the cluster composing of Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Macedonia and Montenegro within S&O and ICT. Her service line focus was on strategy development, business restructuring and change management. Before joining Deloitte, she was the Executive Director of the Economics Institute in Belgrade. During her 25 years of professional experience, Ms. Galić has taken a leading role in number of projects performed for public and private sector clients in the area of strategy and business development. In addition to this, during her engagement within the Economics Institute, she has also been active in providing advisory services to the government in the area of economic policy and financial sector development (she led number of projects, governed by international development agencies such as ED, WB, IFC, and performed for the government as a beneficiary). She attended many domestic and international conferences as invited speaker and published more than 40 working papers and was one of the founders and Vice President of the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM). Currently, she is a member of the Managing Board of SAM, Managing Board of Serbian Banks Association, Academic Society of Serbian Economists (ASSE), Serbian Economists Association, Banking Committee of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Serbian Association of Corporate Directors. She is also the Associate Professor at Belgrade Banking Academy (BBA).

In January 2022 she has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited. Since November 2024 she has been holding position of non-executive director, member of the Board of Directors.
Razvan Munteanu

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Munteanu is a skilled banker with over 30 years of experience.

In recent years, he was a member of the management board transforming Hypo Alpe Adria into Addiko Bank. First, he served as Retail Head and CEO. In this capacity Mr. Munteanu led the preparation and execution of the initial public offering (IPO), after leading the strategic shift to consumer lending and rebranding the group. Mr. Munteanu also served as Chief Business Officer at Privatbank, the largest Ukrainian bank.

Afterwards, Mr. Munteanu developed a portfolio of independent non-executive directorships, including First Bank Romania, Ukreximbank, Ukraine, Omnio (a Fintech in the UK), AxFina (a NPL servicing company in CEE) and Uniqa Ukraine.

He has been serving initially as the advisor to the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited since June 2024, and as the Group Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors since November 2024.
Aleksandra Babić

Member of the Board of Directors

Ms. Babić graduated from Webster University, Vienna where she also received her master’s degree. Ms. Babić has more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She started her career as an auditor of financial institutions in Ernst and Young. Later she joined Ernst and Young advisory team. She was engaged in projects in the risk management area including introduction and implementation of Basel standards.

In 2014, she joined AikBank, Belgrade as Head of Risk Controlling. In 2021, she became Head of Risk Management Function, responsible for development of comprehensive risk management framework on the group level and for monitoring of the implementation of the Group Risk Management and Group Risk Appetite on the subsidiary level. Both as a Head of Risk Controlling and Head of Group Risk Function, Ms. Babić was actively involved in numerous M&A processes.

She has been Group Chief Risk Officer, a member of the Board of Directors since June 2023.
Romeo Collina

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Collina started his banking career in Italy in 1980s, before moving thereafter to US for 10 years between Chicago and New York, where he took over as Deputy Chief Branch Manager, responsible for corporate clients in US and Central & South America.

In 2000, Mr. Collina moved to London as a Branch Manager until 2004 when he became the Head of Trade Financing, Corresponding Banking and International Network, in more than 20 countries, for Capitalia, the third largest Italian Banking Group. After the merger with UniCredit he was involved in the most significant turnaround projects. In 2010 he was appointed as CEO in ATF Bank, the 3rd largest Kazak Group. In 2013 he was Head of Restructuring and Workout in Italy, becoming the following year Deputy Chief Risk Officer. In 2015 Mr. Collina was nominated Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and GM in Zagrebacka, number one Bank in Croatia. From March 2016 to the end of 2018, he joined the Board of Bank Austria, number one Bank in the Country, as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and COO. In 2019 he was part of the team who was working along with the Group CEO on the new 2020-2023 Business Plan. On January 2020 he was appointed as CEO again in Zagrebacka until he retired in September 2021.

In November 2022 Mr. Collina was nominated as a non-executive director and Chairman of Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Before entering in the Banking Industry, he was a member of the Italian Water Polo National Team in two Olympic Games. He was the World Champion in1978.
Aleksandar Kostić

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Kostić has broad background in financial management. In the past years he has been involved in the realization of the banking division strategy, with a special focus on new investments and M&A processes.

Before joining the Group, he gained knowledge and experience in private equity, credit, and real assets through different assignments and investment projects within the region.

Mr. Kostić is a non-executive director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited.

Aleksandar Kostić graduated from the Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), where he studied at the Department of Economics.
Lambros Papadopoulos

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Papadopoulos has 29 years of experience in senior management and board positions in listed companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Cyprus.

Mr. Papadopoulos commenced his career in 1993 at Ernst&Young in London, where he qualified as a member of ICAEW and worked in the divisions of Audit and Corporate Finance until 1998. During 1998-2012, he worked at Citigroup (London) as the Head of Equities Research for Greece and as Head of Research for Small and Medium Capitalization Companies in Continental Europe. Since 2006 he held the position of Managing Director and was a member of the Operating Committee in Equity Research. In 2013, Mr. Papadopoulos founded Pentep Advisors Ltd, which provides consulting services in financial and strategic matters. Amongst the other non-executive positions that Mr. Papadopoulos held, was being the Chairman of the Audit Committee and independent member of Board of Directors at Bank of Cyprus in 2013 and Hellenic Bank between 2015-2018. Between 2018-2022 he was an independent member of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit/Strategy Committees of the Board of Directors of Global Ports Investments, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Since July 2019, he is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Cyprus Asset Management Company (KEDIPES) while since April 2019, he is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Trastor Real Estate Investment Company which is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.

Since January 2022 he is a Non-Executive Director, independent member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Papadopoulos holds a B.A. (Hons) Accounting with Computing degree (First Class) from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales since 1996.
Martin Elling

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Elling, a Dutch national, graduated in economics in 1979 after which he joined United Nations where he worked for 11 years on sector policy lending in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa mostly for the World Bank.

In 1992, he joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, as a Senior Banker. Mr. Elling left the Bank in 1997, and he has since then created several businesses in B2B services in Ukraine and Russia. After achieving three successful exits, Mr. Elling now works mostly as a Non-executive Director concentrating on strategic development and corporate governance.

In November 2022 Mr. Elling was nominated as a non-executive director, member of Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited and is currently Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
George Syrichas

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Syrichas has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector. He served as an Executive Director and Board member of the Central Bank of Cyprus and the Resolution Authority of Cyprus. He is currently on the Board of banking and financial institutions.

Mr. Syrichas also follows and deeply understands international economic and financial developments and challenges. He has participated in numerous international forms, such as the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the ECB Governing Council as the Governor’s accompanying expert.

In January 2022 he has been appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer, member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited. Since June 2023 he holds position of Non-Executive Director, member of the Board of Directors and is currently the Chairman of the Risk Committee.

Mr. Syrichas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex. He has taught economics and business executive courses at various Universities and institutions in Cyprus and abroad. He frequently discusses current economic affairs in public media and has given numerous lectures in Cyprus and abroad on topics related to the Cyprus and European economies, banking, financial stability, monetary and exchange rate policy, and European Union issues.
Jelena Galić

Member of the Board of Directors

Ms. Galić graduated from Faculty of Economics at University of Belgrade and obtained Ph.D. in Economics at the same University.

Ms. Galić joined AikBank in March 2015 as Chairperson of the Board of Directors. Before this position, she was the Director of the Business Advisory Services at Deloitte Belgrade and also Practice Leader in Financial Service Industry (FSI) and Public Sector (PS) for the cluster composing of Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Macedonia and Montenegro within S&O and ICT. Her service line focus was on strategy development, business restructuring and change management. Before joining Deloitte, she was the Executive Director of the Economics Institute in Belgrade. During her 25 years of professional experience, Ms. Galić has taken a leading role in number of projects performed for public and private sector clients in the area of strategy and business development. In addition to this, during her engagement within the Economics Institute, she has also been active in providing advisory services to the government in the area of economic policy and financial sector development (she led number of projects, governed by international development agencies such as ED, WB, IFC, and performed for the government as a beneficiary). She attended many domestic and international conferences as invited speaker and published more than 40 working papers and was one of the founders and Vice President of the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM). Currently, she is a member of the Managing Board of SAM, Managing Board of Serbian Banks Association, Academic Society of Serbian Economists (ASSE), Serbian Economists Association, Banking Committee of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Serbian Association of Corporate Directors. She is also the Associate Professor at Belgrade Banking Academy (BBA).

In January 2022 she has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited. Since November 2024 she has been holding position of non-executive director, member of the Board of Directors.
Razvan Munteanu

Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Munteanu is a skilled banker with over 30 years of experience.

In recent years, he was a member of the management board transforming Hypo Alpe Adria into Addiko Bank. First, he served as Retail Head and CEO. In this capacity Mr. Munteanu led the preparation and execution of the initial public offering (IPO), after leading the strategic shift to consumer lending and rebranding the group. Mr. Munteanu also served as Chief Business Officer at Privatbank, the largest Ukrainian bank.

Afterwards, Mr. Munteanu developed a portfolio of independent non-executive directorships, including First Bank Romania, Ukreximbank, Ukraine, Omnio (a Fintech in the UK), AxFina (a NPL servicing company in CEE) and Uniqa Ukraine.

He has been serving initially as the advisor to the Board of Directors of AikGroup (CY) Limited since June 2024, and as the Group Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors since November 2024.
Aleksandra Babić

Member of the Board of Directors

Ms. Babić graduated from Webster University, Vienna where she also received her master’s degree. Ms. Babić has more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She started her career as an auditor of financial institutions in Ernst and Young. Later she joined Ernst and Young advisory team. She was engaged in projects in the risk management area including introduction and implementation of Basel standards.

In 2014, she joined AikBank, Belgrade as Head of Risk Controlling. In 2021, she became Head of Risk Management Function, responsible for development of comprehensive risk management framework on the group level and for monitoring of the implementation of the Group Risk Management and Group Risk Appetite on the subsidiary level. Both as a Head of Risk Controlling and Head of Group Risk Function, Ms. Babić was actively involved in numerous M&A processes.

She has been Group Chief Risk Officer, a member of the Board of Directors since June 2023.

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Announcement: Agri Europe Cyprus Ltd. (“AEC”) announces the approval to sell at least 11,000 shares in Addiko Bank AG 

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Agri Europe announces intention to launch a voluntary offer for a minority stake in Addiko Bank

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