* Another nomination of the Ministry of Finance is Dan Sandu, which the NBR isn't very enthusiastic about
The public disagreement between president Traian Băsescu and prime minister Victor Ponta concerning the acquisition of a plot of land in the county of Călăraşi by one of the daughters of the president seems to be causing collateral damage, namely Radu Graţian Gheţea, the CEO of CEC Bank, the lender from which Ioana Băsescu took out the loan she used to make the purchase.
Thus, after the Minister of Public Finance, Daniel Chiţoiu, said, on Tuesday, that Traian Băsescu called him on October 17th to "plead with him" not to replace Radu Gheţea as the CEO of CEC Bank, and the spokesperson of the president yesterday responded that the intervention was only intended as a warning about the risk of affecting the public's trust in the domestic banking system, government and banking sources told us that the authorities are considering replacing the CEO of CEC Bank.
The person that is expected to take over the management of CEC Bank, the fourth largest bank in Romania, in terms of assets, is George Mucibabici, the president of Deloitte România, according to some people close to the talks.
George Mucibabici worked for over 15 years in Romanian and foreign financial and banking institutions, holding positions of first vice-president and CEO of Banca Comerciala Ţiriac, CEO of the Department of Loan and Currency Operations of the National Bank of Romania, where he also served as a member of the Committee of Monetary Policy and a representative of the Common Coordination Committee of the Ministry of Public Finance (MFP), according to information available on the Deloitte România website. He also worked for two years at the IMF, as a member of the Board of Directors, and as advisor to the Executive Director for Holland, Ukraine, Romania, Israel, Macedonia,
