The NBM governor has submitted his proposals for the post of Deputy Governor
Sergiu Cioclea has submitted to the Parliament his proposals regarding the two deputy governors of NBM, Vladimir Munteanu and Cristina Harea, the first of them being proposed for the post of the first deputy governor. Vladimir Munteanu - was the ninth (and the last) candidate registered in the contest for the position of the Governor of NBM. This one has an experience of over 20 years in the financial-banking domain, including within NBM, IMF and World Bank. Cristina Harea- was the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova. She is 43 years old, and studied philology and finance.
Vladimir Munteanu - was the ninth (and the last) candidate registered in the contest for the position of the Governor of NBM. This one has an experience of over 20 years in the financial-banking domain, including within NBM, IMF and World Bank.
Studies mentioned in the CV of Vladimir Munteanu are:
1985-1992 – Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Economics Department
1992-1993 Center for International Banking Studies from Istanbul
1998 – Georgetown University from USA
2004-2005 Harvard University, Masters Degree (MPA)
Mr Vladimir Munteanu worked at NBM in the years 1992-2000 where he was also the Chief of the Foreign Exchange operations and Foreign Relations Department .
Between the years 2000-2002 worked at the World Bank as an Adviser to the Executive Director for Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, and the Netherlands
In the period 2003-2004 worked at the the Embassy of Moldova in Washington, D.C.
2005-2007 Advisor to the IMF Executive Director for Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, Netherlands
2009 – 2011: Senior Economist at the European Department of the International Monetary Fund
2012 – 2014: Consultant/partner at MEGA-International Consultants, US/Moldova
Vladimir Munteanu was born in 1968, is married and has a child. He speaks English, Russian and Romanian fluently.
Cristina Harea - was the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova. She is 43 years old, and studied philology and finance.
The proposals were submitted during a meeting that Cioclea had with the President of the Parliament Andrian Candu.
During the speeches, the Governor presented the current situation of the NBM, registered evolution and actions undertaken by the central bank fo the improvement and consolidation of the financial-banking system from the Republic of Moldova.
The officials also discussed about the level of readiness of the financial-banking legislation, a priority of the autumn session of the Parliament, as well as the state of the actions undertaken by the National Bank on the enforcement of the preconditions of IMF in order to sign a new program for the Republic of Moldova and offering a technical assistance for the recovery of the financial-banking system.
Andrian Candu stated that he will require appointments and immunities to the Judiciary Committee to examine urgently these candidates to be submitted to the Parliament for approval.