Csaba Bálint is a Board member of the National Bank of Romania, with over 12 years of experience in the banking industry. Before joining NBR in 2019, he worked at a universal bank in different positions. Between 2008 and 2014, he was in the institution’s Risk Division, being responsible for macroeconomic stress testing and credit scorecard developments. At the end of 2014, he moved to the Finance and Planning Division as a macroeconomic analyst, preparing analyses and forecasts about the Romanian economy, financial markets and banking system. He won several awards from international economic survey organisations. He also teaches at universities in Cluj-Napoca and Oradea. Csaba passed the level III CFA exam in 2016 and holds an M.Sc. in finance from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.