Born in Baia Mare, he graduated the Faculty of Foreign Trade, Bucharest, in 1973. He has over 47 years’ experience in the banking sector and was instrumental in the banking reform of Romania in the 1990’s, having founded the Romanian Banking Association and co-founded the Romania Banking Institute. Over the last 30 years, Dan Pascariu served on 27 boards, in Romania and abroad, out of which 15 in financial sector and 12 in various industries in the real sector: automotive, energy, aviation, consumer goods, real estate, IT, hospitality, personal protection equipment, fertilizers and agribusiness. He was Chairman of 12 companies, among them being Unicredit Bank Romania, TAROM and NEPI Rockcastle. Currently Dan Pascariu chairs the boards of Techtex and ANA Teleferic, while also acting as a non-executive Board member of Transfond, Azomures and MAS Real Estate.