Mihai Andrei Ionescu
Subject studied: Economics
Matriculation year: 1997
Location: Romania
Mihai Ionescu studied at economics (1997-1998) at St Antony’s on a Chevening FCO scholarship. Mihai was awarded a Half Blue in Volleyball, served as graduate computer assistant and bar manager.
He currently serves as the Managing Director of KingsRock Advisors Europe AB. He is also a Member of the Supervisory Board at JSC PrivatBank Ukraine and is Chair of the Transformation Committee.
Prior to joining KingsRock, Mihai was Head of Deutsche Bank Romania, where he is focused primarily on corporate finance and sovereign financing transactions. He also served as the Chairman of DB Global Technology SRL. Before Deutsche Bank, Mihai worked for Credit Suisse in London in the Financial Institutions Group and in the Emerging Markets Coverage group, both in the Corporate & Investment Banking Division. He started his banking career at Raiffeisen Capital & Investment in Bucharest, Romania.
Mihai holds an undergraduate degree in finance & banking from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. He also earned his MBA (Hons), with a major in finance, from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mihai is an amateur piano player and a volleyball addict. He lives in Bucharest with his wife and daughter.