Date of birth: 17 March 1957
Place of birth: Târgu Mureş, Mureş county
Ágnes Nagy, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D.
Education and training
- 2005
- Ph.D. in Finance – doctoral thesis titled Eficienţa auditului bancar în vederea reducerii riscului de sistem (“Effectiveness of Bank Audit in Mitigating Systemic Risk”), Academy of Economics, Bucharest
- 1980
- Faculty of Economic Planning and Cybernetics, Academy of Economics in Bucharest
- 1995 - 2003
- Training courses for financial auditors organised by the Ministry of Finance in co-operation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
- Seminars on banking and market economy organised by the University of Thessaloniki in Greece, the University of Geneva in co-operation with the World Council of Churches in Switzerland, the University of Debrecen, Hungary
Work experience
- 2005 - Present
- Senior lecturer at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Chair of Finance, courses in “Monetary policies”, “Financial audit and control”, “Monetary mechanisms and institutions”, “Project evaluation”
- 1998 - 2014
- NBR Board member (appointed by the Parliament of Romania in December 1998 for a six-year tenure, renewed in 2004 and 2009)
- February 2001 - February 2005
- Lecturer, Dimitrie Cantemir University in Târgu Mureş
- 1998 - 2001
- Manager, accounting and economic and financial consulting firm
- December 1990 - January 1998
- Head of the Customer Accounting Division, RENEL Mureş subsidiary
- October 1980 - November 1990
- Economist, Mureş county Statistics Division
Scientific research activity
- The standard of living of households in Mureş county, Statistical Studies, 1987 (co-author)
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in Romania, ANCS-CEEX project manager
- “Victor Slăvescu” Centre for Financial and Monetary Research, the Romanian Academy, contributions to the following projects:
- Assessment of macroeconomic policies in the new EU Member States ahead of euro adoption
- Monitoring the shift to the euro of the new EU Member States. Analyses and syntheses
- Methods to assess internal audit performance
- Assessment and drafting of a comprehensive report on the implementation of the National Plan for Research, Development and Innovation during 1999-2006, the National Authority for Scientific Research (collaborator)
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, contract concluded between UBB Cluj-Napoca, Economic Science and Business Administration Faculty and Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA), attached to the London Business School, London, UK and Babson College, Boston USA (project manager)
- More than 30 articles published in journals, books, as well as lecture notes, project participations
Other professional and scientific activities and achievements
- Associate member of the Hungarian Academy, 2007
- Expert accountant - member of the Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania (CECCAR), 1995
- Member of the National Association of Romanian Valuers, 1996
- Member of the Chamber of Financial Auditors, 2000
- Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, California, USA, 2005
- Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Romania, 2005
- Founding member of the Academy of Economics Alumni Association, 2006
- Member of the Hungarian Economists’ Association of Romania, 1992
- Qualifications: expert accountant, economic and financial appraiser, internal auditor, independent external auditor certified by the National Securities Commission, financial auditor, financial auditor for non-government organisations
Administrative, civic and scientific activities
- 2006 - Present
- Member of the scientific committee of the “Közgazdász Forum” journal, issued by the Hungarian Economists’ Association of Romania
- 2005 - Present
- Associate researcher with the “Victor Slăvescu” Centre for Financial and Monetary Research of the Romanian Academy, in the field of external audit, internal audit, EU convergence, monetary policies of the new EU Member States
- 2004 - 2006
- Lecturer with the Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania (CFAR), for continuous training courses organised by the CFAR in Mureş county, the “Audit risks” module
- 1996
- Co-author of the “NGO Financial Management Manual”, issued by World Learning Inc. and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Orders, Awards and Titles
- 2010: The National Order “The Star of Romania”, Knight grade, awarded by the President of Romania on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the establishment of the NBR, as a token of high appreciation for the extraordinary achievements in designing and successfully implementing monetary and banking policies, which secured the financial stability of Romania
- 2008: Economist of the year and the Kerekes Jeno award, conferred by the Hungarian Economists’ Association of Romania
- 2006: The Order “The Industrial and Commercial Merit”, Grand Officer grade, awarded by the President of Romania for contributions to economic stability and the redenomination of the Romanian leu
- 2006: “Mărul de Aur” (Golden Apple) award, bestowed by the Association of Hungarian Publications, for the seamless communication on the redenomination of the Romanian leu and financial stability
- 2005: Excellency Diploma for the contribution in the field of audit in Romania, granted by the Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania
- 2003: Honorary Diploma for the contribution in the field of monetary policy in Romania, awarded by the Academy of Economics in Bucharest