Ștefan-Alexandru Frangulea is a finance executive with over 20 years of experience in banking and finance, energy, and technology. His career combines financial leadership, raising and allocating capital, governance, and business development.

He has held CFO and treasury leadership roles at listed companies and groups with international operations, overseeing financial strategy, liquidity management, and investment financing. His experience includes cross-border financing, structured trade finance, sovereign-risk operations, and Eurobond issues, as well as mergers, acquisitions, and company integrations.

He has held board mandates at companies in energy, utilities, and infrastructure, complementing his executive experience with the perspective of board responsibility. His work in banks and international financial institutions gives him an in-depth understanding of the relationship between companies, lenders, and investors.

He is a graduate of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), where he specialized in Finance, Banking, Insurance, and Stock Exchanges. He holds an Executive MBA from WU Vienna and IEDC Bled School of Management, as well as a Master of Arts in Board Practice and Directorship from Henley Business School. He is President and co-founder of the Romanian Treasurers’ Association (ATR), affiliated with EACT and IGTA.

Within Braintrust, he contributes his experience in financial governance, capital strategy, and access to funding markets. He brings to the conversation both the perspective of the executive who manages an organization’s finances and that of the board member who weighs the long-term implications of decisions. He aims to share this experience and contribute to the shared reflection on financing, growth, and responsibility in business.