Before being appointed as Head of the EIB Group Office in Bucharest, Marius Cara was the Deputy Head of Investor Relations and Sustainable Finance Division at EIB. His main responsibilities included on-going liaison with investors, rating agencies, credit and market analysts, and general market communication on EIB developments. 

In the field of green bonds and sustainable funding, Marius is actively following the market and regulatory developments, being directly involved in the marketing of EIB’s sustainable debt products (namely the Climate Awareness Bonds and Sustainability Awareness Bonds), and in promoting the EIB strategy at conferences and investor events. 

In 2021 Marius was seconded for period of three years to the European Commission to support its NextGeneration EU funding program. The main objectives of the secondment were to provide know-how and build capacity in the EC’s investor relations function. 

Marius joined the EIB in 2006 as Advisor to the Audit Committee and moved to Capital Markets in 2011. Before EIB he worked for several years as internal auditor in the UN system and as a consultant for Pricewaterhouse Coopers. 

Marius has a degree in business administration from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania and he is a chartered accountant (FCCA), as well as a member of the Romanian Chamber of Financial Auditors (CAFR) and of the Romanian Body of Expert and Chartered Accountants (CECCAR). 

Marius is fluent in English and French, being native speaker of Romanian.