Aurel Bernat has 20 years of experience in banking and asset management. He has been a member of the BT Team since 2005. Starting with 2007 until recently he held various positions within BT Asset Management, until 2017, when he became the CEO of the subsidiary.

He is the Executive Director Financial Institutions & Investor Relations at Banca Transilvania, overseeing the International Relations and Financial Institutions Department, the ESG Integration & Investor Relations Department, and the Macroeconomic Research Department. He is the Chairman of the BT Pensii (Pension fund) Board of Directors.