unitBancpost SA saidApril 4 that Philippos Karamanolis was appointed CEO of the bank and countryCEO for the Eurobank group in Romania.

The appointmenttakes effect May 16, pending the approval of Romanian regulators. Karamanoliswill replace George Georgakopoulos, who intends to pursue his professionalcareer outside Eurobank and Romania.

Karamanolishas been with the Eurobank group since 2001 and was most recently executiveboard president at Eurobank a.d.Beograd.