Patria Bank : List of candidates for the position of Director

List of candidates for the position of Director (renewal of mandate) in the Board of Directors of

Patria Bank S.A.

Nr. crt.	Name and surname	Domicile
1	Daniela Elena Iliescu	Bucharest, Romania
2	Manda Dragoș-Horia	Bucharest, Romania
3	Merfea Bogdan	Brașov, Romania

1.

Daniela Elena Iliescu

Context:

Expiration of the mandate of Mrs. Daniela Elena Iliescu as administrator as of April 27, 2024

The opinions of the members of the Board of Directors made after assessing the fulfillment of the eligibility conditions:

-Mrs. Daniela Elena Iliescu has over 9 years of experience in banking, in management positions.

-At the same time, he exercises the following mandates at Group level: Member of the Board of Directors of Patria Credit IFN S.A., member of the Board of Directors of SAI Patria Asset Management S.A.

-Starting with April 2016-present, he is the Administrator of Patria Bank S.A. (previously called Banca Comerciala Carpatica S.A.); starting with 01.01.2022 he is also the President of the Risk Management Committee;

-During July 2014 -April 2017 he was Administrator, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of the Risk Management Committee - Patria Bank SA (former Nextebank SA).

-Mrs. Iliescu graduated from the Academy of Economic Studies (in 1996). He obtained the qualification of certified accountant at ACCA, and in February 2011 he obtained the Executive MBA degree - Wien University of Economics and Business &Carlson Business School USA.

-Meets the legal criteria regarding the minimum time commitment allocated, the number of mandates in financial and non-financial companies exercised at the same time, independent and critical thinking;

- Mrs. Iliescuhas a relevant theoretical and practical experience, fully aligned with the Bank's activity;

-Mrs.Iliescu has an impeccable reputation:

• - No negative information about the candidate has been identified, therefore there is no potential reputational risk (public sources used, e.g. Google)

• - It is not found in the records of databases with information used in the analysis of KYC, AML, CFT activity, international sanctions lists and publicly exposed persons (Dow Jones Factiva lists), as well as in the ML/FT risk database used by the Bank

• - -Absence of criminal convictions, investigations, civil and administrative trials and disciplinary actions

• - No investigations, enforcement procedures or sanctions applied by a supervisory authority;

• - No refusal of authorization by an authority or no withdrawal of authorization

• - Situations of possible conflict have been declared transparently, the member has complied with the provisions of internal regulations on the management of conflicts of interest

• - Verification in public sources and databases, certifies the fulfillment of the criteria of good repute and integrity requested by Patia Bank S.A.

• - Shows involvement in the exercise of responsibilities both within the Board of Directors and within the Risk Management Committee. Mrs. Iliescu acted with integrity and showed independent thinking, facilitated the decision-making process, constantly expressed and supported evolution and improvement, critically evaluated the performance information received

• - The professional experience and expertise gained in the fields in which he has worked contributes to strengthening the collective competence of the Board and his presence on the Board of Directors will ensure a balance of knowledge, skills, diversity, experience and will strengthen the collective competence of the Board of Directors.

2.

Manda Dragoș-Horia

Context:

Expiration of the administrator mandate of Mr. Horia Dragos Manda starting with April 27, 2024

The opinions of the members of the Board of Directors made after assessing the fulfillment of the eligibility conditions:

-Mr. Horia Dragos Manda has over 14 years of experience in banking, in management positions.

-Starting with April 2016-present, he is the Administrator of Patria Bank S.A. and President of the Board of Directors (previously called Banca Comerciala Carpatica S.A.);

-Between July 2014 and April 2017 he was Administrator, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Patria Bank S.A. (previously called Nextebank S.A.), and member of the Audit Committee and of the Risk Management Committee;

-Since May 2006 until now he holds the position of Administrator and General Manager - Axxess Capital Partners SA,

-Mr. Manda graduated the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, holding a PhD in mathematics from the University of Paris VII-France (1993), an MBA (summa laude) through the Romanian-Canadian MBA Program (McGill, University of Quebec - Montreal, ASE Bucharest, 1996) and a M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bucharest (1984).

-Meets the legal criteria regarding the minimum time commitment allocated, the number of mandates in financial and non-financial companies exercised at the same time, independent and critical thinking;

-Has a relevant theoretical and practical experience, fully aligned with the Bank's activity;

-Has an impeccable reputation:

• - No negative information about the candidate has been identified, therefore there is no potential reputational risk (public sources used, e.g. Google)

• - It is not found in the records of databases with information used in the analysis of KYC, AML, CFT activity, international sanctions lists and publicly exposed persons (Dow Jones Factiva lists), as well as in the ML/FT risk database used by the Bank

• - Absence of criminal convictions, investigations, civil and administrative trials and disciplinary actions

• - No investigations, enforcement procedures or sanctions applied by a supervisory authority;

• - No refusal of authorization by an authority or no withdrawal of authorization

• - Situations of possible conflict have been declared transparently, the member has complied with the provisions of internal regulations on the management of conflicts of interest

• - Verification in public sources and databases, certifies the fulfillment of the criteria of good repute and integrity requested by Patia Bank S.A.

• - Shows involvement in the exercise of responsibilities both within the Board of Directors and within the Risk Management Committee. Mr. Manda acted with integrity and showed independent thinking, facilitated the decision-making process, constantly expressed and supported evolution and improvement, critically evaluated performance information received

• - The professional experience and expertise gained in the fields in which he has worked contributes to strengthening the collective competence of the Board and his presence on the Board of Directors will ensure a balance of knowledge, skills, diversity, experience and will strengthen the collective competence of the Board of Directors.

  3.

  Merfea Bogdan

Context:

Expiration of Mr. Bogdan Merfea's mandate as administrator as of April 27, 2024

The opinions of the members of the Board of Directors made after assessing the fulfillment of the eligibility conditions:

-Mr. Bogdan Merfea has over 20 years of experience in banking, in various management positions.

-At the same time, he exercises the following mandates at Group level: Member of the Board of Directors of Patria Credit IFN S.A., President of the Board of Directors.

-Starting with April 2016-present, he is the Administrator of Patria Bank S.A. (previously called Banca Comerciala Carpatica S.A.); starting April 2019, he is also a member of the Audit Committee;

-Between May 2017 and March 2019 he held the position of General Manager - Patria Bank S.A. (previously called Banca Comerciala Carpatica S.A.)

-Between April 2015 and April 2017 he held the position of General Manager, member of the Executive Board, member of the Credit Committee, member of the Assets and Liabilities Management Committee - Patria Bank SA (former Nextebank S.A.)

-Between October 2014 and March 2016 he was a Member of the Board of Directors - Patria Bank SA (former Nextebank S.A.)

-Between July 2008 and June 2009 he worked as General Manager - Raiffeisen Leasing Kosovo S.A.

-Between November 2001 and June 2008 he held various management positions within Raiffeisen Bank Romania, Raiffeisen Asset Management Romania, Raiffeisen Leasing Romania (Member of the Board of Directors, Regional Director, Branch Director)

-Between April 1999 and November 2001: held various management positions within Demir Bank Romania, Brasov

-Between September 1984 and August 1999 he worked as Professor PhD Engineer, Associate Professor Dr. Lecturer PhD Engineer, Assistant Professor, Researcher Department of Machine Building Technology

- Transilvania University Brasov

-Mr. Merfea graduated Transilvania University of Brasov - Faculty of Machine Building Technology, is a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and graduated a Master in Business Management, also attending courses at the prestigious INSEAD school, IMD Laussane, Harvard, Wharton University.

Engineer by training, Mr. Merfea has academic experience, activating between 1984-1999 as university professor PhD Engineer, associate professor and lecturer, assistant professor and researcher at the Department of Machine Building Technology.

Meets the legal criteria regarding the minimum time commitment allocated, the number of mandates in financial and non-financial companies exercised at the same time, independent and critical thinking;

• - Has a relevant theoretical and practical experience, fully aligned with the Bank's activity;

• - It has an impeccable reputation:

• - No negative information about the candidate has been identified, therefore there is no potential reputational risk (public sources used, e.g. Google)

• - It is not found in the records of databases with information used in the analysis of KYC, AML,

  CFT activity, international sanctions lists and publicly exposed persons (Dow Jones Factiva lists), as well as in the ML/FT risk database used by the Bank

• - Absence of criminal convictions, investigations, civil and administrative trials and disciplinary actions

• - No investigations, enforcement procedures or sanctions applied by a supervisory authority;

• - No refusal of authorization by an authority or no withdrawal of authorization

• - The situations of possible conflict of interest were declared transparently, complied with the provisions of national regulations on the management of conflicts of interest

• - Verification in public sources and databases, certifies the fulfillment of the criteria of good repute and integrity requested by Patia Bank S.A.

• - Shows involvement in the exercise of responsibilities both within the Board of Directors and within the Risk Management Committee. Mr. Merfea acted with integrity and showed independent thinking, facilitated the decision-making process, constantly expressed and supported evolution and improvement, critically evaluated the performance information received

• - The professional experience and expertise gained in the fields in which he has worked contributes to strengthening the collective competence of the Board and his presence on the Board of Directors will ensure a balance of knowledge, skills, diversity, experience and will strengthen the collective competence of the Board of Directors.