Christian Canacaris
Chief Executive Officer
Management Board
Raiffeisenbank
Albania
Biography
Mr. Christian Canacaris is currently Chief Executive Officer of Raiffeisen Bank in Albania. He holds this position since October 2010. He is a highly experienced banker with a lot of years spent in CEE countries and emerging markets in Board Member positions. Mr. Canacaris has a long career in Treasury and Capital Markets. Mr. Canacaris joined Raiffeisen Bank in April 2004 as Board Member for Treasury, Investment Banking and Capital Markets. From February 2010 until October 2015 he was also in charge of Corporate Banking at Board level, too. During his long banking career, he has held managing positions at RZB Krekova Bank, at Raiffeisen Bank Maribor Slovenia, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, National Bank of Greece S.A in Bucharest, Romania, National Bank of Greece S.A, Paris, Phoenix Bank, Paris, etc. Mr. Canacaris graduated from the University of Paris, Pantheon-Sorbonne, in European and Enterprise Finance. He also has a master’s degree in Econometrics and Applied Mathematics and Statistics and an MBA from Manchester Business School. Mr. Christian Canacaris is currently Chief Executive Officer of Raiffeisen Bank in Albania. He holds this position since October 2010. He is a highly experienced banker with a lot of years spent in CEE countries and emerging markets in Board Member positions. Mr. Canacaris has a long career in Treasury and Capital Markets. Mr. Canacaris joined Raiffeisen Bank in April 2004 as Board Member for Treasury, Investment Banking and Capital Markets. From February 2010 until October 2015 he was also in charge of Corporate Banking at Board level, too. During his long banking career, he has held managing positions at RZB Krekova Bank, at Raiffeisen Bank Maribor Slovenia, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, National Bank of Greece S.A in Bucharest, Romania, National Bank of Greece S.A, Paris, Phoenix Bank, Paris, etc. Mr. Canacaris graduated from the University of Paris, Pantheon-Sorbonne, in European and Enterprise Finance. He also has a master’s degree in Econometrics and Applied Mathematics and Statistics and an MBA from Manchester Business School.
Research Interest
Economics