Bogdan Andrei Dumitrescu is currently a Senior Researcher within “Victor Slăvescu” Centre for Financial and Monetary Research and also an Associate Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He obtained a PhD from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in 2012 and graduated from a post-doctoral program within the Romanian Academy in 2015. Shortly after the graduation of the bachelor program from the Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange, within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, in 2005, he started working in the Department of Money and Banking at the same institution, holding various teaching positions.  During his career, Bogdan Andrei Dumitrescu served as a short-term consultant for the World Bank in 2019 and took part in numerous research programs. Among his current and previous research interests can be mentioned macroeconomic policies, banking, cryptocurrencies, financial markets, and pension systems.