Board of Trustees

Mircea Geoană

Founding President
Deputy Secretary General of NATO

Mircea Geoana is the Deputy Secretary General of NATO beginning with October 17, 2019. He is a proeminent public figure in Romania, with a distinguished domestic and international career. Mircea Geoana ran for the Presidency of Romania in 2009. In an unprecedented narrow and contested election, he received 49.6% of the casted ballot. He served […]

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Florin Pogonaru

Acting Co-President & Vice-president
CEO/Chairman, Central European Financial Services

Florin Pogonaru is the coordinator of the “Central European Financial Services” Group for Romania and member of the boards of directors and investment

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Daniel Badea

Acting Co-President & Member
Managing Partner, Clifford Chance Badea

Daniel Badea is the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance Badea, the local office of one of the world’s pre-eminent law firms.  Daniel began his international career working for the local office of an international law firm while still studying at the Faculty of Law of the Bucharest University. He continued practicing business law both in […]

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Alexandra Gătej

Vice-president
CEO, Maldon & Wat

Alexandra Gătej received a bachelor’s degree in Economics at the Wharton University, USA. She also has a degree in cybernetics from the Cybernetics Department of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. In 2011 Mrs. Alexandra Gătej was elected President of AmCham for two terms by a representative part of the business environment in Romania, acknowledging […]

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Vasile Iuga

Treasurer
Entrepreneur

Vasile currently serves in a number of boards of international companies, in addition to being an investor in two telecom/cable tv businesses. Previously he was with PwC for 27 years, including 20 years as a Senior International Partner in charge with SEE and as a Board Member of PWC CEE. During his tenure at PwC, […]

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Steven van Groningen

Member
President, Raiffeisen Bank

Steven Cornelis van Groningen is an expert of the Central and Eastern Europe banking market and over the past 10 years he has been on top management positions in subsidiaries of Western-European banks in Romania, Hungary and Russia. He managed the start up of ABN Amro subsidiary in Bucharest. Beginning with June 2001 he became […]

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Răsvan Radu

Member
CEO/Executive President, UniCredit Bank

He was born on 12 February 1966 and he graduated from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, the Economic Studies Academy Bucharest, the Romanian – American University Bucharest, the Economic International Relations Faculty and from special MBA programs at Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers – Paris, Bucharest and Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. […]

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Christina Verchere

Member
Chief Executive Officer & President of the Executive Board OMV Petrom

Christina Verchere holds a Master degree in Economics Science from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She started her career in 1993 and has spent over 20 years with an oil and gas supermajor, where she held numerous leadership positions in the UK, the US, Canada and Indonesia. Between 2012-2014, she has been the Regional President […]

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Sergiu Manea

Member
CEO, Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR)

Sergiu Manea is the Chief Executive Officer of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), Romania’s most respected financial institution. BCR provides market-leading financial services for consumers, small businesses and corporates, as well as asset management and private pension management services. Sergiu became CEO of BCR in October 2015. Under his leadership, BCR has entered into a new […]

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