Members

Alexandru Rafila

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Minister of Health, Government of Romania

Professor Alexandru Rafila was appointed Minister of Health of Romania on November 25th 2021. He was previously Deputy Speaker of the Romanian Parliament. Prof. Rafila has served in central administration as Secretary of State, General Director for Public Health and several times as Personal Adviser of the Minister of Health. He is a previous Director […]

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Nadir Ali

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Audit & Advisory Partner, Ascentor

Nadir Ali has 20 years of professional experience and is Audit and Advisory Partner at Ascentor, a Romanian professional services firm specialised in internal audit, management consulting, transactions, fraud and litigation support services. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a member of the Romanian Chamber of Auditors (CAFR) and […]

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Sorana Baciu

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Independent Director and International Consultant

Sorana Baciu is an independent director and international consultant with extensive knowledge in policy formulation, strategy development, change management, and corporate governance. She has over twenty years of experience in senior positions in the private and public sectors. As Managing Partner of Acgenio, a consulting firm, her expertise is regularly sought out by international institutions […]

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Florin Bâlcan

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Country Manager, Provident Financial Romania

Mr. Florin Bâlcan (43)  is the Country Manager of Provident Financial Romania since 2019. Previously, he served for Provident as Regional Risk Director for Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria, between 2015 and 2019.  Mr. Bâlcan has an extensive experience of over 17 years, accumulated within well respected and reputable multinational companies in the financial services and […]

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Vasile Baltac

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President, ATIC - IT&C Association of Romania

Vasile Baltac is a Professor of eGovernment Strategies at SNSPA (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration), member of the boards of WITSA, USA, LanguageCert, UK and various Romanian companies and non-governmental organizations. He is the coordinator of SoftNet Group, an IT venture group of companies that is more than 25 years old, and […]

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Adrian Bot

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Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Capstan Therapeutics

Adrian Bot, M.D., Ph.D. is the Vice President and Global Head of Translational Medicine at Kite, a Gilead Company, developing genetically engineered cell products for oncology indications. Dr. Bot has more than 20 years of experience in biopharmaceutical industry with focus on discovery and development of immunotherapies. He obtained his M.D. in Romania in 1993 […]

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Simona Bot

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Member of the Executive Team, Blue Heron Foundation & Vice President, Community Outreach, West Coast, USA

Simona Bot was born and raised in Romania. She graduated University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, with M.D. degree in September 1993. She emigrated in USA after graduating medical school, and she lived there for the last 28 years, with her husband and three daughters. Simona held Research Scientist positions at Mount Sinai Medical […]

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Dragoș Bucurenci

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PA & Communication Specialist

Dragoș Bucurenci holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and served as Communication Adviser in the cabinet of the European Commissioner for Regional Policy. He was named Manager of the Year 2021 by readers of the Capital magazine. After a career in the civil society, doubled by one in television, Dragoș specialized in public affairs and communication. […]

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Dinu Bumbăcea

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Country Managing Partner, PwC Romania

Dinu is the Country Managing Partner of PwC Romania, where he leads a team of over 800 professionals, including 22 Partners, across three lines of services – Assurance, Tax and Legal Consulting, Management Consulting and Deals. He is also Advisory Leader of PwC Romania and has over 28 years of experience in professional services, of […]

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