Alexandru Maximescu is the Vice-president of Regulatory & Corporate Public Affairs
within OMV Petrom. He has been Public and Regulatory Affairs Director since early
2014, advocating the company’s position on all issues relevant to the industry and
maintaining the dialogue with political and near-political stakeholder groups, EU
institutions and other international actors. He previously served as a Public Affairs
Manager with the same department being in charge with issues related to the E&P
Division.
Mr. Maximescu has both government and private sector experience in domestic and
international affairs. Beginning January 2007, he served as Justice and Home Affairs
Counselor at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union,
coordinating the accession process of Romania to the Schengen Area, including
implementation of the Schengen Facility financial instrument. Previously, he worked
as Counselor within the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior, and throughout 2004-2005 he acted as adviser to the CEO of Sanavita AG&Co (Germany). Alexandru Maximescu graduated from the Faculty of European Studies, Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and holds a Major in Political Science from the Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität in Muenster, Germany and a Major in Energy at FABIZ.