European Financial Services Conference - ECFS 2019

Cristian ROȘU
Vice President of the Insurance and Reinsurance Sector
Financial Supervisory Authority

 Mr. Cristian Rosu has a vast experience, of over 17 years in the financial market, a career that he formed mainly in the banking system where he held top management positions. Since May 2016, he has held the position of General Manager of the Insured Guarantee Fund. Between February 2016 and April 2016, he was the Director of the Resolution Department within the Insured Guarantee Fund. In this position he coordinated the resolution process regarding Carpatica Asig SA, ensuring the fulfillment of legal duties for assessing the financial position of the insurer as a result of a rapid deterioration of the financial situation, and in May 2016 he became general manager of the Insured Guarantee Fund.

Valentin IONESCU
Director of the Strategy and Financial Stability Department
Financial Supervisory Authority

Mr. Valentin Ionescu is the Director of the Strategy and Financial Stability Department within ASF, Mr. Ionescu has been active for 20 years in the field of investments and financial supervision. He held the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Strategy and Financial Stability Department (January 2015 - September 2015) and of the Director of the Integrated Supervision Department (2013 - 2014). The professional activity also includes positions such as General Manager of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (2010 - 2011), Member of the Board of Directors at Sibex, SIF Moldova (2012 - 2013) and Chairman of the Board of the Central Depository (2010 - 2011), but also international experience - Euro Invest Bank Gmbh Austria (Head of Sales, 2009 - 2010) and Wood & Co Czech Republic (Senior Sales Trader, 2007 - 2009). Mr. Valentin Ionescu graduated from the Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Commerce, has an MBA and a Certificate in Finance from George Town University US.

Călin RANGU
President
Institute of Financial Studies

Iulian STAN
Executive Vice President executiv           Transilvania Financial Investment Company S.A.

PhD. Narcis PĂVĂLAŞCU, Managing Director PAVALASCU Risk Consultants

 
Mădălin ROȘU
President
Romanian Motor Insurers Office

 
Alexandru CIUNCAN
General Manager
National Union of Insurance Companies of Romania (UNSAR)

Mr. Alexandru CIUNCAN has over 15 years of experience in the field of insurance and private pensions in Central and Eastern Europe, with expertise in the area of ​​market conduct, regulation, consumer protection, media and financial journalism. Starting with September 2018, Alexandru holds the position of General Director of UNSAR - National Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania. Also, between 2013 and 2018, Alexandru was a member of IRSG and OPSG, the two groups of Stakeholders within EIOPA - the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisory Authority, participating in the elaboration and debate of legislative acts with long-term impact. on the insurance and private pension industries. At the same time, Alexandru held the positions of Secretary General of APPA - Association for Insurance Promotion - the NGO that developed the first national consumer information and education campaigns - and Managing Partner of XPRIMM, a Romanian media company specialized in industry. EEC and EEA insurance companies. Alexandru CIUNCAN attended the courses of the Faculty of Management within the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, holds a Professional Certificate in Management (OPEN University Business School, UK) and is licensed PMP-Project Management Professional and ACP-Agile Certified Professional (Project Management Institute, USA).

 
Nicoleta RADU
Natural Disaster Insurance Pool (PAID)

Nicoleta Radu was appointed General Manager of PAID Romania in March 2014, being responsible for both the company's management and the implementation of shareholder decisions. Prior to his appointment to this position, he headed the internal control department of PAID Romania for one year. He has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and manager in multiple fields of activity. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest and holds a Master's Degree from SNSPA - National School of Political and Administrative Studies.

 
Paul SWOBODA
Geberal Manager
Grawe România

Mr. Paul Swoboda's insurance career began in 2003, within the Grawe concern, as a project manager, and in 2007 he joined the Romanian team as a member of the Board of Directors. In 2010 he became a member of the Board of Directors, supervising the financial and control activities of the company, and in September 2012, he was appointed General Manager of Grawe Romania. Starting with November 2015, the company is managed in a dualistic system, and Mr. Swoboda becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grawe. Educated in the spirit and tradition of Grawe's leadership training, Paul Swoboda's stated and assumed goal is to maintain the quality and profitability standards characteristic of the company and financial group of which Grawe Romania is a part. At the same time, he intends to maintain a constant pace of development, adapted to market conditions and a managerial policy focused on consolidation. The youth, but also the multidisciplinary training acquired make the President of the Grawe Romania Directorate a leader with a wide horizon, open to new and with a lot of team spirit. Mister. Paul Swoboda holds a master's degree in Business Science and a master's degree in Philosophy and has benefited from scholarships offered by universities in Paris, Sofia, Zagreb, Novosibirsk. He has a passion for languages, the most recent of which is Romanian, and is fluent in English, French, Russian and Bulgarian.

Constantin LUPU
International Relations Promotion Advisor
National Authority for Initial Vocational Training in Dual System (ANFPSD)

Doctor in Economics at the Romanian Academy, Mr. Lupu currently holds the position of Adviser for the Promotion of International Relations at the National Authority for Initial Vocational Training in Dual System. He is an associate professor at the University of European Studies in Moldova. He has over 10 years of investment experience.

Dorel DUȚĂ
President
National Union of Insurance Intermediation and Consulting Companies in Romania

 
Antonio SOUVANNASOUCK
President
Romanian Employers of Insurance-Reinsurance Brokers (PRBAR)

Mr. Gheorghe Grad graduated from Open University Business School, being one of the founders of the Romanian brokerage company SRBA. The company founded in 1998 quickly grew,  ranking every year among the top 20  from over 300 brokerage companies in the country. The merger with Renomia  took place in 2015, through the acquisition of a 51% percent of the share capital. Throughout his professional career, Mr. Grad has been part of both national and international professional associations and hence involved in the implementation of the specific European legislation in Romania. Alongside managing and focusing on of the business development process of the company, he is an active participant in the business environment through taking part in seminars, conferences and radio programmes. He is also Arbitrator in the association Centre for Arbitration and Insurance Mediation.

Mrs. Alexandra Smedoiu has an experience of almost 15 years in tax consulting, Alexandra has coordinated over time numerous local and international projects mainly for clients in the financial services industry and in the real estate sector. Her professional experience includes a wide range of projects, from tax audits and audits, to assistance in transactions and tax audits. Alexandra is a member of the Romanian Chamber of Tax Consultants, the Association of Chartered Accountants (ACCA) of the United Kingdom, the Institute of International Taxation (ADIT) of the United Kingdom and the Association of CFA Certified Financial Analysts. Alexandra is also vice-president of CFA Romania.

 
Florentina ALMĂJANU
General Manager
CFA România Association

 Mrs. Florentina Almajanu has been General Manager of the CFA Romania Association for over 11 years and Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Financial Studies since 2015. Florentina Almajanu has a career of over 20 years in the insurance field and until May 2017 she held the position of General Director of the National Union of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania.
An energy engineer by profession, Florentina Almajanu completed her studies in the financial field with a Master in Finance and Insurance at the Bucharest Academy of Studies, with a training in "Risk Management for pension and health funds", a program organized by Georgetown University in the USA. and last but not least with a study program in "Economic Diplomacy and International Affairs" with certification obtained from the Transilvania University of Brasov.Inginer energetician de profesie, Florentina Almajanu si-a completat studiile in domeniul financiar cu un Master in Finante si Asigurari la Academia de Studii Bucuresti, cu o scolarizare in “Managementul Riscului pentru fondurile de pensii si sanatate”, program organizat de Universitatea Georgetown din S.U.A. si nu in ultimul rand cu un program de studii in “Diplomatie Economica si Afaceri Internationale” cu certificare obtinuta de la Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov.

Ștefan PRIGOREANU
CEO
Millenium Insurance Broker

CEO of Millennium Insurance Broker SA, Stefan Prigoreanu has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry in Romania. He is one of the few back-ground insurance specialists with relevant experience both in regulating and supervising the private pension system, and in the world of martial arts, where he polished his perseverance for over 25 years. As a lecturer and leader of trainers at an important provider of professional training in insurance, but also as a founding member and former Vice President of the Romanian Board of Insurance-Reinsurance Brokers, he is also involved with all specific legal requirements and changes brought by European legislation. ''

 
Irinel DINU
Damages Department Director
PAID Romania

I gained experience in the field of damages by going through all the professional steps in insurance companies, from the damage inspector to the director of the claims department. In the 21 years of working in damages, we analyzed a very large volume of damage files from all insurance classes, starting with mandatory RCA and ending with maritime and aviation damages. We led teams of over a hundred specialized damage inspectors, reaching together to meet high performance criteria, by excellent organization of the activity, by permanent and scheduled training and by promoting a special team spirit. As a level of professional education I am licensed of the Faculty of Transports Bucharest, Road Vehicles section, since 1995 and since 2017 I have been a doctor in mechanical engineering. Also in 2017, I obtained the ISF trainer certificate and the lecturer's approval from ASF.

 
Florian GABA
Manager
Pro Fiduciaria

Mr. Florian Gaba has over 14 years of experience in training and consulting, especially in the financial field. In 2011 he founded Pro Fiduciaria, a leader in providing professional training services in insurance, pensions and banks with a portfolio of over 100 companies in the financial area. Since 2012, he founded Nosco Learning, a division that offers e-learning services and solutions for companies in different business sectors. Together with the Nosco team, Florian builds and adapts specific tools for online and abroad learning, depending on the specifics of each company.

Mrs. Simona Fătu is an experienced manager with over 12 years of experience in the executive and non-executive management of large companies in the financial, energy, mining, food production and marketing. The area of ​​expertise includes, but is not limited to, corporate governance, management, business strategy, corporate finance and business development. A graduate of the Academy of Economic Studies, Simona worked, during her professional training, in the field of capital markets, being involved, first from the position of regulator and later as a consultant and investment banker, in the construction of the Romanian capital market . However, the stage of professional maturation but also of promotion to management positions was known, in the banking field, in a period marked both by an extremely intense development of the sector specific to the years 2000-2008 but also by a severe adjustment corresponding to the period 2009. -2011. Simona likes to say that, starting with 2012, she is in the consolidation phase with obtaining non-executive director mandates in large companies such as the National Salt Company, the Transylvania South Electricity Distribution Company and the Oltenia Energy Complex. Simona is involved in professional training activities in the field of corporate governance collaborating with the Institute of Financial Studies as well as in mentoring activities and works in several associations such as PWN Romania, AAI and TMA Romania.

Maria GANEA - BOGHIAN
General Manager
AsiSoft

Mrs. Maria Ganea-Boghian, graduated the master courses organized by the University of Pitesti-through the Persed program-obtaining the diploma of master consultant (professional) in business management and doctoral school, obtaining the title of doctor in mechanical-automotive engineering, with thesis; At the end of his life, at the end of his life, he participated as a coordinator in the team of specialists who designed the first pilot treatment station for end-of-life vehicles in Romania, made the manual and procedures on quality assurance for dismantling companies in Romania and implemented this system. 20 dismantling companies from Romania, system certified by TUV Thuringen in 2008. For the innovative ideas used in the design of the integrated flow of end-of-life vehicle treatment (dismantling, recovery, reuse, recycling) and waste management, TUV Thuringen awarded him the diploma by * Inovator *, in 2009. He is a co-participant in the design, implementation and implementation in the Romanian insurance market of the first computer system for evaluating damaged vehicles, Autosel (which is made available to the insurance market since 2006), of the platform EURODEMONT information on the management of end - of - life vehicles, the base Inkasso data (damaged vehicles Romania / Europe, USA), of the Servisel, SPSel and Justalert system, together with Mr. Ganea Nicolae.

Dr. Irina ALEXE
Associate scientific researcher Institute of Legal Research, „Acad. Andrei Rădulescu ”of the Romanian Academy

PhD. Lecturer Ioan-Ovidiu SPĂTĂCEAN
Vice Dean
Universitatea "Petru Maior", Tîrgu Mureș

Lecturer Dr. Spătăcean Ioan Ovidiu has accumulated a valuable didactic, professional and research experience, during the over 15 years of activity in the university environment. Research concerns are anchored in areas such as financial audit, corporate governance or financial markets and have resulted in more than 40 papers published, as author or co-author, in journals with international visibility. Some of these scientific articles were funded by a postdoctoral research grant in the field of corporate governance at the level of investment firms in Romania (2014-2015). The professional expertise was acquired, to a large extent, as a result of the over 13 years of collaboration with the investment company Goldring from Târgu Mureș, within which specific experiences and skills of risk management, financial reporting and compliance were accumulated. Also, the professional activity performed as financial auditor and expert accountant, member of the Romanian Chamber of Financial Auditors (since 2011) and of the Body of Expert Accountants and Certified Accountants of Romania (since 2013), has contributed significantly to strengthening teaching and research skills. These skills were completed by the experience gained in the field of university management, starting with 2016, as Scientific Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Law at the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology in Târgu Mureș.

 
PhD. Silviu-Dorin ȘCHIOPU Assistant Professor "Transylvania" University, Brașov

Ramona COMAN
Lawyer
Lawyer house Mureș

Lawyer - Mures Bar since 2010, University Lecturer at the Department of Law and Public Administration within UMFST Tg Mures, President of the international association "Pro Iure", member of the editorial board of the magazine "Curentul Juridic". Graduate of the "Petru Maior" University of Tg Mures, Doctoral studies completed in July 2015 at the School of Law and Criminal Procedure, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy. Publications: a monograph, over 20 articles and studies, member of the organizing committee of over 20 international conferences.

Mădălina NEACȘU
Expert in urban security and resilience
Bucharest City Hall

Laura MILOȘ
PhD. Lecturer
West University of Timisoara

Elena Cristina
SAVU
Lawyer
Lawyer house Brasov

PhD. Elena-Cristina SAVU is a lawyer since 2002, Associate Founder of the Civil Society of Lawyers "Savu and Associates". Education: Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, 1997-2001 - Bachelor's degree in law, "Simion Bărnuțiu" Faculty of Law, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, 2006-2008 - Master's degree in European Law, Faculty of Law, „Titu Maiorescu” University of Bucharest, 2018 - present - doctoral studies. He published the Insurance Contract, Ed. CHBeck, 2018, Insurance Legislation, Ed. CHBeck, 2018, coordinated and prefaced edition, Professional Liability Insurance - Malpractice Guarantee, Annals of Titu Maiorescu University, Law series, 2018, Ed. Hamangiu, 2018 , Extinctive prescription in the matter of the insurance contract in the light of the new civil Code, in Law Review, online edition, December 2017.

Eliza CRISTIAN
Head of Evaluation Department
Transilvania Financial Investment Company

Mrs. Eliza Cristian coordinates the activities of the Evaluation Department within the S.I.F. Transylvania and has over 5 years of experience in the company, previously working in the field of investments and risk management. Mrs. Eliza Cristian is a CFA member, one of the most prestigious titles among financial professionals, as well as a full member of ANEVAR, an organization that brings together evaluation professionals in Romania. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. He has also worked in areas such as marketing, insurance and has participated in numerous courses in the field of entrepreneurship, project management, innovation and business consulting. The main professional values ​​are: proactivity, responsibility, integrity and performance.

Paul BARANGĂ
Guidance counselor
Financial Supervisory Authority

He has 15 years of professional experience in the capital market, during which time he worked both within the Financial Supervisory Authority (CNVM and later ASF) and in the private sector, within several financial entities specific to this non-financial sector. -banking. He was an economist and lawyer by profession, both in the implementation of legislative packages and in various projects for the development of activities and infrastructure specific to operations with financial instruments.

Ana CODESCU
Head of Global AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group Commerzbank AG

Ms. Ana Codescu has extensive experience in preventing and combating money laundering, terrorist financing and the application of international sanctions. He currently coordinates globally the monitoring of Trade Finance transactions (documentary operations) within the Commerzbank financial group. She is directly involved in the implementation of global policies and internal controls for the prevention of financial crime risks and participates as an expert in establishing compliance strategies on the Trade Finance business segment, as well as in the development and implementation of measures necessary for their application. At the same time, throughout his professional career, he also worked in the field of forensic consulting, being a key expert in Lithuania's national assessment on the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing (2015). She is internationally certified as a money laundering prevention specialist (CAMS), a student at the Institute of Risk Management in London and a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Finance at the Academy of Economic Studies.

Aurel IVAN
Director
Audatex

I have been working in Audatex since 2011 (which is part of the Solera Holdings group) being responsible for the service area offered to insurance companies. Starting with the fall of 2018, I am the Country Manager of Audatex. I have over 10 years of experience in the field of insurance brokerage - for Marsh Broker and I coordinated the brokerage department of ING Asigurari and Aviva.

Conf.Univ.Dr.
Luminița TULEAȘCĂ
Romanian American University

Mrs. Tuleașcă is a PhD associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the Romanian-American University, as well as a pleading lawyer, the Bucharest Bar, founder and managing partner of TULEAŞCĂ LAWYERS. Also, Mrs. Tuleașcă is currently also an Arbitrator of the International Commercial Arbitration Court attached to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He completed his doctorate in Law from the University of Bucharest, Private Law, specialization in Commercial Law.

PhD. Lecturer Sergiu GOLUB Vice Dean
„Babeș-Bolyai” University

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PhD. Assoc. Prof. Cristina-Ioana FLORESCU
Lawyer
Lawyer house București

Ms. Cristina Florescu is an associate professor with a doctorate in commercial law and arbitration at the Faculty of Legal, Administrative and Political Sciences, Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, and an associate professor at the International Master of Arbitration at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest and Romanian-American University. , lawyer (Bucharest Bar) with his own commercial and arbitration practice and also arbitrator at the International Court of Commercial Arbitration (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania), Bucharest, at ICC Paris and at the Vienna International Arbitration Center (VIAC ). He is a doctoral graduate, with a doctoral thesis in the field of commercial arbitration published in Romania (Commercial Arbitration, Arbitration Convention and Arbitral Tribunal, Universul juridic Publishing House, 2011). She conducted an internship and research activity at the Arbitration Court of the International Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), located in Paris in 2006 and in the doctoral department of CEU University, Budapest in 2007. international referee (member of the jury) at the toilet Dream Moot, Vienna and FDI Moot. Before his legal career, he also graduated from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics, 1994 degree, specializing in higher algebra. Participant and speaker at numerous international and national conferences in the fields of arbitration and commercial law, participation in scientific sessions and seminars / webinars organized by various institutions, law schools, ICC, VIAC, ArbAut, Associations of Youth Arbitrators and many others. Publications in several journals, reviews, collections of essays, books, courses in commercial law, mediation and arbitration.

 
Constantin Marius APOSTOAIE
University Assistant Doctor
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași

Constantin-Marius Apostoaie is a PhD assistant in the Department of Finance, Currency and Public Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi. He obtained the title of doctor in Economic Sciences, Finance, in 2012, with the grade Excellent (at the University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" in Iasi). He has completed various internships in research and research at institutions such as: University of Michigan-Flint (USA), University of Barcelona (Spain), GREThA: Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée, at the University of Bordeaux (France), Universidad of Zaragoza (Spain) etc. At the same time, he has published, as sole author or co-author, over 60 scientific articles in volumes, journals or scientific journals (some of them being indexed by ISI and most in recognized international databases) and has been a member of the team in over 17 academic research and / or teaching projects, funded from national or European sources.

PhD. Lecturer Codruț - Nicolae SAVU
Lawyer
Lawyer house Brasov

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PhD. Dragoș CĂLIN
Director of the Legal Department S.I.F. Transylvania

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PhD. Prof. Mircea BOSCOIANU
Vice Dean
"Henri Coandă" Air Force Academy

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Sebastian BODU
Avocat
Baroul București

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PhD. Assoc. Prof. Constantin - Marius APOSTOAIE
„Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi

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PhD. Assoc. Prof. Camelia IGNĂTESCU

Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences "Ștefan Cel Mare" University

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PhD. Prof. Ion STANCU
General Manager      Institute of Financial Studies