Foreign Investors Summit, 5th edition 2018 | Business Review | 30 October 2018 | Sheraton Bucharest Hotel, Calea Dorobanți 5-7, București 010551, Romania

Foreign Investors Summit is the most complex B2B event dedicated to increasing Romania’s competitiveness. Over the course of 3 days, officials, experts, investors and leaders will jointly analyse Romania’s outlook as an attractive environment for foreign investors as well as propose courses of action to achieve further economic development for companies already doing business here.

The Summit is the place Where Romania Means Business: 3 days for exclusive content sharing and proficient insights, 500 participants to do business with, 5 industries capable of moving forward Romania’s growth story, over 50 top panelists and international guests to bring you new ideas and opportunities.

The event stands as a matchmaking and networking platform and provides useful information about Romania’s potential in different sectors, tax and legal framework, challenges and opportunities.

2018 Speakers

Stefan-radu Oprea
Minister For Business, Trade And Entrepreneurship

László Borbély
State Councilor, Head Of The Department For Sustainable Development

Lukasz A. Olszewski
Head Of Business Development Cee, Turkey, Greece And Ukraine, S&p Global Ratings

Thomas Lubeck
Regional Manager Central And South East Europe, Ifc

Alejandro Hajdenberg
Resident Representative For Bulgaria And Romania, Imf

Cristian Nacu
Senior Country Officer For Romania & Moldova, Ifc

Adela Jansen
Board Member Ccifer & Coordinator Of Coalitia Pentru Dezvoltarea Romaniei

Swantje Kortemeyer
Head Of Economic Section, German Embassy In Romania

Ioannis Markos
General Economic & Commercial Counselor, Embassy Of Greece In Romania

Laurian Lungu
Economic Advisor, Fic & Co-founder, Cpag

Dr. Daniel Heymann
General Manager, Dräxlmaier Group, Brasov, Romania

Christian Von Albrichsfeld
Country Manager, Continental Romania

Dan Oros
Marketing Manager, Google Romania

Florin Godean
Country Manager, Adecco Romania

Sorin Mindrutescu
Country Leader, Oracle Romania

Bogdan Popescu
Vicepresident, Anis, Marketing & Operations Director, Microsoft Romania

Dorin Pena
General Manager, Cisco Romania

Shibu Nambiar
Chief Operating Officer, Genpact Europe

Philippe Beucher
Executive Managing Director, Capgemini Romania

Claudiu Vrinceanu
Advisor And Co-founder, Risers Net

Emanuele Musa
Co-founder,
Babele & Nod Makerspace

Ionut Georgescu
Ceo, Fwei & Partner, Business Review

Prof. Dr. Jörg K. Menzer
Partner, Head Cee Offices, Noerr

Ioan Cocan
Managing Partner, Tremend

Alexandru-valeriu Binig
Senior Advisor, Ernst&young Romania

Antoniu Panait
Managing Director, Vastint Romania

Bogdan Florea
Ceo, Connections Romania

Serban Roman
Vice President, Country Director, Enterprise Investors

Ruxandra Bologa
Partner, Co-head Of Energy And Natural Resources Practice, Nndkp

Vlad Tanase
Partner, Real Estate Practice, Nndkp

Ioan Popa
Mayor, Resita, Caras-severin County

Stefan Ilie
Mayor, Luncavita, Tulcea County

Gratian Mihailescu
Founder, Urbanizehub

Gabriel Avacaritei
Cheif Editor, Wing Media Energy Consulting

Sebastian Popescu
Financial Advisor & Auditor, Noerr Finance & Tax

Sebastian Metz
General Manager, Ahk Rumänien

Xenia Muntean
Ceo And Co-founder, Planable

Claudiu Craciun
Lecturer In European Politics, Snspa

Alexandru Mustață
Campaign Coordinator, Bankwatch Romania

Dan Nechita
Co-founder & President, Smart Everything Everywhere

Diana Popp
Co-founder & Vice President, Smart Everything Everywhere

Alina Andrei
Founding Partner At Cabot Transfer Pricing

Bogdan Stanescu
Chairman Of The Board, Depogaz

Razvan Nicolescu
Energy & Resources Industry Leader, Deloitte Romania

Sebastian Burduja
Managing Partner, Rise Consortium

Catalina Dodu
Global Presales Director For Cybersecurity Services, Atos

Calin Vaduva
Ceo, Fortech

Radu Constantinescu
Managing Partner, Qualitance

Oana Barbu
General Manager, Asbis Romania

Florin Grosu
President, Young Leaders Club

Daniela Buscan
Program Director, Academy+plus

Andreea Paun
Managing Partner, Griffes

Catalin Gavrila
Head Of Land Development, Crosspoint

Matei Dumitrescu
Vp Techangels & Director, Founder Institute

Irina Scarlat
Country Manager, Romania, Revolut

Catalin Calota
Account Manager, Mastercard

Dragos Doros
Tax Partner, Kpmg Romania

Ionut Constandache
Fx Dealer, Ebury

Roxana Sunica
Marketing, Communication & Corporate Affairs Manager, Fepra International

Mihai Zaharia
Director Of Investments And Capital Markets, Globalworth

Flavia Popa
Secretary General, Brd Groupe Societe Generale

Mihai Ivascu
Ceo, Modex & Ceo And Founder, Moneymailme

Dragos Gheban
Managing Partener, Catalyst Solutions

Ivan Mihaylov
Director Sofia Technical Center, Visteon Corporation

Daniel Rosner
Progam Manager, Innovation Labs Romania

Horia Velicu
Head Of Innovation Lab, Brd - Groupe Societe Generale

Constantin Gheorghe
President Of The Romanian Offshore Regulatory Authority

Dragos Cabat
Managing Partner, Risco Business Intelligence

Gabriel Iștoc
General Manager, B-team Consult And Services Srl

Codruta Vulcu
Owner/ceo, Artmania

Sorin Melenciuc
Journalist, Business Review

Irina Roncea
Deputy Managing Director, Golin Bucharest

Past 2017 Speakers:

Marcel Ciolacu
Vice Prime Minister

Stella Ronner-Grubačić
Ambassador of Netherlands in Romania

Valentin Lazea
Chief Economist, BNR

Oana Popescu
Regional Economic and Political Analyst

Anca Harasim
Executive Director, AmCham

Greg O'Connor*
Commercial Counsellor for the U.S. Embassy in Romania
Speaker at th

Andrei Tarnea
General Commissioner of the Romanian-France Cultural Season

Jorg K. Menzer
Partner, Head CEE Offices, Noerr

Dragos Anastasiu
President, AHK Romania

Angela Cristea
Chief of Representation of the European Commission in Romania

Franz Weiler
President, Foreign Investors Council

Matteo Patrone
Director for Romania, BERD

Dragos Pislaru
Partner Civitta Romania

Manuela Furdui
Managing Partner, Finexpert

Raluca Popa
Advisor, Minister for Business Environment

Charlie Crocker
CEO, BRCC

Alex Milcev
Tax & Law Services Leader, EY Romania

Adriana Record
Executive Director, CCIFER

Anca Vlad
Vice President, AOAR

Bogdan Stanciu
Timken, General Manager

Martina Scheidleder
Managing Director, Voestalpine Romania

Adrian Borotea
Group strategy and EU agenda Director, Cez Romania

Loredana Van de Waart
Partner, Gruia Dufaut Law Office

Gabriel Stanciu
CEO, Alstom

Mihai Teodorescu
General Manager, ICT Logistics

Raul Pop
Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, ‎EY Romania

Radu Merica
Presedinte RER

Oana Bodea*
General Manager, Kronospan

Andrei Orban
President, ENVIRON

Robert Uzuna
Corporate Affairs Director, Ursus

Diana Rusu
Executive Director, Spherik Accelerator

Razvan Copoiu
Vice President, SE Europe, Schneider Electric

Ion Sturza
Founder & President, Fribourg Capital

Teodor Blidarus
President, ANIS

Cosmina Simion
Partner, NNDKP

Florin Spataru
Digital Marketing Manager, Orange

Vlad Nistor
CEO, Coinflux

Antoniu Panait
Managing Director, Vastint

Flavian Cristea
Digital Strategist, Grapefruit

Geo Margescu
Co-Founder & CEO, Forte Partners

Robert Miklo
Associate Director, Investment Services, Colliers International

Vlad Tanase
Partner, NNDKP

Silviana Petre Badea
Managing Director&Head of Capital Markets, JLL Romania

Mirela Radulescu
Sales&Marketing manager, ICCO

Radu Lucianu
Managing Partner, Capital Property Advisors

Marius Ghenea
Investment Director, 3TS Capital

Dragos Rosca
President, Delta Asset Invest

Serban Roman
Country Director Romania, Enterprise Investors

Dan Sturza
Senior Associate, Fribourg Capital

Bogdan Iordache
Managing Director, MVP Academy

Sebastian Cochinescu
Co-founder & CIO, Cyber Swarm

Ionut Georgescu
Seed Investor, Flat White Economy Investment

Dan Nechita
Co-founder and President at Smart Everything Everywhere

Dragos Gheban
Managing Partner, Catalyst

Oana Toiu
Founder, Social Innovation Solutions

Matthew Dezzani
CEO Digitaljob

Irina Minzala
Romania Recruiting Lead, Accenture

Gratian Mihailescu
Urbanize Hub

Ciprian Stanescu
Partnerships Manager, ASHOKA Romania

Corneliu Antochi
Project Manager, ALIAT

Andrei Botescu
Co-founder, Atelierele Pegas

Mihai Raneti
Founder, Cyber Swarm

Mihai Rotaru
CEO, Clever Taxi

Carmen Oprea
Cofounder & COO, Socital

2018 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM PARTNER:
• NNDKP

GOLD PARTNERS:
• VASTINT

SILVER PARTNERS:
• Enterprise Investors
• Lufthansa
• MedLife
• Noerr
• Sonae Sierra