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AmCham Romania Board of Directors

President Cristian Sporiș Vice-President, Head of Corporate Banking - RAIFFEISEN BANK ROMANIA

Cristian Sporiș is the Vice-President of Raiffeisen Bank in Romania, responsible for overseeing the Bank's Corporate lending.

Cristian Sporiș is a graduate of the Academy of Economic Studies, with a degree in Banks and Stock Exchange. He started his career in the Treasury Department of the National Bank of Greece and, beginning with 2002, he joined Raiffeisen Bank, immediately after the bank took over Banca Agricola.

He had various key-functions within the Treasury and Capital Markets Division, up to that of Executive Director.

This capacity also favoured his appointment as Secretary of State with the Ministry of Public Finance in charge with the public debt and state aid in 2012. After six months he returned to Raiffeisen Bank as Vice President, when he became Vice President responsible for the bank corporate division.

Vice-President Elisabeta Moraru Country Director - GOOGLE Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova and Romania

Elisabeta Moraru has been Country Director Google România since 2016, with 20 years of experience in areas like Management, Sales and Marketing, Business development and Training. Previous to Google, she has collaborated with Microsoft and Xerox.

Elisabeta holds a PH. D. in Communication Sciences with a thesis focusing on the evolution of the public sphere alongside the transformation of the access to information of the citizens.

Motivated by people and the desire to bring a positive impact in society, she initiated and is actively involved in multiple programs dedicated to schools and universities, with the goal to support the digitization of the educational and mass media systems. She believes technology is a tool, not a goal, and we can educate the usage for a better life.

Vice-President Alina Orban Central Europe & Central Asia Director Global Partner Solutions - MICROSOFT ROMANIA

Alina is passionate about how technology can empower companies to transform lives and businesses, is an inclusive and creative motivator with the relentless energy to obtain and share results and  at ease communicating with various stakeholders, customers, partners and internal departments to coordinate the overall business efforts.


"You don't build a business. You build people and then people build the business."

Treasurer Alexander Milcev Tax& Law Leader Romania, Partner – EY ROMANIA

Alex Milcev is Leader of the Tax & Law practice and  member of the Board of Directors of EY Romania. Mr. Milcev joined EY in 2002 and he has 22 years of experience in advising and working with multinational companies.

He has considerable experience in: corporate and international taxation, transfer pricing, indirect taxes including VAT and customs, tax due diligences, tax audits, developing and implementing international tax structuring, consultancy and compliance work currently in corporate taxation, investment structuring advice. His clients have included major banks and financial institutions from Romania, top telecommunication companies, oil companies, large manufacturing and distribution companies

Member of the Board Luminița Runcan Deputy CEO, Chief Risk Officer - BANCA TRANSILVANIA

Luminita Runcan is part of BT since the bank’s very beginning in 1994. With a wide experience in treasury and risk management, she started her career in treasury and joined the top management team in 2013. 

Luminița coordinates eight of the most challenging areas in the bank, such as: compliance, risk management, antifraud, operational risk management and in addition, she chairs the Financial Markets Association.  


 

Member of the Board Jovan Radosavljevic General Manager - COCA-COLA HBC ROMANIA

Jovan Radosavljevic started his career at Coca-Cola HBC as a merchandiser in Serbia. Since 1998, he held various positions and, in 2009, became Sales Manager of Coca-Cola HBC in Serbia, expanding his responsibility to Montenegro in 2010 and Kosovo in 2011.


Jovan became well acquainted with Romanian market, due to almost three years spent here as Commercial Manager, during which he led his team to redefine the commercial strategy. He than led the operations of the company Pivara Skopje, a joint-venture between Coca-Cola HBC & Heineken, in FYROM, before being appointed General Manager of Coca-Cola HBC Romania in 2018.

In the last years, Jovan pursued the objectives of a highly effective long-term growth strategy for the company, a strong people agenda, business adaptation during COVID-19 pandemic and building the growth premises towards post-pandemic context.

In 2019, Jovan held the position of AmCham Romania’s Vice-president focusing on topics such as business environment advocacy priorities, circular economy and sustainability or green financing.

Member of the Board Vlad Boeriu Tax & Legal Partner-in-charge - DELOITTE ROMANIA

With over 18 years of experience, Vlad is one of Deloitte's most important specialists in tax, internationally recognized by specialized rankings for his successful projects.

He leads Deloitte Romania’s largest practice - Tax and Legal - as Partner-in-Charge and is a member of the firm’s management committee.


Vlad offers tax consultancy and reporting services to multinational and large local companies in FMCG, retail, pharmaceuticals and health, technology, energy etc. He assisted clients before tax authorities in numerous tax audits, appeals and litigations and in other proceedings such as binding ruling, obtaining tax incentives etc.

Vlad  specializes in structuring foreign investments (setting business models, financing methods), supply chain tax optimization, mergers and acquisitions.

He is a member of the Romanian Chamber of Fiscal Consultants’ Superior Council and a tax expert - independent or expert party - for different courts of justice and arbitration.

He holds an MBA from the University of Sheffield, UK.

Member of the Board of Directors Cerasela Baiculescu Country Leader IBM Romania and Moldova

Cerasela is Country Leader for IBM Romania and Moldova since November 2022 and has 20 years of experience  in IT Sector. She had multiple roles of sales and leadership, with both local and international coverage, being experienced in coordinating large teams.

Cerasela graduated an Executive Master in Business Administration  with ASEBUSS and Kennesaw State University, studied at London Business School and is acknowledged as IBM Certified Senior Manager.

Cerasela is passionate about building an organization based on trust, responsibility and equity. She is willing to drive projects that digitally transform companies and make them more agile, efficient and competitive. She is a strong team player and believes in collaboration for success. 

Member of the Board Daniela Nemoianu Senior Partner - NEMOIANU CONSULTING TAX & LAW

With 27 years of business and management advisory experience within Big4 in Romania and Central and Eastern Europe, Daniela Nemoianu is a highly experienced top executive, having participated in hundreds of transactions and large projects, including greenfield investments, major privatization deals and governmental projects.

Her extensive representative roles have included Executive Partner of KPMG in Romania, Chair of the Supervisory Board of KPMG Central and Eastern Europe, Co-Chair of US OSAC in Romania, founder of Nemoianu Consulting. Her academic background is far-reaching and includes a Doctorate in Financial and Tax Law, as well as a Master’s degree in European Law, Pantheon-Sorbonne University & Bucharest University. She has also attended advanced business and leadership courses at Duke University, Harvard Business School and INSEAD.

Daniela has been an active contributor to AmCham’s actions and she has played an active role in the AmCham Board of Directors.  She acted as President of AmCham in 2015/16 and Vice President in 2018/2019, while she has also coordinated the activities of the Macroeconomics Task Force and the Environment

Member of the Board Mihaela Stancu General Counsel/Legal & Government Relations - PROCTER&GAMBLE ROMANIA

Extensive regional exposure and participation in different regional lead teams (business and legal/GR) in Procter & Gamble gave me the necessary background to significantly anticipate and faces different challenges in Romania.

In additional to the regional roles, I have an extensive experience in advocacy in Romania – from Procter & Gamble projects, but also from working with many associations – AmCham, RUCODEM, RAC, IAA - on projects in which I contributed significantly by preparing the strategy, the position papers, by bringing all associations together for a common position and by meeting the state stakeholders.

I am very well equipped to deal with increasing complexity and pressure in a volatile region from politically and economically perspective and I come with a business mindset to face all legal and GR situations and challenges, to simplify and prioritize, to work and build collaboration based on trust and hard work with culturally diverse partners.

Member of the Board Dinu Bumbăcea Country Managing Partner - PWC ROMANIA

Dinu is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology US and a Specialisation Diploma in Digital Image Processing from Supélec France.

He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK and of the Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania.

 Dinu has spent the past 30 years in professional services, of which the last 22 years as a partner, coordinating a wide range of consulting projects in Romania and CEE in various industries.

He is the Country Managing Partner and Advisory Leader of PwC in Romania and Moldova.

He also contributes to the wider community being the founder of the PwC Foundation and member of the Board of Trustees of the Romanian American Foundation. Dinu is married and is the happy father of 4 children.

Member of the Board Alexandru Mihailciuc VP Sales Engineering EMEA - UIPATH

Highly motivated and goal-oriented leader with exceptional leadership and demonstrated experience in planning, developing and implementing IT solutions that support the business strategy and increase business capabilities.

Intangible qualities include strategic planning, professionalism,budgeting, the ability to direct individual accomplishments towards organization objectives, building high performance teams and driving change and transformation in multicultural and highly complex organizations.

Alex has executive level global management experience and a proven track record in successful management for on time and underbudget endeavors on global scale.

Member of the Board Achilleas Kanaris CEO & President - VODAFONE ROMANIA

Achilleas Kanaris is currently the President & CEO of Vodafone Romania since July 2021. Previously, he was the CEO of Vodafone in Albania and the Chair of the Digital Committee of AmCham Albania.

As CEO of Vodafone Albania, he has successfully led the company’s transformation from a mobile only to a fully converged business through the acquisition and subsequent integration of Albania’s second largest Fixed and Pay TV Operator.

He joined Vodafone in 2009, undertaking a number of commercial roles in Greece including the role of Consumer Business Director, achieving NPS leadership and integrating Hellas Online, making Vodafone a fully converged operator. Prior to joining Vodafone, he held various senior management positions in the Telecoms and Consulting sectors in the UK.

Achilleas Kanaris holds a Master’s in Engineering from the Imperial College London and an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management.