International Conference " Addressing the latest generations: new competences in the financial vocational education"

 
Ligia Deca
State Counselor

 Ligia Deca is a State Counselor within the Department of Education and Research of the Presidential Administration, having between responsibilities and the coordination of the activities of the Educated Romania project. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Luxembourg and has completed this year a post-doctoral internship at the College of New Europe. She is the publisher, author and co-author of numerous books and articles published in prestigious magazines. Between 2010-2012 he coordinated the Bologna Process Secretariat and organized the Conference of Ministers of Education. He is a member of the Fulbright Commission's Board of Directors and is a member of the European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities awarded by the Central European University (CEU).

Leonardo BADEA
ViceGovernor BNR

 
Călin Rangu
Director ASF
President ISF

 
Alina PICA
Executive Director, SAI Erste Asset Management

Gabriela Lupaș ȚICU
Chief Marketing Officer,
NN România

 
Viorica PĂCURAR
Sales Director
NN Asigurari de Viata

 Mr. Sorin IACOB combines IT&C experience and studies with the last 11 years of Business Intelligence activity in the automotive, insurance and financial services sectors. Among the notable projects we listed his involvement in the implementation of the Electronic Archive of Real Estate Guarantees, the digitization of the car subscription processes or integrated end-to-end projects for the management of car repairs. Graduate of the Faculty of Automation of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, he has been active in the segment of strategic clients for companies such as DIGI and Euroweb Romania and has led the operations of EurotaxGlass Romania. Since January 2015 he is Country Manager for Romania and Hungary of GT Motive.

 
Adrian Marin
President UNSAR
CEO Generali

Mr. Adrian Marin has an experience, for over 20 years, in insurance, the career he has formed in Generali Romania, where he held various functions, from senior underwriter to head of office or department director and then top management positions. Since September 2011 he is the General Manager of the General Romania, a position he is currently occupying. In the period 2010 – October 2016 he was a member of the Executive Board of the National Union of Insurers and Reinsurers in Romania (UNSAR), where he was actively involved in supporting projects initiated at Union level, and from October 2016 he was elected President UNSAR. Between 2013 – 2014 he was also a member of the Insurance Europe Strategic Committee.

 
Antonio SOUVANNASOUCK
President PRBAR

Valentin IONESCU
Director ASF

Mr. Valentin Ionescu is director of the Finance Strategy and Stability Directorate of the ASF, Mr. Ionescu has been active for 20 years in the field of investigation and supervision. Position of ASF as delegated director of the Directorate for Strategy and Financial Stability (January 2015 - September 2015) and of the director of the Integrated Supervision Directorate (2013 - 2014). The professional activity also includes positions such as that of the general director of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (2010 - 2011), of the Commission in CA in Sibex, SIF Moldova (2012 - 2013) and of the President of the CA in 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, the Faculty of Commerce, an MBA and a certificate for the financing of George Town University in the USA.

 
Mihaela Cîrcu
Project Manager
APPA

 Mrs. Mihaela CÎRCU is Project Manager at APPA - Insurance Promotion Association – the ONG that has developed the first national consumer information and education campaigns – also she is the Development Director of XPRIMM, a Romanian company specialized in the insurance industry in CEE and EEA. Mihaela has a 14 years experience in private insurance and pensions in Central and Eastern Europe. Graduate of Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Mihaela is also licensed CII - Chartered Insurance Institute in the UK.

 
John Madinger
President
AMLAware

Mr. Andrea Vetrone joined the EIOPA Oversight department in April 2018. EIOPA Oversight’s main role is enhancing the convergence and coherent application of the European Union law in the insurance sector while developing an European common supervisory culture. Mr. Vetrone is also involved in the EIOPA InsurTech TaskForce as coordinator the activities in the field of cloud outsourcing.Previously, Mr. Vetrone worked as Manager for KPMG Advisory in Italy where he managed the design and the implementation of the operational risk management frameworks of several insurers and banks.Before joining KPMG Advisory, Mr. Vetrone was Project Manager for the Group COO Area at Generali where he contributed to the definition and the implementation of some of the group operational governance policies and procedures (such as Group Outsourcing Policy and Group Business Continuity Management Policy).Mr. Vetrone holds a Master degree in Management and a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Cees WERFF
President and CEO 
CCN Claims Corporation Network

 Mr. Werff is the Global insurance executive with a track record of designing and executing strategy, driving change and innovation and delivering top and bottom line results. Founder-President-CEO of Claims Corporation Network B.V. Previously advised InterEurope AG through a MBO phase, designing a business development culture, expanding operations to CEE region and a diversification of products and services. Previously led VAI through the redesign of a multi-line TPA service provider, creating a culture of compliance, product diversification and improving client relationship management. Prior managed ING Global Network through development and implementation of a network strategy business model and consolidation of previously separate subsidiaries and sales forces. Strengths include P&L management, risk management, merger execution, strategic leadership, sales management, public and government relations and media affairs.

 
Ludo PYIS
Founder of AREOPA

 Larisa GABUDEANU
Expert

 Theodor ADAM
IT Expert

Victor ROTARU
IT and DPO Expert

 IT and DPO expert, with a vast experience in information security management and operational management, having an international and multicultural exposure in international banking groups, as well as teaching experience with IBR (Romanian Banking Institute) and ISF (Financial Studies Institute).

 
Damir KERVINA
Chief Product and Operations Officer,

VouchForMe

 Having combined engineering skills with startup business development, Damir Kervina has extensive experience in bringing novel IT services from the concept phase to the market. In the past he managed R&D projects and co-founded a German IT startup.

 
Acad. Lucian-Liviu ALBU Phd.
Romanian Academy

Lucian-Liviu Albu Phd., economist (ASE, Faculty of Cybernetics and Economic Statistics) is a full member of the Romanian Academy, director of the Institute of Economic Prognosis and PhD supervisor at the Romanian Academy. He is the founder of the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting (since 2007 the first ISI magazine for the Romanian economy). In 2000 he was the Minister of Labor and Social Protection in the Isarescu Government, and in 2010-2019 he was a member of the first Fiscal Council in Romania. From 2009-2015 he was the representative of Romania in the "Network of experts in the field of gender equality" (EC - DG Justice). Abroad, he started his teaching and research career after 1989, through projects obtained through competition from the European Union and other international bodies (World Bank, UN, USAID, Belgian Scientific Research Fund, Flemish Research Fund, British Academy, CINADCO, GDN etc.), as well as in the external exchanges of the Romanian Academy. He has benefited from two long-term research internships won by EU projects, at Sorbonne, CEPREMAP, 1995 (Felow Researcher), and at the University of Leicester, CEES, 1997-1998 (Honorary Visiting Professor) and collaborated with prestigious professors. and researchers from the West (including Nobel laureates for economics), attending over 100 international conferences (including as a special guest) and over 80 scholarships, grants and research internships (of which 30 in inter-academic exchanges), at institutes and universities abroad (most of them from EU countries, but also from China, Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, Russia, USA, Taiwan and Turkey).

Camelia STĂICULESCU Phd.
Director, Career Counseling and Guidance Center

Camelia Stăiculescu Phd. is director of the Career Counseling and Guidance Center (CCOC) at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. She is a graduate of the University of Bucharest, the Faculty of Pedagogy, with specializations in Vocational Counseling, Doctor of Education Sciences and she is teaching in the Department for the Training of Teaching Staff. It has a rich activity in educational projects, especially in adult training activities and student counseling.He coordinated and conducted, together with the CCOC team, studies on: the demands of employers regarding the competences of the graduates, the insertion of the graduates of higher economic studies in the labor market, the expectations of the students in relation to the future profession, etc.

Florentina ALMĂJANU
CEO
CFA Society Romania