Sorana Baciu is a senior executive and consultant who supports organisations grow sustainably. She has extensive expertise in strategy development and implementation, change management and corporate governance, with over 20 years in senior positions in the private and public field. Mrs. Baciu has had an international career in investment and commercial banking (ING Bank and Porsche Finance Group, Romania), as well as in oil & gas (OMV Petrom SA and Romgaz SA). Since 2015 she has been a non-executive director for listed SOEs in Romania (Romgaz SA and IAR SA, a Romanian helicopter producer) and private companies.
Sorana Baciu also headed the Inter-ministerial Committee for co-operation with the OECD in 2016. She is a committed civic activist and has held different positions with non-profit organisations. Since September 2017 she has been the president of the Romanian Association of Independent Directors in Romania, an ecoDa member.
Sorana Baciu holds a Master of Art degree in International Economic Relations from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania, and a Master of Arts degree in Economic Policy Management from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Minister Delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba – appointed in November 2018 - is a career diplomat who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania in December 1990. Previously, he was Secretary of State for bilateral affairs in the Euro-Atlantic area (January 2017 – November 2018), as well as Secretary of State for EU Affairs (starting November 2012).
George Ciamba was Romania’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (2005 to 2012) and to the Republic of Turkey (1999 – 2003).
Between July 2003 and September 2005, he served as Secretary of State for Multilateral and subsequently, Global Affairs in the MFA. During this mandate, he coordinated files related to the EU, NATO, the Council of Europe, the UN and other international organizations. Prior to his ambassadorship, he held the positions of Deputy Head and Head of the North America Directorate (1997 – 1999), at a key moment in the bilateral relations between Romania and the US: the launching of the Romania-US Strategic Partnership.
He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest (1989), attended the Stanford University’s Program on International Relations and Economics – the Hoover Institution (1992), and holds a post-graduate degree in International Relations from the University of Bucharest/ Romanian MFA.

Mervyn King is a Senior Counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He is Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa on Corporate Citizenship, Honorary Professor at the Universities of Pretoria and Cape Town and a Visiting Professor at Rhodes.
He has an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Universities of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and Leeds in the UK. He is Chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa, which produced King I, II, III and IV, and Chairman of the Good Law Foundation.
He is Chairman of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) in London, Chairman Emeritus of the Global Reporting Initiative in Amsterdam and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the World Bank on Corporate Governance.
He is chairman of the African Integrated Reporting Council and chairman of the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa.
He recently received the ICGN Lifetime Achievement Award for promoting quality corporate governance globally.
He has been a chairman, director and chief executive of several companies listed on the London, Luxembourg and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges.
He has consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business, advertising, sustainability and corporate governance issues in over 60 countries, receiving awards from the World Federation of Stock Exchanges and the International Federation of Accountants.
He is the author of five books on governance, sustainability and reporting, the latest being “The Auditor. Quo Vadis.”
He sits as an arbitrator and mediator internationally.

Maija Laurila has served as Head of the Company Law Unit at the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission since October 2016. In addition to European company law, this Unit deals with corporate governance law and policy in general and also corporate governance in financial institutions.
Prior to this position, she was the Head of the Product Safety Unit in the same department, where her responsibilities included the policy development including standardisation and oversight of consumer product safety law enforcement, the operation of the Rapid Alert System (RAPEX) for dangerous consumer products and the related international cooperation.
Earlier in her career in the European Institutions, she worked at the Directorate General for Competition on anti-trust policy, cartel investigations and coordination of the European Competition Network. Her experience also includes being the Legal Secretary of a judge at the Court of First Instance of the EU (now the General Court). Prior to this, she worked at the University of Helsinki, Finland, as an academic researcher in the field of international economic law and exclusive rights.

Mathilde is Deputy Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs at the OECD, covering financial markets, international investment, corporate governance, competition and anti-corruption.
Previously, she was Coordinator of the New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) Initiative and Senior Advisor to the OECD Secretary-General. She launched an OECD-wide project on integrity and anti-corruption. From 2001-2009, she was an economist working on corporate governance and developed the OECD Guidelines on corporate governance of SOEs.
Ms. Mesnard previously held positions as management consultant with Deloitte & Touche and Financial Analyst at Citibank. She holds a PhD in Economics from the EHESS, a Master’s Degree in Finance from the ESCP, and an MBA from Drexel University.

With over 20 years of professional experience in audit, transaction services and financial consulting, Bogdan is the Country Managing Partner of the fast growing local practices of EY in Romania and Moldova. Starting July 2018 he is also acting as Chief Operating Officer for EY CESA region (Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia).
He has a strong international experience in different industries (like gas & oil, commerce, production) being an advisor for the boards of directors of many international and domestic companies undergoing transformation.
Bogdan holds a BSc in Cybernetics and Economic Forecast from the University of Economic Studies in Bucharest and a Master in applied Microeconomics from the University of Orleans, France. Furthermore, he followed executive program studies at Harvard, Kellog School of Management and London Business School.

Since 2013, Paola Schwizer has chaired the Italian Association of Non-Executive and Independent Directors, Nedcommunity. She is a member of the board of directors of ecoDa. She is an independent director and member of the board of statutory auditors in several listed financial and non-financial companies.
Ms. Schwizer is Full Professor of Financial Markets and Institution at the University of Parma, Italy, where she teaches Risk Management and Financial Markets and Institutions. She is Affiliate Professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management, Banking and Insurance Department. She is member of the Faculty of the Ph.D. Program in Economics and Management of Innovation and Sustainability, Universities of Parma and Ferrara. Also, Ms. Schwizer is an associate of the European Corporate Governance Network. Her academic research interests include: corporate governance, risk governance, regulation, internal control systems, bank strategy and organization.
She is author and co-author of many books and articles, the latest being “Risk Culture in Banking”, Palgrave 2017.

Mr. Oprescu has a vast experience spanning over 20 years in banking and capital markets. Currently, he acts as Executive President of Alpha Bank Romania and President of the Board of Directors, Romanian Association of Banks.
Also, he has served as a member of the European Banking Federation’s Board since 2015, and the European Mortgage Federation as a member of the Executive Board since 2009.
From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Oprescu served as Executive Vice-President in charge of retail banking in Alpha Bank Romania, CEO and Vice-President of the Board of Alpha Finance and President of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
He is a MEng Graduate with concentration in Avionics from Aeronautical Faculty, Politehnica University of Bucharest. He holds a post graduate degree in banking from the University of Colorado and followed executive program studies at Harvard, Stanford and London Business School.

Jan-Menko is, as a team member of the Embankment project, leading the activities in GSA. In this role, he is involved in many discussions with different stakeholder groups about innovation in corporate reporting.
From the beginning of his professional career, Jan-Menko has dealt with current discussions in corporate reporting and auditing and established himself as an expert through lectures and publications. In recent years, he has focused exclusively on improving the transparency of corporate reports.
Since 2012, he has served as a member of the Assurance Management Committee of EY GSA in different roles. He served as the Managing Partner of the Assurance practice in North-East Germany and since 2017 as the lead partner for Long Term Value reporting of corporates.
Jan-Menko has more than 25 years professional experience as an auditor and consultant with customers from various industries and company sizes. From the beginning he worked as an auditor with major international listed companies from the DAX and MDAX segment.

Guylaine Saucier is a corporate director and board member of several major corporations. She is the lead director of the Institute for Governance of Public and Private Organisations. From 1999 to 2000, she was the chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. She was also a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Canada from 1987 until 1991 and a member of the Ministerial Task Force on social security reforms in 1994. Guylaine was the first woman to be appointed president of the Québec Chamber of Commerce. She has played a very active role in the community as a member of the board of various institutions, including the University of Montreal, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.
Guylaine holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal.

Radu is the CEO of BCR Pensions, President of the Romanian Pensions Managers Association (APAPR), as well as Vice-President of the Romanian Independent Directors Association (AAI).
Until spring of 2016, he was the Chief Economist and Research Director of BCR, the largest Romanian bank, and served as President of the Romanian Financial Analysts Association.
He has a 20-year experience in the domestic and international financial markets, serving as Chief Investment Officer at Eureko Pensions, Board member of the Romanian Private Pensions Association, Head of Research in ABN AMRO Bank (Romania) and ABN AMRO Securities, Senior Consultant in Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
Radu holds an INSEAD’s Certificate in Corporate Governance and teaches as an Associate Professor for the MBA and EMBA programmes offered by ASEBUSS in Bucharest.
As well as being a guest speaker for the vising studients of different European and US universities, Radu loves being involved in the financial education of people.

Leena Linnainmaa is an expert on company law, securities market law and corporate governance, and is in charge of the award-winning Women Leaders Program of Finland Chamber of Commerce.
She is also the Chair of the European Corporate Governance Codes Network, the Finnish Association for the Development of Vocational Education and Training as well as Vice Chair of the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis.
Prior to joining Finland Chamber of Commerce in 2000, Leena Linnainmaa worked for more than 10 years in the banking sector.

Luc Vansteenkiste is the Chairman of EuropeanIssuers. He holds a Master in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louvain. He started his career with Recticel, where he became CEO in 1991 and later Vice President in 2010. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Employer’s Federation of Belgium (FEB) from 2002 to 2005, he is currently President of Lannoo. Luc Vansteenkiste also has been the Chairman of Sioen, Smartphoto, Telindus and was member of the board of Delhaize, BNPP-F, Ter Beke, Bois Sauvage, CBR and BATC. He is currently member of the Board of SVK. Active in the economic reconversion Marshall Plan of the Walloon Region, his main focus is the promotion of entrepreneurship and job creation, which is why he endorses a stable and balanced regulatory framework.

Katie Kummer is an audit Partner with more than 30 years at EY in both client-serving and non-client serving roles. She has worked extensively with audit committees, especially in financial services institutions, including to assist them in their corporate governance oversight responsibilities. Katie also has been responsible for monitoring external audit regulatory inspections and overseeing internal quality inspections, both in and outside the US. She will be assuming the role of EY’s Global Public Policy leader effective 1 July 2019. In that role, she will work closely with EY leadership to support our engagement with external stakeholders to promote transparency, foster trust, serve the public interest, and build a better working world. Katie serves on EY’s Partner Advisory Council for the AccessAbilities Network Steering Committee. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and twin daughters.

Olivier has been Accountancy Europe’s CEO since 2006. He benefits from a diverse professional experience, having been a public prosecutor in France, a director with PwC, a board member of the European Policy Centre, a director of XBRL international and a business and policy consultant. He regularly speaks on issues related to European affairs and the impact of technology on accountancy. A lawyer and economist by training, Olivier started his professional career in equestrian sports (jumping).

Lina Lemessiou joined EFRAG in September 2018 to become mainly involved in the work of the European Corporate Reporting Lab @ EFRAG.
Prior to this, she has benefited from a diverse professional experience. She worked on assurance in public practice with PwC, on internal audit in the financial services industry, on audit oversight and regulatory compliance at international level for ACCA, as a technical expert on corporate reporting, audit, ethics, public policy and regulation for the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, and as an adjunct professor for the University of Cyprus lecturing on auditing, financial reporting, ethics and corporate governance.
For a number of years she has also acted as Counsellor on Company Law for the Government of Cyprus, with direct involvement in legislative developments at national and EU level on audit, accounting and non-financial information. Lina holds a degree in computer science from the University of Manchester. She is also a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Jo Iwasaki works at HCP, a Helsinki-based asset management and Finland’s first B Corporation. HCP operates with a stated purpose of promoting transparency and corporate responsibility in the financial services industry. She is a qualified accountant with a background in governance and stewardship, organisational culture, and risk and performance. Jo is an associate of FutureBoards, a Norway based think-tank and network for the new generation of board members.

Adrian Codirlașu, CFA, PhD, is a senior banker with over 17 years of experience in banking and financial markets and he holds the CFA designation since 2006. Adrian also holds the title of Doctor of Economics, with specialization in international finance.
He has a 5-year experience as a Senior Options Dealer with ING Bank and 7-year experience as a Risk Director within another international bank. Previously, Adrian was a Senior Economist in the research department of the National Bank of Romania for about 6 years.
Additionally, Adrian is an Associate Professor with DOFIN – Doctoral School of Finance and Banking and CEFIN - Center for Advanced Research in Finance, where he teaches subjects such as econometrics, derivatives, fixed income and risk management.
Between 2011 and 2013, he was the president of the Association of Financial-Banking Analysts in Romania. For the last 11 years, Adrian has been a member of the CFA Romania Board of Directors, as well as the association’s President.

Béatrice Richez-Baum was appointed Secretary General of ecoDa in March 2005. Since then, she has been able to raise ecoDa’s profile by advocating the interests of European board members, and by developing close working relationships with the EU institutions and European peer organisations.
Béatrice Richez-Baum has a Doctor of Law, and is specialized in European Law. Béatrice started her career as a legal expert for the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry after few experiences in Brussels in the lobbying sector including the Council of Bars, Law Societies of Europe and the European Economic and Social Committee.
She was a lecturer in a Master's Degree in Law, International Affairs and Management at a French business school (ESSEC).
She is a board member of the European Society of Association Executives (ESAE).
She publishes a lot of articles related to European Lobbying and WTO matters. She is part of the GNL, a network of French lobbyists based in Brussels.

Since October 2009, Pedro Oliveira has served as Director for Legal Affairs at BusinessEurope.
Beyond leading the department, he deals with company law and corporate governance, consumer affairs and access to justice. He has been a member of different European Commission expert/stakeholder groups on online dispute resolution, company law and European contract law. Before joining BusinessEurope, he worked at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium) as a legal researcher. Pedro is a fully qualified lawyer who worked at a law firm for three years in Lisbon. He holds a degree in law from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He also holds two masters: bank law from Universidade de Lisboa; Master in European law from ULB Brussels.
Pedro’s mother tongue is Portuguese and he speaks fluent English, Dutch, Spanish and French.

Ralf Bose started his career with KPMG in Frankfurt in 1991 in the Financial Services department, and became partner in 2001 when he obtained his qualification as a German qualified auditor.
As a partner he was responsible for the audit of many different internationally operating credit institutions, and also served listed and non-listed clients in corporate banking and transaction banking sectors.
In his recent years at KPMG, he has been a managing partner (co-head) of the Audit Financial Services department of KPMG in Germany, responsible for finance, organization, quality and human resources functions.
In 2012 he joined the German auditor oversight body AOC as head of the inspection unit being responsible for the inspection of auditors of public interest entities. In June 2016, he was appointed as Chief Executive Director of the German Auditor Oversight Body (AOB). In July 2016, he was elected as the first chairman of the newly established Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies (CEAOB).
In April 2017, Ralf Bose was nominated as Board Member of International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR).

Gian Piero, an Italian qualified attorney, is Senior Counsel in the EBRD Legal Transition Team working on corporate governance matters. Previously, he worked on company law, corporate governance and capital markets related issues at the European Commission and at the Italian Ministry of Economy. He also practiced law in Italy, the Netherlands, Albania and Romania.
In Albania, he was advisor of the World Bank and Albanian Ministry of Economy for the privatization of state owned enterprises in strategic sectors.
He graduated with a law degree in Italy and attended postgraduate studies in the Netherlands and US focusing on European and International business law.
Since 2004, he has led corporate governance legal reform projects at the EBRD especially on company law reform, state owned enterprises restructuring, banking supervision and corporate governance code development and implementation. He also leads the corporate governance due diligence work over EBRD investee companies. Gian Piero is a Visiting Lecturer at the School of Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London.
Publications include several essays on corporate governance, capital markets and banking law with a focus on eastern Europe and central Asia.

Jan Wesseldijk has a career of international governance. He worked and lived in 9 different countries: from Japan to Argentina, and from France to Venezuela.
With only a few multinational companies he worked in 11 different industries: from food ingredients to home appliances, and from base chemicals to international standards.
He is a Board Member of NCD, the Netherlands association of Corporate Directors and Chairman of ecoDa, the European Confederation of Directors Associations, from April 1st, 2019.
He studied chemical engineering and business administration. Jan's maxim: ‘People make the difference’.

Andrew leads the EY EMEIA Public Policy team, which helps to protect EY’s reputation and licence to operate while supporting EY client teams in the market. A qualified solicitor, Andrew is particularly interested in the role of good governance in both business success and “doing the right thing.”
Andrew works with EY EMEIA Assurance to support boards of directors through initiatives like the Center for Board Matters and EY’s collaboration with Tapestry Networks.
Previously, Andrew focused on Corporate Governance & Public Policy in the UK, where he was a regular speaker on governance, chair of EY’s mid-market independent director network and sponsor and trainer for the FT Non-Executive Directors Club.
Andrew earned an LLB honors degree in Law and French from Cardiff University and a Legal Practice diploma from the Centre for Professional Legal Studies.

Mark Davis brings a range of experience from international financial institutions and leading global investment banks. After 11 years at the World Bank as a Senior Country Economist in Washington DC, Moldova, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, in 2007 Mark moved to EMEA Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley where he focused on countries of the CIS, Baltics and Eastern Europe.
From 2010 to 2012, he led Goldman Sachs’ business development in Ukraine across GCM and Investment Banking. In 2013 he joined EBRD, serving first as the Head of Armenia (2013-2016) and then Senior Advisor to the Vice President of Banking across the EBRD Region (2017-2018).
As of April 1, 2019, Mark has assumed his new role of Regional Director, Romania & Bulgaria at EBRD. Mark has a PhD in Economics from Tulane University and has been a registered financial advisor in the UK and Russia.

Joëlle is Deputy Director General Legal, Ethics & Corporate Governance of the French Business Confederation – MEDEF, the largest business organisation in France representing 173.000 companies, large companies and SME’s, listed or private in all sectors. She is also in charge of the Ethical Committee which issued recommendations on directors’ remunerations in 2003, 2007 and 2008.
Since July 2017, she has served as Vice-Chair Person of the Legal Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Company Law working group of BusinessEurope. Joëlle is Officier dans Ordre National du Mérite and Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur.

Mr. Anghel majored in economics at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. He obtained a Master’s degree in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2002 from the same institution. He also attended post graduate courses at Georgetown University, USA.
Working with the largest financial group in Romania for over 20 years, Mr. Anghel is currently the President of the Executive Committee at BCR Banca pentru Locuinte. Until December 2015, he held the position of CEO at BCR Pensii. Previously he was Chief Economist of BCR, Head of Strategy and Research Division, coordinating the strategic programmes of BCR Group. In 2008, he co-founded the Association of the Financial Banking Analysts in Romania, serving as its first Chairman. In January 2012, Mr. Anghel was elected as Chairman of the Board of Governors of Bucharest Stock Exchange.
Mr. Anghel is currently the Chaiman of the Indices Commission, Chairman of the Nomination Committee and member of the Audit Committee.
Mr. Anghel is an associate professor at the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest. He co-writes professional financial books and publishes in professional journals and magazines.

Johan Meyer joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 2004. He relocated to Romania in November 2016 and since 1 April 2018, he has been the Portfolio Manager of Fondul Proprietatea and CEO of Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd UK, Bucharest Branch.
Prior to his role in Romania, he was the Managing Director South Africa, and the Director of Africa Strategy for Templeton Emerging Markets Group. In this capacity, he was responsible for setting the overall strategy for his respective area, providing guidance and thought leadership, coordinating appropriate resources and coverage, and leveraging the group's expertise to add value across products within the strategy.
Mr. Meyer holds a bachelor's degree in commerce and an honors degree with specialization in economics from the University of Pretoria. He speaks English, Afrikaans and is currently learning Romanian.

Prof. Boeva is a professor at the “International Economic Relations and Business” Department at the University for National and World Economic Studies (Sofia, Bulgaria). She holds a postdoctoral degree in international business and master’s degree in law. Prof Bistra Boeva teaches courses in Corporate Governance at master degree programmes in Bulgaria and abroad.
Prof. Bistra Boeva chaired the Supervisory Board of the Privatization Fund Kaliman (1996-1997) and held Board of Directorships in of Bulgarian companies. For four years (1997-2001) she was a Commissioner at the Bulgarian National Securities and Stock Exchange Commission.
Currently prof. Boeva is a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group - IFC/ World Bank. In her capacity of a PSAG member she works on projects in ECA countries.
Between 2008 and 2011 she was a appointed for member of the European Forum for Corporate Governance, set by European Commission. She is co-founder and member of Bulgarian National Corporate Governance Commission. She writes about corporate governance issues, sustainable development and international management.

Merima Zupcevic Buzadzic is IFC’s Corporate Governance Lead for Europe and Central Asia. Merima advises IFC and private sector stakeholders on company-level corporate governance risks and potential for improving access to finance using good corporate governance principles. She has also worked with multiple regulators and government institutions throughout the region advising on Corporate Governance Codes and listing requirements. Merima holds Master degrees from King’s College London and La Sapienza University in Rome, and INSEAD’s Certificate in Corporate Governance. She is a published author on corporate governance and post-conflict political economy.

Carmine Di Noia is Commissioner at the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission (CONSOB).
He is also alternate member of the Board of Supervisor at the ESMA, chair of the Committee of Economic and Markets Analysis at ESMA and Vice-Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee at OECD.
Previously, Carmine Di Noia was Deputy Director General and Head of Capital Markets and Listed Companies at Assonime. He was also member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana).
He was appointed in various expert groups at the European Commission, including ESME (European Securities Market Expert) Group, the Forum Group on Auditors Liability, and the Securities Expert Group on Financial Services Action Plan.
He was chairman of the Policy Committee of EuropeanIssuers and member of the Legal Committee of EALIC.
He was, until April 2001, the Head of the Market Information Office at CONSOB.
He teaches Financial Market Law and Regulation at LUISS University in Rome.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and a doctorate in Economic Theory at the University “Tor Vergata” of Roma, Italy.