Management & Operational Team

BOARD MEMBERS

Ciprian DanPresident of ABSL

Ciprian Dan

President of ABSL

With Wipro since 2010, Ciprian is the Timisoara Location Head. He has over 20 years of experience spanning roles in global delivery, transition, transformation and solution development.

Ciprian has led procurement, order management and international operations with telecom, manufacturing, consumer goods & retail clients in both captive and outsourced environments.

Ciprian holds an Engineering Degree with Technical University of Timisoara and an MBA degree with Open University UK.

Nicoleta ApetreiVice-President, Investor Relations

Nicoleta Apetrei

Vice-President, Investor Relations

Nicoleta Apetrei is Chief of Staff of the CEO and deputy CEO for the Global Solution Centre (India, Romania and Morocco) since 2021, being part of the executive team of company, Societe Generale Global Solution Centre.
She shaped her career within business services market in different activities, roles, and industries, gaining therefore a great and diverse experience in various fields (automotive, health, commerce, banking, and financial services), having today more than 16 years in this sector.
Within her current role, Nicoleta is custodian of the company’s strategy, defining its roadmap. Also, she is supporting the CEO mandate towards increasing the collaboration with the partners and internally acting as an adviser for the senior management team, capturing at the same time the market and competitiveness insights to predict business risks.
Nicoleta graduated the Academy of Economic Studies, Romanian American University with a Law certification and during her career followed business courses at Harvard Business School and Stanford Business School.

Adrian BaronVice-President, Education

Adrian Baron

Vice-President, Education

Adrian is EMEA ITSM Lead at Stefanini. His passion for ITSM can be traced back to the days when his corporate career was only starting, when he realized how a team or group must work together to resolve an issue. He likes implementing new processes or improving existing ones while keeping in mind all the details in the big picture. During the 7 years in this sector, Adrian was deeply committed in delivering successful outcomes for his clients and ultimately finding out each time how service value can be achieved.
Working for businesses in almost all industries allowed him to observe many frameworks and how everything in the end is connected.

Cătălina Elena CrișanABSL Vice President, Knowledge Sharing

Cătălina Elena Crișan

ABSL Vice President, Knowledge Sharing

Catalina Crisan has been working for more than 15 years in the Shared Service Industry, covering a broad number of managerial positions, within operations area, being also in charge with developing, implementing and coordinating global strategic projects, sponsoring RPA and LSS solutions and innovative learning methods as long as out of the box solutions for workforce management. Catalina is solution-oriented, motived and focused in knowledge sharing, by managing the internal training program within UniCredit.

Catalina holds a master degree in International Law and a bachelor degree in Law from Law University, Sibiu, and is certified as Lean Six Sigma Champion.

Anca FotacheVice-President, Education

Anca Fotache

Vice-President, Education

Anca Fotache joined Booking Holdings Romania in April 2022 as the Leader of the Bucharest Center of Excellence.
In this role, her main responsibilities are to lead the scale-up of the Booking Holdings Center in Bucharest, provide strategic and operational leadership for all the employees of the Center of Excellence and work in partnership with various Brands and Holdings functions to meet their business needs.
Prior to joining Booking Holdings Romania, Anca served as EMEA Senior Service Delivery Director at Stefanini.
Anca has more than 15 years’ of management experience gained in multinational environments from telecom to business services and a strong background in people management, operations, as well as project, program and portfolio management.
Anca holds an MBA from Tiffin University and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Bucharest.

Ecaterina IonVice-President, HR & Market Intelligence

Ecaterina Ion

Vice-President, HR & Market Intelligence

A creative and enthusiastic human resource practitioner, a passionate and accomplished leader. Ecaterina’s life has been equally divided between the professional human resources and general business management and the great enjoyment of growing a family. Her intense multicultural international experiences and academic background (anthropology, psychology and business management) make for a unique and stimulating approach to all that she does.

Ecaterina’s professional projects have been for the past 20 years in the Human Resources and General management in various industries like: Banking, Telecom, IT and Pharma.

In 2008 she joined Hewlett Packard as the HR Country manager for Romania and in 2015 Ecaterina has been appointed as the first female general manager of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Bucharest Centre, leading an amazing, talented and engaged workforce, who is competing as one of the most attractive employers in the market.

Cătălin IorgulescuABSL Vice President, PR & Government Relations

Cătălin Iorgulescu

ABSL Vice President, PR & Government Relations

Catalin Iorgulescu has been present in the ABSL Board during the last 10 years and actively supported its development from the start to the present level by initiating and deploying the PR strategy aimed at increasing the Brand awareness and recognition of ABSL as the most prominent voice of the Industry.
During this time, he also acted as an ambassador of ABSL by bringing new members, representing ABSL in various meetings with potential investors and State Authorities, and helping organize major ABSL events.
His keen business acumen, networking abilities and capacity to communicate effectively with policy makers, media and other stakeholders in a convincing manner will allow him to make a further impact in the future of the Association.
Over the last 25 years, he acted as General Manager for Deloitte Shared Service Centre, Samsung SSCE, WNS Romania and Craft Worldwide Romania besides holding other top management positions within McCann Erickson Group.
Catalin is a Fellow ACCA, CAFR as well as an ISACA member (CISA) since 2002 and respectively 2003.

Bogdan PelinescuVice-President, Investor Relations

Bogdan Pelinescu

Vice-President, Investor Relations

Bogdan has been Managing Director in Luxoft for Central and Western Europe since December 2018. Under his leadership, from 2011 onward, the Bucharest location business has expanded with a range of new clients for all lines of business, becoming one of the most mature delivery centers supporting multiple industries.

With more than 20 years of experience in software engineering business, Bogdan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University in Bucharest and a Ph.D. in Economics from INCE, Romanian Academy.

Francesca PostolacheVice-President, HR & Market Intelligence / Education

Francesca Postolache

Vice-President, HR & Market Intelligence / Education

Francesca joined PwC Romania in 2000. With more than 18 years of experience in audits performed under the International Standards on Auditing, Francesca had an active role in the development of the Romanian and Moldovan audit practice. Being partner of PwC Romania she is also partner responsible, since 2014, for the PwC office in Moldova.

As Partner within the Assurance Department, Francesca currently manages a sizable portfolio of large international and local clients in different industries such as retail, oil & gas, tobacco, etc. and also leads the Real Estate practice in PwC Romania. In her Real Estate leader capacity, Francesca acts as main contact for Romania on projects developed by PwC across Central and Eastern Europe and coordinates the input for the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” flagship report published yearly by PwC in partnership with the Urban Land Institute.

Francesca has also been in charge of the audit of banking and industrial clients, as well as audit of large projects financed by International Financial Organisations. At the same time, she coordinates other assurance projects, including the PwC training centre ‘The Academy at PwC’.

Fluent in Romanian, English and Russian and speaking basic French, Francesca is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the United Kingdom, the Romanian Chamber of Financial Auditors (CAFR) and she is also representing PwC at the German Chamber of Commerce (AKH).