A voluntary honorary Superbrands Council is formed annually, comprised of highly recognized professionals with a deep appreciation of the business environment, specialized in marketing, communication and business administration and reputed representatives of business media.

Adrian Teslovan

Marketing Manager Romaqua Group – Borsec

Adrian Teslovan is currently the Marketing Manager of Romaqua Group. His career with Romaqua started 15 years ago in the export department.
His professional achievements are linked with the creation and development of all the brands in Romaqua’s portfolio: Borsec, Giusto/Giuto Natura, Albacher, Dorfer, Aquatique, Stanceni. In addition, for the last 11 years, Adrian and his marketing team’s efforts have also been put into the development strategy of Borsec, a brand with a success story which goes back more than 200 years. His marketing team reamined the same for more than 10 years.

Anca Harasim

Executive Director American Chamber of Commerce in Romania

Anca Harasim is the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania (AmCham Romania), the Vice-President of Harvard Club Romania-Moldova and a founding member of Aspen Institute Romania. She holds a Master Degree in Public Administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Over the last 19 years, she has fulfilled assignments in major non-governmental organizations in Romania, as Executive Director of the Soros Foundation for an Open Society, the Fulbright Commission and AmCham Romania. Her consultancy experience consists of previous assignments like The World Bank consultant for Albania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Program, and consultant for the European Commission’s largest PHARE Program in Romania on reforming the Local Public Administration.
With almost twenty years senior-level experience in managing and developing non-profit organizations, of public policy and program strategic planning, management development and implementation of innovative reform projects in Central & Eastern Europe, Anca is currently serving on the boards of several NGOs.

Anca Ionita

Journalist, Business Review

Anca Ionita is the Publisher of the renowned English language weekly publication Business Review, which she co-founded 15 years ago. She stands out in the communication field for being a very experienced editor and publisher in Romania as well as worldwide.
During her impressive journalistic career, she developed outstanding roles as Publisher and Editor in Chief of Time Out Bucuresti and Editor in Chief of Business Review. Previously, she was correspondent for Romania for the prestigious publication International Herald Tribune for 3 years.
Anca Ionita holds a MFA and PhD degree from UNATC Bucuresti in Theatre Studies along with a BS from Bucharest National Polytechnics University. She has been lecturer and PhD at Bucharest National University of Theatre and Film since 1996. Anca Ionita is also a collaborator of Festivalul National de Teatru and a German Marshall Fund fellow, amongst many others projects ongoing.

Andreea Florea

Managing Partner, Brandtailorsv

Andreea Florea is the Managing Partner of Brandtailors, a Romanian strategic brand consultancy and design firm.
Andreea joined Brandtailors in 2008 after graduating from the Faculty of Letters at the Bucharest University, at International Relations and European Studies and Social Communication and Public Relations specializations.
As a product branding Project Manager, she discovered her passion for branding and so, at the end of 2009, she became a Brand Consultant, working for both product branding and service branding divisions. The numerous brands she successfully shaped (Naturlich, Azuga Apa de Izvor, Covasna Taramul Apelor, Generis, HapiHap) or reshaped (Raraul, Laptic la Dorna, Antena 1, BCR Open, Fulga, Kandia, Magura), along with her commitment to a strategic approach on branding and her genuine inclination towards team work have led to her being appointed as Brandtailors’ Brand Strategy Coordinator in 2011.
At the beginning of 2012, Andreea was welcomed in the shareholders’ structure of Brandtailors, thus becoming the youngest partner in the branding and communication industry in Romania.

Andrei Cristea

General Manager, Founder and the General Manager of Lion House Group

Andrei Cristea is the founder and the General Manager of Lion House Group, a leading Romanian mass-media business.
The ideea to create Romanian Consultancy Magazine came 12 years ago, when the legal market was not so mature and the legislation about marketing and PR on this area of business were at the very beginning. Now, RCM include 19 from the “Top 20” leaders of the business law firms in Romania.
The company is focused on result and on the need to satisfy the client’s entrepreneurial vision, effective management style. The commitment to create value and the perspective made it one of the strongest companies in this field.
Andrei Cristea succeeded to own the Economist franchise in Romania. The most important media group in worldwide media business developed in Romania few market channels: print, web and high-level business events.
He holds a Master Degree in Communication at Faculty of Journalism and Communication Science.

Camelia Sucu

Founder and CEO Class Living, serial entrepreneur, public figure Class Living

Camelia Sucu is the founder and owner of Class Living, a luxury furniture and consultancy services studio and is known as a successful serial entrepreneur, business woman and a renowned public figure. She is also the founder of Mobexpert and owner of a concept store and restaurant named Iconic Food Wine & Design as well as the owner of Bucharest Wholesale Market.
She has been receiving several prestigious awards for her excellence and outstanding performance over the years in the business field. Most recently she has been recognized by Forbes Romania through the “The Philanthropy Top” title and “Business Woman” by Business Style. She has also held a humanitarian award for her remarkable contribution to the improvement of the lives of abandoned and underprivileged children in Romania. Recently she has been acknowledged as no 1 in the top of Romanian entrepreneurs in a research conducted by Unlock Market Research and Biz.
Camelia Sucu holds Political Studies and a General Medicine Degree by the University of Bucharest.

Corneliu Cojocaru

Principal Expert Communication Department, National Bank of Romania

Corneliu Cojocaru is reputed communication professional who gathered almost 20 years of hard work and success in the PR field, following a successful career in economic TV journalism. He is a dynamic speaker, who inspires audiences, proving an in-depth hnowledge of both PR and economics.
Between years 1997 and 2013 he acted as spokesman and Head of Communication leading Romanian Commercial Bank (Banca Comerciala Romana) and from 2013 he joined the National Bank of Romania as Principal Expert / Counselor in the Communication Department.
He is a member of the Jury of Honor of the Romanian Association of Public Relations (ARRP).
He was awarded as “PR Professional of The Year 2014” by Forum for International Communication, following many other awards granted to him over time for his performance, excellence and efficiency in PR and communication. He has been presiding the Communication Commission of the Romanian Banking Association for almost 13 years (2000 – 2013).

Crenguta Rosu

Co-Managing Partner DC Communication

Crenguta Rosu is the founding partner of one of the first integrated PR agency in Romania, DC Communication. She has over 25 year of experience in complex corporate communication projects, change management, risk management and crisis management, aquisitions and mergers, public offers, CEO profiling, counseling for organization leaders, public affairs.
The experience was gathered in numerous industries, being a coordinator in over 2000 projects in the DC team and she is also a trainer for managements teams.
During \’90 – \’93 she coordinated the Press office of the Government and then (until \’95) she was the chief of the politica section of Tinerama weekly magazine (the way it is now looks like I was both during 90 – 93). Crenguta is a graduate of the Energetic Faculty of Polytechnic University of Bucharest. She has in her portfolio specialized courses from the Central Office of Information, Great Britain and Peat Marwich Thorne in Bucharest. Crenguta is also a founding member of the Public Relations Companies Club and is a member of the board in the Centre for Independent Journalism.

Cristian China Birta

Blogger & Online Entrepreneur

Cristian China Birta is blogger on cristianchinabirta.ro and online entrepreneur. Formed as journalist, he then crossed “the other side” and worked in the local and central public administration, becoming then a communication consultant.
In 2007, he discovered blogging and decided to follow this path. He writes on his personal blog, chinezu.ru about social media, blogging and entrepreneurship.
In 2011, Cristian launched Blogal Initiative, an agency through which he runs campaigns for bloggers in an innovative manner, characterized through a “democratization” of companies’ offers for bloggers.
Since 2013, he is part of Kooperativa.ro, meaning niche projects such as sportlocal.ro, blogdebere.ro, blogdefotografie.ro, blogdecafea.ro, blogdecinema.ro, taximetre.ro, all reunited under the brand umbrella Kooperativa 2.0, company owned by Cristian China Birta together with Vlad Dulea.

Dan Vardie

Founder AUTOpro

Dan Vardie is the Founder of several media channels focused on cars –“AUTOpro” and “4 X 4 Crossover Lifestyle Magazine”- watches – “TEMPORIS” and luxury -“CAESAR”. He is also the Founder of the “AUTOBEST”, the second largest European independent motoring media organization, with no less than 9 European awards, top accolades for different car industry domains.
He also pioneered several limited editions in the Romanian history: the first limited edition of Swiss watches dedicated to a Romanian personality- Hublot NastieBang a tribute to the legend of Ilie Nastase, the first limited edition of cars dedicated to a Romanian brand – Range Rover Evoque CAESAR and also the first Limited Edition for cigars- CAESAR PVRVS DOMINICAVS, handmade in La Aurora, Dominican Republic.
He established “TEMPORIS Hall of Fame” the one and only worldwide Gallery dedicated to famous master watchmakers, inventors and designers from the watch industry. Nowadays, “TEMPORIS Hall of Fame” includes 10 of the most respected creators of Swiss watchmaking who already participated to the TEMPORIS Awards Gala in Bucharest. He also launched “CAESAR Honoris”, a unique gallery of global personalities who made their mark in the luxury industries. Another first for Europe.
Dan is considered one of the leading motoring writers of Europe and a key figure in the watch and luxury industries.

Gian Sharp

Chief Executive Officer, Urgent Cargus

With a solid background and expertise in the international commercial environment, Mr. Sharp is the Chief Executive Officer of Urgent Cargus, one of the largest courier company on the Romanian market.
In 1991, Mr. Sharp joined DHL Express as a sales executive and the Customer Services Manager in DHL Saudi Arabia was the starting point for his international career. After managing DHL Sudan – a very challenging role, as the country was confronting a civil war, Mr. Sharp moves to Syria to implement DHL standards, procedures and practices. From Middle East, East Asia is the next destination: as General Manager for DHL South China Area, Mr. Sharp dealt with a very dynamic economic environment where the growth rate was 30% – 40% per year; this role was mainly focused on business fast development.
In 2001, Mr. Sharp moves to our country managing DHL Romania and in 2008, after DHL acquires Cargus, he is appointed to manage both companies. From 2009, Mr. Sharp is appointed to manage DHL Bulgaria as well, until 2013 when Abris Capital Partners buys Cargus from DHL and Mr. Sharp takes the role of CEO for Cargus International S.A. By 2014 he is also appointed as CEO of Urgent Curier, after its acquisition by Abris. Urgent Cargus is the new born company after the merger of Cargus and Urgent Curier.

Liliana Stanculet

Corporate Brand Manager – OMV Petrom S.A.

Liliana Stanculet is Corporate Brand Manager for OMV Petrom – the largest integrated oil and gas group in Southeastern Europe. She joined OMV Petrom team in 1997 and starting from 2005, she has held the position of Corporate Brand Manager. She is responsible for developing corporate branding strategy, including plans, projects and initiatives that support the short and long term OMV Petrom corporate communication strategy. Her sharp strategic mind and her extensive experience within a high profile brand environment (with an emphasis on service, value and quality), helped Liliana succeed in strengthening OMV Petrom’s presence on the Romanian market”.

Lucian Mindruta

Partner at Echipa de PR

Lucian Mindruta graduated the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Bucharest. Between 1992 and 1993, he has been a newws anchor and editor for SOTI Independents Television. Shortly after, he took the position of editor and news achor at tele7 ABC. Along his proffesional path he has worked for PRO TV station between 1995 – 1999 and went on to be named the editorial director at the Financial Newspaper. The following years, Mindruta joined Antena 1 TV station as editor and anchor between 2003 – 2011 and presented the prime time news “Observatorul”. Between 2011 – 2014 he has been a Marketing Manager at Mediafax, a Romanian media company.
He is currently a partner at Echipa de PR and Head of Media Training and also a writer at mindruta.ro.

Manuela Necula

CEO Ogilvy & Mather Group Romania

Manuela Necula is the CEO of Ogilvy&Mather Group Romania, in the past 11 years leading the company to one of the most important communications groups in Romania, according to its market share, client portfolio, and to the high standards of services and areas of specializations covered by Ogilvy agencies.
Manuela turned around Ogilvy&Mather Group Romania by building a solid team and by launching innovative practices as a premiere on the local market. The work developed was recognized and awarded in numerous local and top international industry festivals (EFFIE, Cannes, London International Awards, Clio, D&AD).
With over 20 years of experience, Manuela Necula is one of the pioneers who set up EFFIE Festival in Romania and a founder member of the WWF Corporate Club. She was also a member of the IAA Board of Directors.
Her recognitions include “CEO of the Year” distinction, “IAA Excellence Award”, 3 consecutive years of presence in the Romanian “Top 100 Most Admired CEO”, together with the invitation to chair and serve numerous industry jury panels around the world.

Mihai Barsan

Marketing VP, Ursus Breweries

Ar Marketing VP, Mihai Barsan lead the Marketing and Strategy department at Ursus Breweries, the Romanian subsidiary of the global beer giant SABMiller.
He has and Engineering background, but has spent his entire professional life in Marketing: starting eith P&G Balkans for 5 years, then with SABMiller for another 10 years. He has been part of a number of success stories in the Romanian but also Slovakian beer markets, where he contributed within the top management teams to share and value growth via strong brand portofolio propositions and leading the development of coherent commercial strategies.
Since 2013, Mihai Barsan is also a board member of theInternational Advertising Association, where he is the President of the Romanian chapter.

Mircea Kivu

Sociologist

Mircea Kivu graduated Sociology at the University of Bucharest (1978) and has a MA in Demography and Social Sciences at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales – Paris (1991). He is known as the author of several books and papers in sociology, woth expertise in public opinion polling.
Since 1992, he held top positions in several markets research institutions (Research Director and CEO and IMAS Marketing si Sondaje, Vice-President for Research on Research at Ipsos Interactive Services, Operational Directors at Mercury Research).
He is involved in civil society activity as Vice-President of the boar of Foundation for Civil SOciety Development (FDSC) and as a columnist at Romania Libera and Dilema Veche.

Mirela Bosoi

Head of Brand and Communication Orange Romania

Mirela Bosoi has been working for Orange Romania since 2002 and she has been the Head of Brand and Communication since 2009.
She graduated from Academy of the Economic Studies in 1996 and she holds a Master degree in the Economic Development of Enterprise and an Executive MBA.
Mirela is responsible with the development and implementation of the Orange brand strategy in Romania and manages the commercial communication, events and sponsorship for mass market and business clients. She coordinated over the years some of the most successful integrated campaigns recognized both locally and internationally.
Mirela Bosoi has over 19 years experience in all fields of advertising, branding, events and Public Relations, working for well- known multinational and local brands.

Nora Marcovici

President of the Board and CEO Grafitti BBDO Group

At first a Geologist Engineer, Nora Marcovici decided to radically change her career path in 1992, when she joined the first media company in Romania, Global Media, becoming the Executive Director of the company. In 1998, she stepped into media industry at Prima TV, as a Sales and Marketing Director.
Between 2003 and 2008, she coordinated the launch of three notable radio stations – Kiss FM (to become the number one radio in Romania), One FM and Magic FM, as well as Kiss TV, a well-known music television.
Nora was one of the founders of Romanian Television Audience Measurement Association (2001), the Vice-President of Romanian Audio Visual Communications Association (2006-2008) and the President of Romanian Radio Audio Measurement Association. Since 2008, she is the President of the Board and CEO of Grafitti BBDO Group, a top group comprising five entities, with outstanding performances in efficiency and creativity, top awarded each year – but most of all with great performance in gaining and retaining clients.

Raluca Kisescu

Senior Manager Commercial Marketing AVON România & Moldova

Raluca Kisescu’s story with Avon starts in 1999, when she was accepted here as Marketing Assistant. She was the second person within the department.
Since her very first years in Avon she has been facing numerous challenges. She was involved in opening new markets like Moldavia, Serbia and Bosnia and also in launching bold projects for the early 2000s.
In 2004, she took the lead of the commercial marketing department, the division taking care of everything that means marketing plans implementation, promotions, products launches and events.
In 2009, Raluca Kisescu was dessignated „Marketer of the Year” by Business Woman Magazine.
She currently coordinates a team formed of 20 people, including an online division.
During these 10 yeas of coordinating everything involving Avon brand activation, she put her mark on some of the boldest project in Romania, many of them in the unconventional advertising area like „AVON gives you like” or „The AVON Beauty Dance”.
Projects and prizes:
2007 – The first Cannes Lion prize ever won by Romania within this prestigious international competition for the Breast Cancer Crusade Campaign.
2008 – Avon Romania launches the first company blog from the organization, www.avonspaceblog.ro, awarded as the best company blog on the ocasion of 2010 Rolblog Fest edition
2009 – Avon launches modern instruments in order to create optimal conditions for its Representatives: the perfumed credit card or „My Avon Mobile” network
2009 – Avon embraces social media. We launch our ”virtual office” on Facebook, Twitter, Flicker and Youtube. We speak about our projects ina transparent way and are ready to answer your question in a quick manner.
2010 – Avon Romania launches Avon Connects, an online community gathering over
80 000 members.
2010 – Avon Romania launches „Lucky 13” play, directed by Beatrice Rancea, the one to be played exclusively by amateur actors.
2010 – Avon Romania launches The Book of Love written by Alice Năstase and dedicated to the 13th anniversary of the company in Romania (augmented reality code on the back cover)
2011 – Avon Romania is, according to Gemius and Daedalus studies, the most visible cosmetic brand within the online environment. Avon entered directly on the 5th place in Top Social Brands top, much before all his competitors.

Ruxandra Bandila

Strategy Director Lafarge Romania

Ruxandra Bandila joined Lafarge Romania in April 2013 as Strategy, Business Development and Institutional Affairs Director. Before joining Lafarge, Ruxandra has been Marketing and Business Development Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers Romania and SEE. Previously she worked as the Executive Director of the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) in Romania and the Head of the Socio- Economic Department of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She started her career as Project Director of the School Rehabilitation Project financed by World Bank (130 million $). She holds a Ph.D. in Energetics from Ecole des Mines de Paris.

Ruxandra Voda

Corporate Communications Director Romania, TELEKOM ROMANIA

Ruxandra Voda is responsible to manage the design and deployment of the companies’ communication strategy, in support of the business objectives.
Ruxandra Voda is inside the team of 2009 and is responsible for developing corporate communication strategy and plans for the local group companies.
Ruxandra Voda has over 15 years of successful experience in corporate communications and integrated marketing communication.
Ruxandra Voda holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication Sciences of University of Bucharest and a Master Degree in Audio-Video Communication from Bucharest National School for Political and Administrative Studies.

Sonia Nastase

Country Manager, Nestle Romania, Nespresso Division

Sonia Nastase in the Country Manager of Nespresso, the luxury coffee brand, part of Swiss multinational Nestle Group. In this role, she oversees all Nespresso activities in Romania, both for the professional segment and the consumer segment.
She has over 15 years of multi-faceted experience in the premium hospitality industry, starting her career at World Trade Center Bucharest in 1996, as event and international fai organizer, then moving on to sales and marketing with Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest between 1997 – 2003 and then with Howard Johnson Grand Plaza Bucharest, as Director of Sales and Marketing till 2006, whe she stepped up to the consultancy area as Senior Associate at Trend Hospitality. Between 2009 – 2014 she has been at the helm as General Manager.
She is graduated of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and the Romanian – Canadian MBA and took part in management and sales trainings with the international hotels chains Hilton and Wyndham.

Volker Moser

Co-Founder & Partner City Compass Group

Volker Moser is a German national who has been living in Romania since 2007. Starting with 2013, he splits his time between Berlin and Bucharest. In Romania, he is a co-founding partner at City Compass Group, which is divided into the following business lines:
– City Compass Tours & Events, which organizes and provides guided tours, corporate events & services, exclusive team buildings and executive retreats.
– City Compass Intercultural Consulting, which provides consulting and training services and support in adapting to Romania for expats and repats, covering leadership, business communication and family adaptation in a practical and customized way.
City Compass Media, which publishes:
– Romania-Insider.com: market leader in English news about Romania, online and with daily bulletins.
– A daily and weekly executive press review for foreign top management, as a business intelligence tool for the Romanian market.
– CityCompass.ro, a portal about Romania for expats & tourists
– The annual City Compass: Romania, Bucharest & Beyond printed guide, also available as an e-book, including via Amazon.
– The City Compass Romania smartphone application, and a weekly newsletter with upcoming events and extra inspiration to discover Romania.