This week, the Foreign Investors Council – FIC re-elected Ramona Jurubiță, Country Managing Partner KPMG Romania as FIC president. She will be supported by Eric Stab, Chairman & CEO of ENGIE Romania, Executive Director ENGIE Eastern Europe and Cristian Secoșan, CEO, Siemens Romania as vice-presidents. Daniel Anghel, PwC Board member and Tax and Legal Services Leader, has been appointed as treasurer.
The objective that FIC assumed from the very beginning - contributing through its activities to the improvement of the business environment through dialogue and constant public consultations with the public authorities and all the relevant actors - remains central to all FIC projects and all its actions. FIC will continue to work, advocate for and promote the sustainable economic development of Romania through investments, particularly in a period characterized by new challenges at the global level.
Ramona Jurubiță: "I thank my colleagues from the FIC Board of Directors for the trust they have placed in me. We will continue to contribute to the building of a resilient, diversified and high value-added economy for Romania. The reconfiguration of investments globally and regionally represents an opportunity in which the FIC can play two crucial roles in ensuring that our country is perceived as an attractive investment destination.
First, as investors already present in Romania, we are very good ambassadors when it comes to contributing to the promotion of the country as an attractive destination for investments. We must be aware that Romania is and will continue to be in competition with other countries in attracting these investments and therefore a proactive approach, both from the authorities and the business environment is more than necessary.
Secondly, our experience, desire and involvement in building relationships based on dialogue and transparency with the authorities, is an important starting point to be used in developing sound public policies that would stimulate both the continued investment of companies already present in Romania , but also attracting potential foreign direct investment in Romania.
Thus, in the next period, the FIC's priority will be towards the role of investments as an important source for a sustainable economic recovery, while balancing Romania's short- and medium-term financing needs."
The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) has, starting with May, a new Board of Directors that includes 15 members:
Board Member |
Company |
Title |
Daniel ANGHEL |
PwC Romania |
Tax and Legal Services Leader |
Dan BADIN |
Deloitte |
Tax and Legal Partner-in-Charge |
Francois BLOCH |
BRD-GSG |
CEO |
Liudmila CLIMOC |
Orange Romania |
CEO |
Dana CONSTANTINESCU |
GSK Romania |
General Manager |
Alexey GOLOVIN |
KMG International |
Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer |
Steven van GRONINGEN |
Raiffeisen Bank |
President &CEO |
Ramona JURUBITA |
KPMG Romania |
Country Managing Partner |
Ivan LOKERE |
Alinso Group NV |
CEO |
Sven MARINUS |
Sodexo Pass Romania |
CEO |
Mircea MOGA |
Mega Image |
General Manager and President of the Board of Administrators |
Veronica SAVANCIUC |
Mullen Lowe Group |
President&CEO |
Cristian SECOSAN |
Siemens Romania |
CEO |
Eric STAB |
ENGIE Romania |
Chairman & CEO, Executive Director Eastern Europe |
Christina VERCHERE |
OMV Petrom |
CEO |
About FIC
The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) is the association that brings together the most important investors with foreign capital in Romania, over 120 of the largest companies in the country with a cumulative turnover representing one-fifth of the Romanian economy and with a significant contribution to the state budget. For more than 20 years since the organization was founded, FIC member companies have always supported the importance of dialogue between the business community and the authorities.