The Romanian Courier Business Awards 2014 gala is the perfect meeting platform to celebrate and reward achievements, success stories and dedication of companies and personalities that keep the Romanian Courier sector on the move.
Besides giving the industry a chance to recognize the outstanding achievements of a chosen few, the event will also offer the perfect occasion to celebrate in the somptuous surroundings of a five star hotel in Bucharest another year of industry growth with the top management of the sector and its business providers from the entire supply chain.
Join us on November 12, 2015 at the Ronda Ballroom, Hotel InterContinental Bucharest to celebrate the courier industry champions of the year!
Overall Courier Business Awards
- Deal of the Year
- Courier Company of the Year
- Manager of the Year
- Business growth of the Year
- Investment of the year
- Best website
- Best Courier Web Application
- Social impact program of the year
Operational Courier Awards
- innovative technology supplier for courier service
- Most innovative courier service
- Courier service Car of the Year
Awards Gala participation fee:
- Conference participation fee is - 189 € + VAT/ person.
- Company Corporate table of 6 - 980 € + VAT.
The fee includes the participation in the Awards Gala sitting down dinner.
All registration fees mentioned above exclude 24% Romanian VAT.
Registration conditions: Should the event be cancelled due to force majeure, unavailability of the venue, speakers being prevented or for other good cause, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the event. In case of cancellation all participants will be informed promptly. In this case, all registration fees will be reimbursed.
| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Awards Gala Opening welcome Cocktail
Organised in the elegant surroundings of the InterContinental Hotel Bucharest, the Ronda Ball-room will be the place to network over a glass of fine drinks with top management representatives of the courier and postal services sector. Special wine tasting from Domeniile Samburesti wineyard. |
| 20:00 - 20:30 |
Awards Gala Dinner - Part 1
A special three course menu will complement the Awards Gala Ceremony with a special fine dining moment prepared by the Chef of the InterContinental Hotel. |
| 20:30 - 21:30 |
Courier Business Awards Gala Ceremony
Mr. Catalin Marinescu, President of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania – ANCOM will formally open the Awards ceremony with an introductory keynote address to the courier sector representatives. The Awards ceremony will recognise and reward the success stories and dedication of companies and personalities that keep the Romanian Courier sector on the move, giving the industry a chance to recognise the outstanding achievements of a chosen few. Overall Courier Business Awards
Outstanding Programs
Operational Courier Awards
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| 21:30 - 22:00 |
Awards Gala Dinner - Part 2
A special three course menu will complement the Awards Gala Ceremony with a special fine dining moment prepared by the Chef of the InterContinental Hotel. |
| 22:00 - 22:30 |
Networking time
The participants will have the opportunity to congratulate the winners and further strengthen the ties of future business ventures over a glass of wine during the after Awards Ceremony Networking time.
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Marius Ghenea is a renowned Romanian entrepreneur, the business man to go to when you have a golden idea, and the person to trust for guidance in case of business challenges. Some of his day to day professional responsibilities include being President for the Romanian Association of E-Shopping; Board Advisor Maastricht School of Management Romania; and Board Member in the Community Foundations Program. Always a member of the business TV show Arena Leilor, co-organizer and lector of the entrepreneurial School for StartUps, he still finds time for writing his first book dedicated to the entrepreneurial field and the Romanian business market: “Antreprenoriat, drumul de la idei catre oportunitati si succes in afaceri”.
Alexandru Petrescu is the General manager of the Romanian Post, the national postal operator in the field of postal offices. He is also the President of the Commission for Preparation and Monitoring of Romanian Post Privatisation Process, appointed via Order of the Minister for Communications and Information Society, as part of the agreement between IMF and the Romanian Government. Previously London based, Alex has been driving prepaid development in the UK and Europe for several years, from various positions in prepaid focused companies, most recently Raphaels Bank.
Marian Seitan is the President of the Romanian Direct Marketing Association ARMAD and the CEO of Mediapost Hit Mail, a full-service Direct Marketing agency he built from scratch, now employing 900 people and whose annual turnover comes to 8 million euro. A scholarship in France opened new horizons for him in 1995 when direct marketing was rather unknown in Romania. In 1997, only six months after graduating from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, he set up his business, originally called Hit Mail. Subsequently, as the French Post acquired 60 percent of the company, it changed its name to Mediapost Hit Mail
Mr. Sebastian Balasescu is the former owner of one of Romania's leading courier service companies Urgent Curier. Balasescu exited from the company he established over 10 years ago in 2014, in a transaction to buyer, Abris Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity fund for Central and Eastern Europe.
Gabriel Ghita is Business Development Manager CEE , at MasterCard Europe. With a background of more than 10 years in the cards industry, Gabriel Ghita has been a member of the MasterCard team in Bucharest since 2007. His main responsibility as a Business Development Manager for Central and Eastern Europe are identifying new business opportunities together with the partner financial institutions and the development of new payment technologies: contactless, mobile payments, solutions for e-commerce.
Liviu Taloi was part of the team who launched today’s most powerful Romanian online store – eMag.ro, where he was a PR Manager for 3 years. Since 2006, Taloi founded the company WebAudit specialized in providing consultancy in electronic-commerce for Romanian online shops. In the last 3 years, Liviu Taloi offered consultancy to more than 20 Romanian online shops. Most of them are now leaders on their market niche.
Linda Vasilescu is a senior associate at A.T. Kearney, a leading global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries. At AT Kearney she coordinated and participated in a number of strategic projects and due diligencies for retail, banking, energy and parcel industry in Romania and Europe. Previously Ms. Vasilescu held the position of General Manager at Capitol Insurance Broker where she coordinated national development & implementation of a banking - insurance cross-selling partnership in Romania. Ms. Vasilescu is a graduate of the Cybernetics, Statistics and Computer Science University, CEU Master of Business Administration, Investment Banking.
Adrian Ion is the General Manager of GovNet Conferences and Publisher for GovNet Romania and Which Lawyer in Romania. He is an entrepreneur with over 15 years experience in media and publishing, being the co-founder of The Diplomat-Bucharest and initiator of several projects in print media and business conferences. Adrian is also the Vice-President of the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association www.rpia.ro being involved in coordinating the policy, governmental and private companies communication in the area of renewable energy.
Honeywell invents and manufactures technologies to address some of the world’s toughest challenges initiated by revolutionary macrotrends in science, technology and society. A Fortune 100 company, we create solutions to improve the quality of life of people around the globe: generating clean, healthy energy – and using it more efficiently. Increasing our safety and security. Enabling people around the world to connect, communicate, and collaborate. And equipping our customers to be even more productive. With approximately 132,000 employees worldwide, including more than 22,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting commitment to quality and delivering results in everything we make and do.
MasterCard is a technology company and payments industry leader. For more than four decades, we have been a driving force at the heart of commerce, making the global economy safer, more efficient, more inclusive and more transparent for all. Consumers, merchants, business partners and governments in markets around the world have reaped the benefits of our innovative products and solutions which, simply put, are designed to make life easier.
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. Ford of Europe is responsible for producing, selling and servicing Ford brand vehicles in 50 individual markets and employs approximately 50,000 employees at its wholly owned facilities and approximately 69,000 people when joint ventures and unconsolidated businesses are included. In addition to Ford Motor Credit Company, Ford Europe operations include Ford Customer Service Division and 24 manufacturing facilities (13 wholly owned or consolidated joint venture facilities and 11 unconsolidated joint venture facilities). The first Ford cars were shipped to Europe in 1903 – the same year Ford Motor Company was founded. European production started in 1911.
Founded in 2001, Oscar Downstream is the largest independent fuel distribution company on the Romanian market, dedicated to corporate customers. The company's portfolio includes diesel fuel supply using various distribution channels: wholesale deliveries, in-house filling stations, Oscar Downstream fuel cards, complemented by custom integrated services personalized to the specifics of each industry and each client. The products portfolio also includes gasoline, bitumen, and lubricants. Today the company has over 4,000 partners nationwide for all business lines and is positioned as a trusted partner for transport & logistic, construction, agriculture and other industries.
Combining the century-old tradition with innovation, care and love for special wines, Domeniile Samburesti is a Romanian brand which promises to help re-launch good quality Romanian wines.
Samburesti lands are renowned as the best lands for red wines. Maybe that is why the Cabernet Sauvignon of Samburesti is the only genuine Romanian wine of this kind and the most famous one. Together with the delicate Merlot, they created a noble French origin wine made in Romania: Rouge de Roumanie. A successful marriage between the two varieties of Samburesti rewarded at the International Wine Exposition from Beijing, which resulted in a robust wine, perfect to accompany traditional Romanian dishes.
The Romanian Courier Business Awards Gala will be organized at the InterContinental Hotel in Bucharest, Ronda Ballroom.
InterContinental Bucharest is a five star hotel that provides a highclass background for conferences, receptions and other types of events. Located right in the center of Bucharest, it is within walking distance from the Old City – Bucurestiul Vechi. The main subway station and the central bus station are just across the street. There are also taxi ranks directly in front of the hotel.
Awards Gala participation fee:
- Participation fee is - 149 € + VAT/ person.
- Company Corporate table of 6 - 890 € + VAT.
The fee includes the participation in the Awards Gala sitting down dinner.
All registration fees mentioned above exclude 24% Romanian VAT.
