Katerina has joined the carbon markets in 2011 and is currently heading the Central and Eastern European trading desk at Vertis. With her team Katerina overlooks structured derivatives transactions, and advises on carbon markets and hedging strategies to large industrial and aviation clients in the region. Katerina is also leading Vertis' corporate climate action agenda, focused on beyond compliance climate action of Vertis clients. Katerina is frequently invited as an expert speaker on topics related to carbon markets, trading and strategy such as COP24 or European Climate Summit.  Katerina holds a diploma in Economics and a Masters in Finance from CEU Business School.

Mrs. Gabriela Fistis has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s in non-polluting technologies from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. She has successfully finished her PhD Studies in 2018 in Engineering and Management area with the thesis named” Sustainability of Organizational Systems - a possible strategic model”. With relevant experience in industry and consultancy Gabriela Fistis has over 21 years’ experience in sustainability consultancy and training (capacity building), using her expertise in different types of projects as Project Manager and expert related to sustainable development. With a vast experience of more than 21 years who has gone through both the research, industrial and management consulting sectors, she is currently focusing on finding solutions to achieve sustainability management performance with both private organizations and state institutions. She is a professional trainer for the European ECQA Certified Sustainability Manager training program and has been part of the international team of trainers who have trained the first Sustainable Managers in Romania.

She believes that respect for the environment and respect for people is essential when it comes to evolution. She strongly believes that evolution requires change, and when it comes to sustainability, we are talking about principles, values ​​and behavioral changes. She is among those who promote change and focuses its efforts on supporting those who understand or do not understand the need for change. It fights for the needs of future generations and believes that their needs will be very different from the current ones, that our responsibility is to create the evolutionary context conducive to a balanced future.

Peter Linzner is  Managing Partner at denkstatt Group with a special focus on sustainable finance (green economy investments) and  (climate) risk  aspects from strategy  to operations. During his  20yrs+  of experience in consulting, he has supported many international as well as  local acting clients. Peter has graduated in Business Economics with a special focus on IT and Industrial Management and holds a  BA in Electrical Engineering and a  PhD in Economics.

Raluca Buturca joined EY Romania in 2015, as Senior Consultant in the Assurance department. Raluca completed his PhD in an interuniversity collaboration with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​Spain, becoming a Doctor in Product Life Cycle Assessment. She attended university courses in Romania, Italy and Spain and taught environmental protection courses at the University of Galați. Many of the personal researches are published at national and international conferences.

With a vast international professional experience, Raluca focuses mainly on the topic of sustainable development and sustainability, by providing support to companies to increase sustainability performance, along with improving business processes. Moreover, Raluca offers support to large companies in increasing the transparency of both their internal processes, as well as the impact on the environment and society they have through the developed business. At the same time, she is involved in various projects of elaboration and implementation of financing programs for environmental protection.

Communicator with a strong belief in building sustainable businesses. She began her career more than 20 years ago and has broad experience across all areas of the industry: overall strategy, media relations, internal communications, CSR, BTL, etc. as well as union relations in the business sector. Her portfolio includes positions such as Director of Corporate Communication at CONNEX, Director of Communication for Michelin Romania & Balkans, Head of Communication for media groups such as Media Pro Group and Intact Media Group, as well as extensive agency experience. Currently, Cristina leads the company's activities with regards to corporate communication, PR, internal communication, Social Media and CSR as Director of Communication & CSR for Lidl Romania.  

Her motto in business and life: Make your own mistakes, but don't make them twice.

Geanin Serban has more than 20 years experience in the management of reputed companies in the automotive field and over 6 years of experience in the field of packaging waste management. 

Laura has graduated TITU MAIORESCU University, Faculty of Law in 2015. She is the legal adviser of TMK-ARTROM Group, as well as Coordinator of sustainability & social responsibility activity for all companies of TMK Artrom Group. Additionally, she is a member of the Data Protection team. 

She is one of the first specialists worldwide certified for Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI) since February 2018 . Her legal advisory activity covers several fields such as HR, commercial and general business, environmental and corporate governance in TMK Artrom. She has been managing and coordinating the “Consolidated non-financial GRI report “ for TMK ARTROM Group and the social responsibilities projects within local communities where TMK Artrom Group is acting since 2018 .

Peter Seizov is a Senior Consultant at denkstatt Bulgaria with over 11 years of experience in the field of sustainable development, focusing on natural capital management, national and corporate greenhouse gas emission inventories, climate strategies and product life-cycle assessments. He consults large international companies, including in the food and beverage, retail, telecom and mining industries. Works with the European Commission on various topics related to environmental policies, including waste and plastics management, as well as standardization of energy efficiency project development.

Dan Tone, Eutron Invest Romania's CEO, founded the company in 1993 with the purpose of delivering innovative technological solutions for the Banking & Finance industry. Over the past 25 years, he developed a thorough knowledge of the mechanisms and requirements of the Retail and Banking & Finance industries and he succeeded in developing an impressive competences portfolio to meet the market needs as a whole. The objective that guided Dan towards the Banking & Finance field in 1993 was to find the most efficient ways of managing values - and the taste for providing solutions not only for the challenges of today, but for the challenges of tomorrow was never diminished. Dan developed his company culture based on "problem-solving". And given his engineering background, it is easy to understand why if you ask him, he'll say with a smile on his face that the excellent opportunities that arise, are often well disguised as unsolvable issues.

Spyros is a Manager in EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services, with subject-matter knowledge and 9 years of experience in sustainability assurance and advisory engagements. He has studied Marketing and Communication at the Athens University of Economics and Business and holds an MSc in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh. He has extensive knowledge in sustainability issues  such as: Materiality Analysis, Greening of Industry, Stakeholder Engagement, Ecological footprint, Sustainability Reporting, Cap and Trade, Waste management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecological Modelling, Green Marketing and Eco-labeling. 

Spyros has significant experience with the GRI Standards. He is a nominated trainer by GRI and has been involved in the provision of GRI training services, both in house and open, for clients of various industries. Moreover, he has been involved in the provision of advisory services for the development of sustainability reports in accordance with the GRI Standards, including materiality assessments. He has also been involved in the provision of sustainability assurance services for reports prepared in accordance to the GRI Standards, challenging in this context both the application of the Standards and the materiality assessments of the clients. 

Alice Nichita holds the position of Public Affairs Manager within Coca-Cola HBC Romania since 2015, coordinating legislative efforts by working with central and local authorities, as well as representing the company in industry and business associations. Mrs. Nichita is also Vice-President of ARAM, representing in this capacity producers and importers of packaged goods on issues related to packaging and environment.

Benjamin has a 10 years’ experience and expertise in setting and developing projects in private / public companies and in hotels and sports facilities in Europe. Benjamin was the Sustainability Manager for the City of Nice during the UEFA Euro 2016. The City of Nice won two UEFA prices – one for the waste management program and the special price for global sustainability action plan.  He is also the Chief Operating Officer of the NGO SandSI (Sport and Sustainability International), looking to accelerate sustainability in and through sport with more than 220 international members. 

Mr. Constantin Damov is the CEO and Chairman of Green Group, the largest integrated waste recycling park in Romania. Green Group co-founder, with an experience of over 20 years in waste management and recycling solutions and as President of Romanian Circular Economy Coalition, Mr. Damov is an ardent promoter of circular economy principles and sustainability in Romania. He participated in Governmental working groups for transposition of EU directives regarding ELV, packaging waste, WEEE, car batteries and used tires into the Romanian legislation.