Mr. Adrian Cucu has more than 25 years of experience in the senior management of public institutions whose main object of activity is combating financial fraud, tax evasion, preventing and combating money laundering, as well as carrying out control actions in these areas, occupying various important functions, including: President of the National Office for the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering, Director General of the General Directorate of Fiscal Inspection (ANAF); Director General of the General Directorate for the Administration of Large Taxpayers (ANAF); Secretary General of the National Fiscal Administration Agency; Deputy General Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; Director of the Control Department within the ASF; General Commissioner of the Financial Guard, etc. 

Mr. Furdui heads the Crime Prevention Department of the Romanian Ministry of Justice, capacity in which he also manages the Technical Secretariat of the National Anticorruption Strategy and chairs the cooperation platforms organized in the framework of the Strategy, including the platform for cooperation with the business environment.

Over 17 years of experience in fraud risk management, internal control and audit, Ramona started her career in the bank, in the commercial area, carrying out her activity on control and anti-fraud audit areas, with coordination attributions.    She is currently Deputy Director of the Anti-Fraud and Control Department at CEC Bank SA and Vice-President of the Anti-Fraud Commission within the Romanian Association of Banks

Graduate of the Law Faculty Alexandru Ioan Cuza from Iasi, and of the Romanian Banking Institute, but also of the two Masters,  in Criminal Sciences at Titu Maiorescu University  and Public Integrity and Anti-corruption Policies at the National School of Political Sciences, Bucharest, holding certifications in the field of CFE fraud, as well as in compliance, accredited trainer, and an MBA program in progress -  INDE Romanian - French MBA in the Economic Development of Enterprises, organized by ASE's Bucharest Business School and the National Institute for Economic Development (INDE), in partnership with the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in Paris.

Paul Herinean worked between 2010 and 2015 as a Specialist Instructing Officer, coordinator of scientific papers in Humint, Relationship Techniques and Simulated Behavior Detection Techniques at the National Academy of Intelligence "Mihai Viteazul" (ANI) - S.R.I. and is a certified Trainer in Simulated Behavior Detection.

Between 2000 and 2009 he worked as an Operational Officer within the Romanian Intelligence Service. From 2009 to 2010 he worked as a Specialist Officer in the Personnel Recruitment Department within ANI. In the period 2012-2014 he coordinated a scientific research project carried out under the auspices of S.R.I. and the National Institute for Intelligence Studies, which aimed to conceptualize and operationalize practical tools for developing skills and competencies to detect simulated behavior in the area of ​​Intelligence - Humint. 

Starting with 2012, he offers consultancy to multinational companies in Romania, in his area of ​​expertise.

Stephen M. Kohn is one of the nation’s leading whistleblower attorneys. A founding director of the NWC, he is the author of eight books on whistleblower law, including The New Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What’s Right and Protecting Yourself .

He is a practicing whistleblower attorney and serves pro bono as the Chairman of the Board of the National Whistleblower Center. Stephen is a partner in the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto.  His primary litigation focus includes representing international whistleblowers under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, tax fraud whistleblowers, qui tam reward laws, the False Claims Act, SEC whistleblowers and IRS whistleblowers. In 2012, the firm obtained the largest qui tam whistleblower reward given to a single individual in history ($104 million to UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld) and he represents Danske Bank Whistleblower Howard Wilkinson.

Bogdan has a degree in Law and one in Political Science from University of Bucharest. He owns a Master Degree in Corporate Affairs and Governance from Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York and the certification “International Diploma in Compliance” from University of Manchester. Currently, he follows a PhD program in compliance at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. He is the Deputy Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of American Chamber of Commerce in Romania. 

Bogdan has an extensive experience in compliance and corporate governance gained in multinational companies like Ubisoft Entertainment, Telekom, OMV Petrom or F.Hoffmann La Roche.  During 2011 – 2015, Bogdan was Compliance Officer at OMV Petrom, responsible for Corporate Functions Division and Gas & Power Division. In 2014, he was co-author of the first book on compliance published in Romania, “Compliance – the key of a successful business”, coordinated by University Professor, dr. Mihai Berinde. 

In 2022, Bogdan joined the company Sun Wave Pharma as Compliance Director. He is responsible for implementing the compliance program and through it, to produce added value to the business of the number one company on supplements in Romania. 

He was involved in many activities regarding compliance and corporate governance in AMCham (Guideline on third parties due diligence, Guideline on Compliance Training, Guideline on the role of the compliance Officer, Guideline on Risk Assessment). They were presented to the Ministry of Justice Department responsible for implementing the national anti-corruption strategy and contributing to increasing the knowledge on compliance and ethics topics. 

Alexandru Ene-Dragan has extensive experience in process management and strategic mandate execution, especially in civil law, commercial law, labor law and real estate law disputes, as well as in insolvency procedures and white collar crime. He coordinates also the compliance practice, having experience in implementing and developing compliance programs, planning and structuring internal investigations, as well as providing prevention programs and trainings

Highly regarded by clients and peers as one of the brightest white collar crime attorneys in Romania, Mihai Mareș specializes exclusively on criminal defence for senior executives, entrepreneurs, major industrial groups, financial institutions and large international and domestic companies. His expertise covers a broad range of matters involving money laundering, fraud, bribery and other forms of corporate misconduct. 

With a Ph.D. in criminal procedure from the Romanian Academy’s Legal Institute, Mihai regularly publishes articles and studies on criminal law and criminal procedure and participates in international and national conferences related to these fields. Moreover, Mihai Mares is a guest lecturer in the criminal law master program at the Moldova State University Law School, as part of the partnership with this institution concluded last year. As of this year, he is also the co-founder, together with other esteemed peers, of the Romanian White Collar Crime Law Association (ARDPA), which aims at promoting and developing this discipline as a "hybrid" legal field - the meeting point between white collar crime and other areas of practice in business law. Mihai’s practice, experience and exposure to sophisticated cases make him an invaluable asset when collaborating with prominent international law firms and global alliances specialized in white collar crime. 

Ana Sebov is Director and Forensic Services Leader of PwC Romania. She has more than 19 years of experience in accounting and finance, at local and international level, in multiple industries (ie., energy, pharma, financial services, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing). Since 2007 she specialised in forensic accounting and compliance reviews. 

The projects coordinated by Ana included large investigations of bribery and fraud cases, advisory provided to clients in the context of regulatory investigations, AML and anti bribery compliance reviews and drafting of expert reports in the context of arbitration, litigation and regulatory investigations. 

Ana has a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, is a qualified accountant (ACCA), qualified financial auditor (ASPAS), qualified fraud examiner (ACFE) and qualified internal auditor (CIA)

Oana Piticaş has extensive experience in criminal law, business crimes, criminal liability and criminal defence strategy, especially with foreign and local companies, but also in real estate and contract law. She specializes in legal assistance and representation of local or foreign companies in all stages of a criminal investigation, internal and fraud investigations, compliance and dawn raid.

Gabriel Zgunea has a vast experience in the field of private intelligence, having successfully coordinated numerous investigations and due diligences in Romania and CEE, for multinational companies in all industries.

Gabriel Albu has a solid and diverse experience related to the corporate field, assisting and representing a large number of companies - multinational and local - and also individuals within them, in complex criminal proceedings, under national jurisdiction and also with international elements. 

Since 2005 Gabriel has begun the practice of criminal business law / white collar crime. Starting with 2008, in an independent environment, Gabriel has dedicated himself to this field of activity, being one of the pioneers of this field of professional practice in Romania - white collar crime, practiced at the professional level of sophistication to which it is understood today.

Over the years, Gabriel Albu has been involved in a large number of high-level criminal cases in Romania. He managed complex cases, at the highest level of representation, involving mainly accusations of tax evasion and fraud against the financial interests of the European Union, accusations of corruption, financial fraud, work related crimes, capital market and public procurement fraud. 

The most recent success achieved by Gabriel Albu was the case publicly known as "Rompetrol II", where his team managed to obtain the dismissal of the criminal charges and release of significant assets from under freezing orders.

Maria has been based in Spain for over a decade and represents Whistlelink in Iberia, Romania and Bulgaria, developing strategic partnerships with law firms and helping companies implement a compliant, safe and user-friendly whistleblowing solution. She has over 15 years’ experience in developing partnerships across borders and supporting clients and businesses in several industries. Whistlelink is an ISO 27001 certified Swedish tech company, offering organisations a safe technology in compliance with the Whistleblowing Directive to help them improve social responsibility and remove hurdles from reporting of wrongdoing.

Mihaela Scarlatescu, is a lawyer with 23 years professional experience, of which 18 dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry in an integral way - from the drug manufacturer (even from the factory), to the distributor and not lastly the experience dedicated to the chain pharmacies (national level) thus ensuring a complete connection of the patient but the medication he needs.

She currently holds the position of HoL &Compliance Director at Farmexim-Help Net part of PHOENIX Group.

She was awarded 3 consecutive times by the prestigious publishing guide Legal 500, being nominated in the first 10 lawyers in the pharma industry, including as a team (2016-2018), and in December last year she was awarded by the Publishing Houseuniversuyl Juridic within the Lady Layer Gala.

Actually enrolled in 2021 an EMBA program at Maastricht University   

Adrian CHIRVASE is coordinating Prevention, Compliance and White-Collar Crime team, being well-known for his comprehensive approach in difficult cases. He has significant experience in criminal business law and tax fraud, representing numerous companies in various criminal proceedings or businessmen in various fields such as IT and Telecommunications, banking, pharmaceutical, real estate, construction, energy and public utilities. 

In this capacity, Adrian is acting on behalf of or alongside clients in all types of disputes, including white-collar crime, financial fraud, corruption, economic espionage, cyber- and e-Commerce crime, organized crime, abuse of power and negligence in official positions, money laundering, criminal breaches of confidentiality/secrecy, intellectual and industrial property criminal infringements, etc. Also, Adrian’s practice includes the prevention component, which involves advisory activities in order to anticipate and/or identify risks of criminal relevance.