User:Gabriel Petrescu

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Gabriel-George PETRESCU

Current Executive Positions: • Executive Director, Soros Foundation Romania • Managing Director, Business Risc Control SRL

Personal data: • Born in Bucharest, 1966 • Romanian nationality

Graduate and Postgraduate Education:

2001-2003 Executive MBA Bucharest ASEBUSS – The Institute for Business and Public Administration in Bucharest

1995 - 1996 Postgraduate Diploma in Company Management Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies Final paper: “Management of Change”

1985-1990 Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc.) in Constructions, Bucharest Specialization Land Reclamation University of Agronomic Sciences, Bucharest Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering

1980-1984 Baccalaureate in Mathematics and Physics Bucharest “Gheorghe Lazar” High School

Executive Education:

2007 Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager, 26.02-02.03 Philadelphia, USA Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

2006 Building New Ventures, 22-27 January Boston, USA Harvard University, Harvard Business School

2006 Erisma – Creative Leadership, 15 September – 21 December Bucharest The ERUDIO Association

2005 Executive Intuition – Executive Education Program, 20-25 March Fontainebleau INSEAD - France

2002 Management and Entrepreneurship – Summer School (July-August) London, UK London School of Economics and Political Science

2000 Strategic Perspectives in Non-profit Management, 16-22 July Boston, USA Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration

1999 Executive Program for Leaders in Development, 14-25 June Boston, USA John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

Certified Training Programs:

2005 Training of Trainers, 28 February-11 March Bucharest MINARDO - Bucharest

2004 Training in writing and implementing PHARE projects, 6-7 September Bucharest Romanian Training Institute

2003 “Who Moved My Cheese – An A-Mazing Way To Deal With Change”, Salt Lake City 22-23 July, Train the Trainer Seminar, Who Moved My Cheese? LLC, USA

1998 Advanced Facilitation Seminar and Outdoor Training Zirc, Hungary Open Society Institute & Concordia Outdoor Training

1998 Strategy Development Seminar Vienna OSI – Organizational Development Department

1997 Facilitative Leadership – Tapping the Power of Participation Budapest OSI – Organizational Development Department

1994 Comparative Studies in Management - Intensive course Mangalia Black Sea University

1993 Connaissance d’une economie occidentale - Training Seminar Paris ISG - Institute Superieur de Gestion

1992 Business Language Training Course Canterbury Pilgrims Training Courses UK University of Kent at Canterbury

1990 Chinese Language Courses Nanking, China University for Teachers in Nanking, China

Professional Experience:

2003 to date Managing Director, Trainer and Owner Business Risc Control srl

2003 - 2008 President and CEO, Pattern Invest srl

1997 to date Executive Director Bucharest Open Society Foundation – Romania

1991 - 1997 Romanian National TEMPUS Office – a EU Program aiming at the

                                  restructuring of the Higher Education Systems in Central and Eastern Europe
                                  1996-1997     Deputy Director; 
                                  1991-1995     Administrative Officer and from 1994 Senior Administrative Officer

Trainer Experience:

2004-2008 Various trainings on Management of Change, Teamwork, Vision and Mission or Networking having the following client portfolio: Quadrant Amroq Beverages - Pepsi Romania, MarcTel SIT, HP Romania, Romanian Bank for Development – Groupe Societe Generale, Cegedim PHARMA CRM - Romania, BAXI Romania, Carpat Agregate – Member of Heidelberg Cement Group, Community Safety and Mediation Center, Center for Education and Professional Development, Roma Civic Alliance, GENERALI Asigurari

NGO participation and Community Involvement:

1999 to date Member of the Nominating Committee of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships 1999 to date Member of the Board of Directors with the Center for Health Policies and Services 2001 - 2005 Member of the Board of Directors with the Center for Economic Development 1996 Founding member of the Foundation for the European Integration of the Romanian Education

Board of Directors: 2003 - 2008 President and CEO of the Board of Directors of SC Pattern Invest SRL 1997-1999 Member of the Board of Directors of Dynamic Network Technologies Ltd., a major Internet Service Provider owned at that time by Open Society Foundation Romania;

Communication & Skills: • Fluent in English • Good knowledge of French; • Italian - beginner • Chinese - beginner; • Up to date computer skills: Apple, Keynote, Windows , Excel , MS Word , PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Internet Explorer

Personal Assets:

• Very adaptable, innovative and eager to meet new challenges. • Creativity; • Positive thinking; • Dedication to self-improvement;

Hobbies: • Tennis • Traveling • Photography • Pattern recognition