The role of the Corporate Affairs department in a constantly changing climate
Ana Crivăț, Director of Corporate Affairs, HEINEKEN Romania How do you see the role of the Corporate Affairs team in a multinational company and especially in HEINEKEN? I am glad to be able to talk about this topic, especially since the role of Corporate Affairs departments in companies has been evolving significantly in recent years. […]
Small figures fight hard with big figures
Foto: Gajus-Images / depositphotos.com It is rare for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revise its economic growth forecasts just one quarter into the year. Analysing the economic growth trends of its 190 member countries, the IMF revised its forecast for 86% of them and lowered its global economic growth projection for this year by […]
How to deal with choleric people?
Foto: ra2studio / depositphotos.com In our business life we don’t just meet nice people with whom we want to hang out. Not everyone has a constructive attitude towards you. Let’s have a look at one particular group of people we can call the cholerics. Choleric people show up everywhere, they can be quite demotivating and […]
The total trading value with the shares listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange doubles in the first quarter to over EUR 1 billion
The first quarter was characterized by the intensification of trading activity on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) amid increased volatility that encompassed international capital markets. As a consequence, the total value of transactions made in the first 3 months of this year with the shares of the companies listed on the Regulated Market of BVB […]
More transparency, combined with risks where there is not enough transparency…
Author: Neil McGregor, Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 3 May 2022. Having written in my previous article about the UK’s new National Security & Investment Act 2021 – and how it has the potential to impact trade and investment between the UK […]
International Women’s Day at Recent Art Museum in Bucharest
On 29 March 2022, the 4th edition of „International Women’s Day” event took place at Muzeul de Artă Recentă (Recent Art Museum) in Bucharest, for the benefit of MARe Foundation. For the second year, the Hellenic-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce supported this special event. The event brought together personalities from the diplomatic and business environment […]
Sustainability in BMW vision
Few concrete, real steps I have seen. The BMW Group sees sustainable development and resource efficiency as core themes of the company strategic direction. In other words, the BMW Group is the first manufacturer to introduce sustainability criteria in its management evaluation. Not only the sales and profitability top management objectives matter, but also environment […]
Steven van Groningen: “For me, Romania is home and will so remain, no doubt”
Steven van Groningen is one of the most admired executives in Romania, being at the same time regarded as one of the most active and dedicated voices in the local business environment and a promoter of transparent, ethical and sustainable business practices. In an interview with TheBizz Magazine, Steven van Groningen talks about the most […]
Are we exiting from the exit?
Foto: SergeyTikhomirov / depositphotos.com So, it happens. Under the specter of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Europe is starting to think the hitherto unthinkable and break away from oil and gas imports that were and still are financing the Russian war machine. In late March, US-President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]
Walter Friedl, Managing Partner LacertA Winery: ”We want to become stronger on the Romanian market and hope to convince more and more Romanians of our wines”
You first arrived in Romania in the summer of 1989, as a commercial attaché of the Austrian Government for three years. How far has Romania evolved in capitalism and what were the reasons that led you to return and settle here permanently? In July 1989, I came straight from a rich South American country to […]