Paula Pirvanescu
State Secretary, Ministry for Business, Trade and Entrepreneurship
Carmen Adamescu
Partner Advisory, EY
Ciprian Gavriliu
Partner Tax & Legal, Deloitte
Daniel Anghel
Tax and Legal Services Leader, PwC Romania
Catalin Stratulat
Delivery Head Europe Product Engineering Services, Wipro
Adriana Record
Executive Director CCIFER
Sebastian Metz
General Manager, AHK Romania
Colin C. Lovering
Vice-Chairman - British Romanian Chamber of Commerce
Andrei Mihai Craciun
Head of office for Innovation, Technological Transfer and Intellectual Property Office at West University of Timisoara
This award is to be offered for technical innovation and is related to either a
product or a process.
Judging criteria:
• Product or process development approach, significance/usefulness
• Potential to improve the user’s experience
• Technical difficulty overcome. Did the solution address the challenge?
• Cost efficiency
This award is for a manufacturing
company that has made progress towards operating an integrated and collaborative
relationship with its customers, both internally, across functions and with its
own supply chain partners.
Judging criteria:
• Quality of product or service
• Cost performance, affordability of the product or service
• Customer service, availability, continuity and comprehensiveness of the
service
• Technical performance, sustainability, value to business
This award recognizes the unique and
outside-the-box initiative and strategy, that demonstrates a commitment to
corporate socially responsible principles.
Judging criteria:
• Impact of an environmental, community or educational project or
programme successfully implemented
• The extent of workplace practices - dependent care, health provisions and
employee training
This award is for businesses that
can demonstrate success, based upon general business performance, the launch of
a new product, or development of a new process.
Judging criteria:
• Turnover, number of employees, investments, R&D projects
• Overall excellence in supply, performance, customer service and
environmental awareness
• Drive, vision and ability to overcome challenges
• Commitment to the automotive industry
This award will put a spotlight on
the heroes of the sector who have risen despite challenges; will shortlist and
bring to the forefront individuals, organizations and projects that have created
excellence in the field of logistics.
Judging criteria:
• Level of achievement in the provision of cost-effective and
innovative supply chain solutions
• Innovation, efficiency or investment in supply chain operations
• Valuable partnerships between OEM and service provider
This award recognizes the initiatives in educational projects, academic collaboration and vocational and dual-educational schools, with the objective of growing the qualified and relevant skilled professionals.
This award recognizes the activity
of a head of operations - Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer,
general manager or company president, that demonstrated commitment to the
Romanian automotive sector by creating a positive impact with the business they
work in.
Judging criteria:
• Attributes of leadership, vision
• Impact on company, industry and business in general
• Customer and shareholder value created
• Employee engagement and leadership development
This award recognizes the lifetime achievements of an individual that demonstrates innovative, visionary leadership and commitment to the automotive industry landscape creating a positive impact within the business he/she works in.
This award recognizes a unique and outstanding initiative / performance of a professional or company in automotive industry.