Adrian Samareanu is an accomplished international executive with over 20 years of experience leading organizations within various industries. He has a strong commercial background with a proven track record of driving business excellence and digital transformation to improve customer experience and create new business models. Samareanu has held progressive leadership roles, including Director, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and Global Chief Information Officer for companies of different sizes, ranging from small ($30-$100M) to large ($10B+) in annual sales revenue. He is comfortable initiating change and obtaining buy-in from divergent interests, providing strategic direction at the corporate and board level, as well as hands-on management of operations in multiple countries.

Samareanu is focused on achieving maximum shareholder value through innovation-based growth and sustainable profitability. His specialties include digital strategy, operational excellence, innovation-based growth, strategic planning, global leadership, digital business transformation, partnership building, performance management, service and quality management, business/IT alignment and integration, coaching and mentoring, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, offshoring, risk and change management, agile enterprise, organization development, and trusted advisorship.

Samareanu's educational background includes studying at Harvard Business School Executive Education and earning a Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the University Politehnica of Bucharest.