Radu VOINESCU

Current

• Expansion Manager - Romania at Bogaris Energy

Past

• Client Service Interim Director at Senior Interactive
• Freelance Business Consultant at Freelance Business Consultant (Self-employed)
• Course Supervisor at Landmark Education

• Chargé de Mission pour la Roumanie at Webhelp SA
• Middle Management - Sofitel Hotel Porte de Sèvres, Paris at Accor
• Intern (Right-hand man of the General Manager of Accor Customer Contact Centres) at Accor
• Master of Science student at HEC
• intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Intern at Webhelp
• reprezentant al studentilor in Comunicare at FJSC - Universitatea Bucuresti
• copywriter at BBDO

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Education

• HEC School of Management, Paris
• Université de Paris XII
• University of Bucharest

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Radu VOINESCU’s Summary

I have worked in tourism (as a guide and hospitality manager) for six years and have several experiences in project and event management, client service and client relationship management.

I graduated with honors HEC, a leading French management school (best MSc in Management in Europe three years in a row - Financial Times), with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.

I have several entrepreneurial projects, in hospitality and other industries.

Radu VOINESCU’s Specialties:

Management contol, corporate finance, marketing, webdesign, client relationship management (CRM), human resources, process management, project management, information systems design, entrepreneurship, acquisitions, client service, energy, renewable energy, wind energy, sustainable development.

Radu VOINESCU’s Experience

• Expansion Manager - Romania

  Bogaris Energy

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  April 2008 — Present (2 months)

  Energy from Renewable Energy Sources (E-RES).
  Responsible for windfarm projects in Romania.

• Client Service Interim Director

  Senior Interactive

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

  I managed a team of 5, offering innovating solutions to 25 clients (a portofolio of more than 50 ongoing projects).
  
  Among the major accounts of Senior Interactive there were Renault, Heineken, Philipp Morris, Alexandrion, Solvay Pharma, Romconstruct, Centreville, Sincron HR, Gazeta Sporturilor, Koh-I-Noor, Bosch-Siemens.
  
  I also led, together with the Managing Partner, a major reorganization of the company, in order to prepare for a next period of business volume increase. We were committed to offering a new level of excellence in Client Service, employee satisfaction and to be the undisputed leaders of the Romanian online marketing landscape.
  
  Major achievement: several very interesting new business opportunities were opened, managed and transformed into clients during my short stay in this position.

• Freelance Business Consultant

  Freelance Business Consultant (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  November 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  - my areas of competence included acquisition negociation and deal structuring, legal counsel, real estate coordination, building site supervision, supplier relations, recruitment, organization, leadership development, communication and special events.
  
  - the industries I chose to develop my expertise in were hospitality and energy, but any enterprise to which one can apply a Project Management framework was suitable for my intervention, as the experience in online marketing can prove.

• Course Supervisor

  Landmark Education

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Chargé de Mission pour la Roumanie

  Webhelp SA

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  November 2006 — May 2007 (7 months)

  - as an entrepreneur, I work as a freelance consultant for Webhelp, helping them to establish their own Romanian subsidiary;
  
  - my areas of competence included negociation and deal structuring, legal counsel, real estate coordination, building site supervision, supplier relations, recruitment, communication and special events.

• Middle Management - Sofitel Hotel Porte de Sèvres, Paris

  Accor

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; ACCP.PA; Hospitality industry)

  February 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 11 months)

  Middle management in a +600 rooms 4*hotel (biggest Sofitel hotel in Europe):
  - Assistant Front Office Manager (in charge of the Reception – manager of a 20 people team)
  - Night Manager (manager of a multi-service team of 10 people) and Duty Manager
  - Project Manager: Reorganization of the hotel and of the F&B and Convention Departments
  - Management Control (procedures control and reform; cost, contract and estimate analysis; budgeting)
  - Human Resources – design and installation of a HR management information system

• Intern (Right-hand man of the General Manager of Accor Customer Contact Centres)

  Accor

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACCP.PA; Hospitality industry)

  September 2004 — February 2005 (6 months)

  Project #1
  Design and deployment of a datawarehouse; the first part consists of a HR database and then, of a Group worldwide reporting system for ACCC. The SQL development was done by an external contractor; I was also in charge of organizing the pitch.
  
  Project #2
  M&A strategic analysis and advisory.

• Master of Science student

  HEC

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2002 — June 2004 (1 year 10 months)

• intern

  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Accounting industry)

  January 2004 — March 2004 (3 months)

  Business development for the ABAS Automotive Group of PwC Paris.

• Intern

  Webhelp

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  June 2002 — August 2002 (3 months)

  Cost analysis
  Design of a daily customized scorecard (reporting system)
  Excel tutorials for employees

• reprezentant al studentilor in Comunicare

  FJSC - Universitatea Bucuresti

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1998 — June 2001 (2 years 10 months)

• copywriter

  BBDO

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  1. Copywriter for the BTL division of BBDO Romania (Prospero)
  
  2. Project manager for a product placement TV production project in the summer of 2000. The client (Electrolux) awarded the BBDO team the "Little Indian" prize for Public Relations and BTL Advertising.

Radu VOINESCU’s Education

• HEC School of Management, Paris

  Master of Science in Management, Management (Entrepreneurship), September 2002 — June 2004

  -Michelin - Innova 2022 Innovation Contest - The Grand Prize
  -Bourse d'excellence HEC - 2002
  -Bourse d'excellence "Eiffel" - 2003-2004 (awarded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  -Liste d'excellence 2003 (Dean's List)

  Activities and Societies:

  Zinc, swimming, Tournoi Triangulaire (cross-country)

• Université de Paris XII

  Licence, Communication, September 2001 — June 2002

  Graduated in the top 5%

  Activities and Societies:

  Délégué des étudiants (Student body representative)

• University of Bucharest

  Bachelor's, Communication, September 1998 — June 2001

  GPA: 9,63/10 (96.3%)
  Graduation thesis on the use of brands in political communication.

  Activities and Societies:

  -President of "Club PR" - student professional association (Google "Radu Voinescu" + "PR Club" or go to http://www.actimedia.com/agency/listing.php/PR+Club+FJSC.htm)
  -Student body representative and member of the University Senate

Additional Information

Radu VOINESCU’s Interests:

skiing, kite-surfing, argentine tango, photography, snorkeling, travel & expatriation (tropical countries), technologies, brands, architecture, landscaping, mountains, seas, wind energy, sustainable development, cutting carbon, design, psychopharmacology, neurobiology, hotels, resorts & spas

Radu VOINESCU’s Groups:

•    HEC-Entrepreneurs member
•    Diplomés / Alumni HEC Paris member
•    Wind Energy Professionals member

Radu VOINESCU’s Honors:

At HEC:
-Michelin - Innova 2022 Innovation Contest - The Grand Prize
-Bourse d'excellence HEC - 2002
-Bourse d'excellence "Eiffel" - 2003-2004 (awarded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
-Liste d'excellence 2003 (Dean's List)

President of the "Criterion" Cultural League - Romania

...and others

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