Romanian Embassy Awards Florian Moldoveanu | 22-Oct-2011
Florian Moldoveanu, Chairman and founder of the PiLON constructions company, was awarded on the Ambassador’s Diploma Ceremony with “Special Prize for promoting the Romanian Business Community and for Corporate Social Responsibility” at The Conference of the Romanian Students, Professors and Researchers.
On 22 October 2011 took place, at the Embassy of Romania in London, the fourth edition of the Conference of Romanian Students, Professors and Researchers living in the UK.
The event’s main theme was “How to Succeed – a Pragmatic Approach” and it was structured in two parts: a plenary session and a panel session. The second panel included successful Romanians who managed to build a career in the UK: Mr Florian Moldoveanu, Chairman and founder of the PiLON constructions company, Ms Alexandra Dariescu, pianist, Ms Anamaria Marinca, actress, Ms Diana Pop, manager at Benefit Cosmetics, and Prof Sandu Popescu, researcher at the University of Bristol. Moderator was Dr Radu Tunaru, professor of quantitative finance at the University of Kent.
The event was organized under the patronage of the Embassy of Romania, the Romanian-British Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) and the Ratiu Foundation. There were present over 200 students, professors and researchers from the most important universities in the UK.
The Steering Committee included representatives of the Embassy of Romania, the BRCC, the League of Romanian Students Abroad, as well as students and professors from universities such as Canterbury Christ Church, Edinburgh, Kent, Manchester and Oxford.
The Conference benefited from the presence of four key note speakers: Keith Vaz MP, Chairman of the House of Lords’ Home Affairs Committee, Nick Anstee, former Lord Mayor of the City of London and successful businessman, Prof Robin Baker, Vice Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University, and Prof Stephen Hillier, Vice Principal of the University of Edinburgh.
In the picture from left to right: Florian Moldoveanu Chairman of PiLON and Dr. Ion Jinga Ambassador of Romania