Born in 1970. Bucharest. Lawyer, Professor. Postgraduate, Law and Economics. MBA, Kennesaw University, Georgia, USA, 2004. PhD, Academy of Economics, Bucharest, Romania, Law Dept, 2002. BA, University of Sibiu, Romania, Law School, 1996. Member of the National Strategy Council of the DA Alliance (ad-hoc assembly in charge with drafting the governing program of the former DA Alliance) (2004). Member of the National Strategy Commission of the Democratic Party (2005-present). Attorney-at-law, member of the Bucharest Bar Association (2007-present). Head of the National Agency for Fiscal Administration, ranking Secretary of State with the Romanian Ministry of Finance (2005-2007). Head of Legal & Compliance, ING Bank NV, Romania Branch (2004-2005). Senior Lawyer, Romanian-American Enterprise Fund, Romania (1998-2004). Associate Professor of Law, Academy of Economics and Romanian Banking Institute, Bucharest (1996-present). MEP since 2007.