Active in FinTech since 2003, having a technical background in computer science. She is on the board of Allevo since 2016, focusing on strategizing and finding new business opportunities.

She has an open heart for finding custom solutions to very specific customer problems and for making sure we deliver excellent products and services.

She is passionate about solving financial inclusion and driving more transparency in banking. I'm also an advocate of open-source software and business ethics.

She has closely worked with FinTechs early and growth-stage startups as part of a global startup program between 2013 and 2019. She participated at various industry-focused conferences and events (Sibos, Innotribe, Next Bank, Money2020, SWIFT Business Forums and Regional Conferences, Startupbootcamp Fintech, FinTechStage, Finextra Future of Money, Internet & Mobile World etc), gaining access to a vast network of key influencers of the FinTech ecosystem.

In a nutshell: "Geek with social skills". 

Horea Popescu is Partner, Head of Transactions, Romania at CMS

Dani Dumitrescu is the Director of StartupGrind Bucharest. With a Ph.D. in Cybernetics and Economic Statistics, over 18 years of experience in the financial field (banks, insurance, guarantee funds, commodities and stock exchanges, money transfer, NPLs, fin-tech and European funds), Daniel Dumitrescu worked in the last years as Financial Expert of the European Commission and Chief Executive Officer of the Romanian Commodities Exchange. Currently, he is a Co-founder alongside Dr. Diana Dumitrescu of the European Center for Services Investments and Financing, based in Bucharest and offices in Brussels and London, with the mission of helping innovative SMEs to develop through European and alternative funding by understanding all the requirements and benefits associated with each type of finance. European Center for Services Investments and Financing - ECSIF Ltd. is going further to fulfill its mission by investing own or attracted funds in the development of European innovative companies. Our range of investments varies from acceleration stage Start-ups to early IPO - successful SMEs. We selectively invest in the following innovative industries: Fin Tech, Energy Tech, Health Tech.