Reset Camp

The Reset Camp: A Transformative Retreat for Modern Minds!
Struggling with a fast paced lifestyle, burnout or a daily routine? Get a chance to disconnect
from the chaos of a modern world through our beginner-friendly, Vipassana-inspired retreat
aimed at reviving your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
🧘‍♂️Why Reset Camp?
● Adapted for beginners, zero experience required!
● Learn ancient Vipassana techniques for modern resilience.
● Nurture your body with gourmet meals crafted by our chef specialising in food for
longevity.
● Limited spaces for personalised attention.

Founder

Directimo

Advisor

CREOATE

Utopia Analytics

Utopia Analytics is a leading provider of AI content moderation with a full suite of products: AI Moderator, AI Claim handler, AI Support Hero, AI Text Analytics and AI Consulting.

Carbon

Carbon is helping companies build globally distributed product and engineering teams
As a technical hiring partner in strategic nearshore markets, it enables global companies to scale product & engineering teams outside of HQ.

MEETOPTICS

MEETOPTICS is making photonics more accessible by helping thousands of engineers and researchers find the optics they need.

Getting specialised optical components for photonics technologies can be complex and time-consuming. With over 100 000 optical components, each with tens of specifications crucial to performance and thousands of suppliers, you could spend days or weeks searching for the right components to build your setup or new photonics device.

MEETOPTICS has a clear objective: making the search for photonics technologies easy and accessible.
MEETOPTICS is a central platform with a highly customizable search engine designed especially for researchers and optical engineers, making it easy and fast to find, filter and compare optical components from suppliers around the world.

ActioGlobal®

Actio Global is a boutique consultancy supporting the digital transformation of leading global organizations such as Unilever, Danone, Angelini Pharma and Adevinta.
Actio Global has developed a proprietary, hands-on methodology that it deploys in order to support its clients in building agile high-performance organizations.

Paternity leave 

Spending time with my two young children and learning about balance, patience and self-awareness

Stay-at-Home Parent

Adevinta

Adevinta is the leader in online classifieds marketplaces, providing technology-based services to connect buyers and sellers, from job offers to real estate, cars, consumer goods and more. Adevinta operates online marketplaces in 10 countries with an average of 3 billion visits every month.
Adevinta is the leader in online classifieds marketplaces, providing technology-based services to connect buyers and sellers, from job offers to real estate, cars, consumer goods and more. Adevinta operates online marketplaces in 10 countries with an average of 3 billion visits every month.
As a COO Europe:
- Operational responsibility for 11 operations in 5 countries with 1000 employees and more than €170m in revenues
- Grew revenues by +16% and increased Ebitda by +50%
- Led the Post Merger Integration in Europe after the acquisition of eBay Classifieds
- Led the strategy process across European Markets focusing on the transformation to a transactional business model

COO European Markets

- Operational responsibility for 13 operations in 16 countries with 1500 employees and more than €160m in revenues
- Drove an innovative transformation program while delivering on ambitious financial targets from public markets. I have delivered a topline growth of 16% p.a., improved Ebitda by more than 50m€, while completely revamping the operational model, portfolio structure and product mix. 
- Transformed the culture, the technology stack and the operating model across a portfolio spanning Europe, Latam and North Africa.
- Played a key role in Adevinta's acquisition of eBay Classifieds for 10B€ in 2020, leading several due diligence streams, dealing with competition authorities, leading the post-merger integration program in Europe and delivering 30m€ of synergies in 6 months.
- Led the investment of more than 30m€ in startups and VC funds (proptech, fintech, mobility) and oversaw several M&A transactions across the full deal lifecycle.

SVP for Global Markets

Distilled SCH

Distilled is the home to Ireland’s  four most successful internet brands: Adverts.ie, Daft.ie, DoneDeal.ie and Gumtree.ie
As a Board Member, I have worked closely with the Founder & CEO in order to support Distilled on its growth path.

Board Member

I am passionate about growing people, organizations and businesses as an Advisor, Board Member and Entrepreneur.
I advise technology companies that are looking to accelerate their growth, by improving their go-to-market and building the right organizations and operating models.
As a Board Member, I have more than 10 years of experience with marketplaces companies in Europe, with revenues between 40m€ and 200m€.
As an SVP and COO Europe with Adevinta, the leading online marketplace operator, I have led a P&L of over 170m€ in revenue and 1500 employees, driving an innovative transformation program. I have delivered a topline growth of ~15% p.a., improved Ebitda by more than 50m€, while completely revamping the operational model, portfolio structure and product mix.
I have extensive experience along the whole capital lifecycle, from venture investing to public markets. As a C-suite at Adevinta i have been part of an 8B€ IPO and the 10B€ acquisition of eBay Classifieds, gaining a deep understanding of public markets and governance. I also oversaw the investment of more than 30m€ in startups and VC funds (proptech, fintech, mobility) and led several M&A transactions.
As an Entrepreneur, I started 4 companies and these battle scars help me empathise with founders. My current project is Reset Camp, a meditation bootcamp for modern minds, aiming to make meditation more accessible and empower people on their journey of self knowledge.

Ovidiu Solomonov

ING Romania

Head of Finance Control

European Commission

Consultant for Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) and Horizon Europe (2021-2027) proposals. 
Projects handled for ERC - European Research Council, ERCEA - European Research Council 
Executive Agency, REA - Research Executive Agency, DG-RTD Directorate General 
Research and Innovation and HaDEA - Health and Digital Executive Agency. Latest calls:
• Fighting Crime and Terrorism (FCT)
• Border Management (BM)
• Resilient Infrastructure (RI)
• Disaster-Resilient Society (DRS)
Support to Security Research and Innovation (SSRI).

Ethics and Security Expert (contract based)

Blackswan Consulting SRL

- Bosch Global Solutions (HQ, Stuttgart) - Implementation of ONE Risk Management @ Robert Bosch – re-design of risk management and internal controls processes, deployment and training of employees, selection of a new RM platform, solutions for automatization of detective controls and monitoring procedures, development of cybersecurity policies in data management area. Coordinated a global team of 60 employees performing controls and checking compliance (Risk Business Partners, DC Auditors, MP Auditors). Key platforms: Service Now, Power BI, SAP Signavio, Celonis, Confluence.
- Oscar Downstream - Preparing the company for next steps in its development (listing on BSE, divesting, attracting a strategic investor). Developed and implemented around 40 procedures, set up internal audit / compliance / risk management functions, new commercial policy and sales matrix, revamped warehouse operations.
- Electrica Group - Restructuring and re-design of Corporate Internal Audit. Developed and implemented a new Internal Audit Manual with new audit procedures, hired 4 Internal Audit Directors and 15 auditors, led 3 high-impact audit missions on OTC (own technical consumption – grid loss and thefts), procurement and investments. Board and Audit Committee representation

Director Business Advisory

CHIMCOMPLEX 

Responsible with managing the audit teams of Chimcomplex SA and Chimcomplex SA Valcea (former Oltchim). Restructured the 2 audit teams, set up a Corporate Audit function in HQ, new audit methodology. Board and Audit Committee representation.

Head of Group Internal Audit Department

Green Group Romania

Started as Group Internal Audit Director (6 companies in Central and Eastern Europe). Quickly gained trust of Group CEO and acted as advisor on strategic matters, including mergers & acquisitions. In three years, as Project Manager, coordinated development for two new factories in Romania and acquisition of 2 companies in Lithuania and Slovakia.
Projects: - Acquisition of ROFEP Urziceni Plant – factory turnaround and setup of logistics hub
- New WEE recycling plant Campia Turzii
- M&A projects – Slovenia and Lithuania

BDO UK LLP

Relocated from Romania to Qatar mainly for ERM implementation (and ISO 31000 certification) in Qatar Petroleum then took over Governance, Risk and Compliance area as Practice lead. Main projects:
• Risk Management and Performance Management audits - Qatar Petrochemicals
• Oracle R12 Post-implementation Assessment - Gulf Drilling International
• Finance & Controlling re-shaping - Al Sulaiteen Group
• Contracts & Procurement policies and procedures - Supreme Council of Health
• Finance policies and procedures – Supreme Council of Health
• Internal Audit function development - Qatar Petroleum International
• Risk Management function assessment and enhancement - Qatar Petroleum International
• Policies and Procedures Framework Development & Implementation – Qatar Petroleum
• Management Systems Integration – Qatar Petroleum
• Finance processes optimization and BPM implementation – Qatar Petroleum

Senior Manager - Business Advisory Services

Rompetrol (KMG International)

Recruited to develop the newly created IC&C Department. Managed 40 subordinates in 27 companies (Spain, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia) of the Group. Main job was to design and implement standardized processes throughout the Group. Implemented a BPM platform generating 2500+ monthly transactions. Coordinated the development and implementation of a groupwide ERM framework based on first iteration of ISO 31000

GROUP INTERNAL CONTROLS DIRECTOR

Philip Morris International

- Compliance Officer; SOx 404 coordinator, Risk Navigator owner and implementer, Risk Management Project Manager, Due Dilligence coordinator, AML/CFT coordinator and trainer; OFAC SDN list sole user on behalf of Philip Morris
- Setup of Philip Morris Bulgaria

DEPUTY MANAGER INTERNAL CONTROLS AND INTERNAL AUDIT

Telekom Romania

Full scope auditing of all company’s functions, core and support (internal audit, internal controls, financial audits, operational audits, corrective actions, data analysis, COSO, Control Framework, financial statements, business process, continuous improvement, governance, IT Audits, risk management, risk assessments, accounting)

Internal Auditor

Governance | Risk | Compliance | Internal Audit | Internal Controls | Restructuring | Optimization | Continuous Improvement |

Highly experienced professional with 25 years experience in GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance & Internal Audit) and business transformation/restructuring, spread across several industries (Energy, Oil & Gas, FMCG, Telecom, Waste Management) and two continents, Europe (Spain, France, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Georgia) and Middle East (Qatar, Bahrain and Oman)

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