I am a reinventionist, adviser and coach, host and author, and a social entrepreneur, who collaborates with organisations worldwide, providing support in multiple areas such as digital transformation, technology and innovation, global business services and site selection, foreign direct investment, nation branding, sustainability, media, and cross-cultural communications.
In 2013, after ten years of working with Central and Eastern Europe in different roles, I established Emerging Europe, a policy and management advisory, with a mission is to play a role in bringing the region together, promoting its unity to the world, and driving it forward — empowering people and organisations to grow.
I am a leader of Tech Emerging Europe Advocates, a community of tech enthusiasts managed by Emerging Europe, part of the Global Tech Advocates network, which has over 40,000 members worldwide. In 2023, I co-founded Emerging Founders, a community for start-up founders in emerging Europe.
I am also involved in speaking engagements, hosting events, moderating discussions, and serving as a juror in international business competitions. Additionally, I provide training on location promotion and media coaching. I have written and contributed to several international business and investment publications, as well as market intelligence reports.
Reinvention, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and leadership are my key areas of interest, both in the organisation I founded and beyond.
DUE TO MY FOCUS ON EMERGING EUROPE, A REGION OF GROWING IMPORTANCE, GEOPOLITICS AND MACROECONOMICS ARE ALSO VERY HIGH ON MY AGENDA.
VARIOUS PROJECTS FOR GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATES, START-UPS, SMES, NGOS AND GLOBAL MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE TAUGHT ME TO BE AGILE, FLEXIBLE AND HOW TO REINVENT MY APPROACH WHEN NEEDED.
COLLABORATING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PARTNERS, OFTEN UNDER THE PRESSURE OF TIGHT DEADLINES AND UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES, HAS SHARPENED MY ABILITY TO THINK QUICKLY AND DEVISE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS RIGHT AWAY.
AMERICAN LITERATURE, JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, FILM DIRECTING, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE HAVE ALL PROVEN USEFUL AS MY AREAS OF STUDIES.
THEY HAVE ENHANCED MY SKILLS TO DELIVER PROJECTS RANGING FROM PERSONAL BRANDING, THROUGH PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP, TO LOCATION PROMOTION.
Photo credits: ABSL, Aspen Institute Romania, CASE, Devott, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EIT, Emerging Europe, Money Today
I Support organisations in various roles
LOCATION PROMOTION
& SELECTION ADVISER
REINVENTION
CONSULTANT
STORYTELLER
& COMMUNICATOR
START-UP
MENTOR
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
PANELLIST
EVENT HOST
MODERATOR
For more details, go to the Adviser and Mentor, or Speaker and Host section.
Also, take a look at what others have said about working with me. If you would like to engage me in your project, use the form in the Contact section and share your brief.
I’m grateful for all Andrew did to prepare and moderate the excellent Tech for Transformation session at the 2023 Ukraine Recovery Conference. He was fantastically helpful in advising the team, and in the thought, effort, persistence and excellent interpersonal skills he deployed to pull off such a complex event. And I wouldn’t hesitate to work with him again!
Danae Dholakia, SRO/Envoy Ukraine Recovery Conference, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Since 2019, Andrew has been an integral part of the K.E.Y. Platform conference, and he currently serves as the host for the international track. We highly appreciate not only his European connections but also his exceptional skills and experience as a host, which are complemented by his extensive knowledge of geopolitics, macroeconomics, sustainability, and innovation.
Jongduck (Drake) Hwang, CEO and President, One Asia Media
Andrew is a great event host who can handle even the most challenging situations with ease. He adapts to circumstances quickly, finds solutions promptly, and executes flawlessly. As a coach, he possesses the ability to assist organisations and individuals in delivering clear messages that resonate with their audience. Andrew provides useful and accurate tips to improve speaking skills and creates communication situations that help individuals hone their abilities.
Marta Kaczmarek, Director, Cross-KIC Strategic Regional Innovations, EIT Health InnoStars
Andrew proved a reliable and trustworthy partner of the Aspen Institute Romania. He contributed with in-depth vision and expertise to our strategic public events, moderating with remarkable success flagship sessions at different editions of the Bucharest Forum, the Atlantic – Black Sea Security Forum and the Aspen Energy Summit.
Vlad Nicolae, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Romania
Emerging Europe is a policy and management advisory founded in 2013.
Its mission is to play a role in bringing the region together, promoting its unity to the world, and driving it forward — empowering people and organisations to grow.
It envisions a region where every individual has the opportunity, means, and freedom to fulfil their potential, enabled by reinvention, sustainability, collaboration, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Emerging Europe delivers meaningful impact for our partners, who have at their disposal our outside-in knowledge of the region; a network of businesses, governments, and experts; bespoke market intelligence; and a globally read analytical website.
The addition of dedicated research, reinvention, and capacity-building teams equips Emerging Europe to offer the integrated approach needed by people and organisations across the region to thrive.
It also runs multiple programmes focused on the region — the Future of Emerging Europe, Tech Emerging Europe Advocates, which also covers Central Asia, the Digital Future of Emerging Europe, She’s Next in partnership with VISA, the Global Visibility Programme.
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