BIO

Since 2018, Mr. Cristian Nacu represents the International Finance Corporation (IFC) within the World Bank Group in Romania as Senior Country Officer.

Romanian born and educated, with more than 25 years of experience in private equity, investment banking and privatization, Cristian Nacu is one of the most experienced and respected managers and investment professionals in the region.

For 10 years he has been Partner in Enterprise Investors, one of the largest and oldest private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe and he managed EI’s Representative Office in Romania. In addition, for two years he has been also senior advisor of the President of the firm. Enterprise Investors has been one of the most active and successful private equity investors in CEE and Romania. Active since 1990, Enterprise Investors has raised nine funds with total capital exceeding EUR 2.5 billion.

Previously, Cristian Nacu worked as investment professional for over 6 years for IFC and for two years as top executive for Fondul Proprietatii de Stat, the former governmental privatization agency.

He also had a prestigious non-profit activity being board member or chairing many professional or non-profit organizations. He is board member of Junior Achievement Romania, one of the world’s largest educational organizations for entrepreneurial skills, of Romanian American Foundation, having the mission to strengthen and promote conditions for a sustainable market economy and a democratic society in Romania and Rethink, a think tank dedicated to transforming Romania into a country with a high quality of life.