BT Financial Group, together with Google, Mazars and NN, is part of a unique capital market project, Made in Romania – the league of 15 companies driving Romania’s economic growth, launched on 6 February this year by the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Details: 

• Made in Romania aims to identify and support the future drivers of the local or regional economy through a mentoring programme running from April to November this year. 
• The Bucharest Stock Exchange and the project partners will guide 15 companies through training sessions, workshops and business development opportunities to support their organic growth. The training offered will cover a range of areas relevant to any growing company, including branding, marketing and sales techniques, product development, management consulting, financing alternatives, financial reporting, investor relations and the stock exchange listing process, etc. 
• The programme includes the following stages:

1.  www.bvbleague.ro.

2.  Bucharest Entrepreneurship Forum, organised by the Bucharest Stock Exchange. A total of 14 companies will be selected by a special jury made up of 10 top market experts, including institutional investors, business angels and entrepreneurs, as well as business professionals. The jury will meet in a special session on 9 March in Bucharest to select the finalists. The 15th company will be chosen by public vote between 23 February and 11 March.

Representatives of BT Financial Group on the jury and the Nomination Committee are: Radu Hanga, Executive Director, BT Group Strategy & Coordination, and Dan Rusu, Senior Analyst. 

Statements:

• Radu Hanga, Executive Director, BT Group Strategy & Coordination: “BT chose to support the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s initiative by joining the Made in Romania project. We are confident that this project is aligned with our principles of supporting innovative companies in Romania. Supporting Romanian entrepreneurs, in the current economic context, is key to the safety and stability of tomorrow’s economy.”

• Ludwik Sobolewski, Chief Executive Officer, Bucharest Stock Exchange: “Made in Romania, as an exceptional representation of Romanian entrepreneurship, and the Bucharest Stock Exchange are a natural fit. At the same time, Made in Romania is an original concept which, together with the growth story of the Romanian stock market, the AeRO platform, the extensive financial education campaign and the significant progress towards modernising the investment ecosystem, define the new face of Romania.”

The project’s official supporters are Entrepreneurship Academy, Inoveo, the Romanian Business Leaders foundation and the start-up.ro portal.