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Are organisations structured to understand risks the way risks actually happen?

Climate events can affect infrastructure, energy systems, supply chains, business continuity and communities. Operational disruption can quickly become a governance, compliance, communication and trust challenge. Yet organisations still tend to assess and manage many of these risks in separate silos.

Join EACD Romania for Beyond the Obvious, an international conversation bringing together complementary perspectives on climate change, emergency preparedness, nuclear and energy systems, crisis management, governance and communication. The aim is not to examine each risk in isolation, but to understand what happens when risks interact, cascade and cross organisational or national boundaries.

The format is deliberately conversational. Each speaker will have 5 minutes to frame a perspective, followed by an interactive moderated discussion and audience Q&A.

What we will explore

• Climate change as a systemic risk multiplier, beyond the environmental or sustainability lens.
• How climate stress can affect critical infrastructure, energy systems, supply chains and communities.
• Preparedness and decision-making when events are high-impact but difficult to predict.
• The intersection of crisis management, compliance, governance, communication and organisational trust.
• What nuclear and energy systems can teach us about cascading operational risk.
• How organisations can communicate clearly and maintain credibility when information is incomplete and pressure is high.
• Which capabilities need to be strengthened now to improve anticipation, preparedness, response and learning.

Who should join

Communication & Corporate Affairs · C-Suite & Senior Leadership · Risk & Compliance · Governance · Sustainability & ESG · Emergency Preparedness · Energy & Critical Infrastructure · EACD Members, Friends & Prospective Members

 AGENDA

10:00–10:05 | Welcome & Opening
Luciana Elena Petrescu, EACD Romania Country Chapter Lead
Setting the scene: when risks stop behaving like separate risks

10:05–10:35 | Expert Perspectives

Petre Min, Head of Emergency Preparedness and Response, CNCAN
Preparedness for High-Impact, Low-Predictability Events

Richard Ollington, Managing Director, Emys Energy
Climate Stress and Nuclear Systems: Cascading Operational Risk

Michael Proschek-Hauptmann, Co-founder, rosaelefant ESG Advisory
When Risk Becomes Reality: Crisis, Compliance and Accountability

Lisa McCooey, Global Head of Crisis Management, Nestlé Group S.A. & EACD Board Member
From Crisis Communication to Organizational Resilience

Cristian Pitulice, General Manager, Stimaco Project
Beyond the Risk: Communication, Perception and Trust

10:35–11:25 | Moderated Conversation & Audience Q&A
Connecting the perspectives: how risks interact, where organisational silos fail, and what preparedness and resilience require in practice.

11:25–11:30 | Closing Thoughts
What’s the next move?

Moderator/EACD Romania Chapter Lead:

Luciana-Elena Petrescu, EACD Country Chapter Lead Romania

Luciana-Elena Petrescu is a Strategic Reputation & Corporate Communication Advisor with 25+ years of experience in corporate communications, reputation management and stakeholder engagement, with a strong focus on nuclear energy, critical infrastructure and highly regulated environments.

She has held senior communication roles at Nuclearelectrica and RoPower Nuclear, where her work included nuclear public communication, crisis and risk communication, stakeholder engagement and major international projects. Her international experience includes IAEA communication initiatives and the CONVEX-3 emergency exercise, with a focus on crisis communication and stakeholder trust.

Elena is Founder & Strategic Advisor at Dare to Become Smart, her independent advisory practice focused on reputation, trust and resilience, and serves as EACD Country Chapter Lead for Romania.

Speakers:

Richard Ollington, Managing Director Emys Energy

Richard Ollington advises clients across the nuclear energy ecosystem, from the supply chain players to nuclear operators and from philanthropy to professional services, with a focus on advancing strategic decision-making and sector performance. Richard holds an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He regularly contributes to reframing industry narratives around public perception, nuclear restarts, deployment trajectories, and operational excellence. He is based in London.
Contact at: [email protected]

Michael Proschek-Hauptmann, Co-founder of rosaelefant ESG Advisory

Michael Proschek-Hauptmann is co-founder of rosaelefant ESG Advisory. He advises organizations globally on compliance, sustainability, supply chain risks and stakeholder communication, drawing on experience in both corporate leadership and public affairs. Besides he is also lecturing on Green Compliance topics.
For almost 10 years he served as Chief Compliance and Sustainability Officer in one of Europe’s biggest wood industries, HS Timber Group. Before joining HS Timber Group, he was Managing Director of Austria’s Environmental Umbrella Association and worked on environmental policy and advocacy. For almost eight years he served as a Member of the Board of PEFC international and currently chairs the board of Tomorrow’s Forest Foundation in Romania – a charitable organization in Romania dealing with forest restoration and awareness raising.
His work has often involved situations where environmental, operational and reputational risks overlap. In his contribution to the EACD Romania Conversation, he will examine what happens when an emerging risk becomes an operational reality: how organizations make decisions, assign accountability and communicate when established procedures alone are no longer enough.

Lisa McCooey, Global Head of Crisis Management at Nestlé Group S.A. & EACD Board member

Lisa McCooey is a Corporate Affairs leader with extensive international experience in communications, advocacy, and reputation management. Throughout her career, she has led global campaigns in highly regulated industries, and enhanced trust using corporate, executive, and brand storytelling to drive impact across channels and audiences. Lisa currently oversees Global Crisis Communications at Nestlé Group S.A., with a team focused on identifying and managing reputational risk, advising in high-stakes situations, and ensuring effective crisis response. With a keen interest in emerging technologies and trends shaping today’s communications landscape, she believes authenticity, empathy, and judgment remain key, especially in times of crisis.

Cristian Pitulice, General Manager Stimaco Project

Cristian Pitulice stands out for his volunteer activities, with an emphasis on population mobility in crisis situations, including his active involvement in managing the flow of refugees from the war in Ukraine and transport planning in case of disasters.

Also noteworthy is his collaboration with national and international authorities in the field of disaster resilience.