Protecting Public Trust and Integrity in the Public Sector 

Ancuta Doce, Senior Cybersecurity Manager, DNSC
Ancuta Doce is a Senior Cybersecurity Manager at the Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC), where she focuses on strengthening institutional partnerships and advancing national cyber resilience. She is actively involved in education and outreach initiatives, including mentoring programs, bootcamps, and cybersecurity competitions, supporting the development of the next generation of specialists. Anca frequently represents DNSC in public forums and industry panels, advocating for cybersecurity awareness, digital safety, and a more diverse and skilled workforce in the field.

Gabriel Andrii, Senior Intelligence Analyst, OLAF
Gabriel Andrii is a senior intelligence analyst whose career sits at the intersection of cybercrime, organized crime, and EU institutional investigations. Currently with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), where he serves as an intelligence analyst working complex cross-border cases, he brings seven years from Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) — covering high-tech crime and serious organized crime operations across the EU and with third-party partners — and three formative years in the Romanian national police service. His work has consistently focused on the cyber-enabled threats reshaping European Antifraud, and on building the operational bridges between Member States, EU bodies, and transatlantic partners that complex investigations now demand.

Florence Giuliano, Fraud Strategy Director, SAS EMEA
Florence Giuliano, PhD is EMEA Financial Crimes Analytics Director at SAS and one of Europe’s leading voices in financial crime prevention, AML, and AI driven compliance. She holds a Master’s degree in Modeling and Quantitative Analysis and a PhD in Economics and Statistics focused on fraud and financial crime detection. With over 25 years of experience, Florence has supported international financial institutions and public sector organizations in meeting regulatory expectations, improving operational efficiency, and strengthening integrity frameworks through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. During her consulting career, she led expert teams delivering large scale initiatives across corporate and governance strategy, change management, Basel II, Solvency II, and financial crime programs, covering the full lifecycle from strategy definition to implementation and go live. Florence is a frequent moderator of high level institutional and policy oriented discussions across Europe and is the author of several articles and white papers on risk management, anti fraud, and compliance strategies.

Alida Popescu, Sr. Manager Customer Advisory, SAS
Alida Popescu is a Senior Manager leading the Risk Practice across Central and Eastern Europe at SAS, where she helps financial institutions address complex risk management challenges in an increasingly dynamic environment.  With over 15 years of experience, she specializes in delivering innovative, regulatory-aligned risk solutions for banks, insurers, and financial services organizations. Her work focuses on enabling risk transformation through data-driven strategies, advanced analytics, and efficient decisioning frameworks that balance business performance with compliance requirements. Prior to her current regional role, she covered the broader South EMEA territory, building strong cross-market partnerships and gaining deep insight into diverse financial ecosystems. In parallel, she contributes to academic development as a guest lecturer at CRERIM Master (Cattolica University) and UIIP, where she shares practical perspectives on risk management and the application of advanced analytics in the financial sector.

Silviu Gresoi, AI & Fraud Prevention Specialist | Board Member, Strategic Advisor, APCF Romania 
Expert in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and fraud prevention, with over 20 years of experience in detecting and combating fraud across industries such as banking, energy, insurance, and pharma. Actively involved in educating and protecting people against emerging digital threats driven by AI.

Jonny Leacock, Sr. Subject Matter Expert, Fraud & Security Intelligence Division, SAS EMEA & AP
Jonny is a principal consultant within the Law Enforcement and National Security Practice, working with large government and public safety organizations across the globe. Jonny joined SAS in 2009 and has worked several roles, from delivery and support to pre-sales, but always with a focus on law enforcement and public security organizations.  As such, Jonny has a thorough understanding of the challenges faced by these organizations, as well as a deep understanding of the solutions and services SAS can offer to overcome these challenges. Prior to joining SAS, Jonny was a Solaris system administrator for Sun Microsystems, responsible for maintaining the servers for large government organizations as well as private customers. Jonny holds a bachelors degree in Computing Science from the University of Glasgow, and enjoys food, travel and playing rugby.

Celia Martin, Sr. Pre/Post Sales Fraud and Security Intelligence, SAS
Celia is a data scientist specialized in fraud and financial crime analytics. She is currently driving global strategic initiatives by leveraging advanced methods such as network analytics, agentic AI with LLMs, and real-time machine learning to transform detection and investigation. Her focus is on bridging the gap between technology and business-oriented solutions, using the SAS Analytics platform with AI governance by design.

Stefan Baciu, Regional Director, SAS Central & Eastern Europe, Public Sector Unit
Stefan joined SAS Romania in 2017 and currently leads the growth strategy and revenue performance of the Central & Eastern Europe Public Sector unit. With a strong conviction that technology should serve the public good, Stefan is dedicated to bringing the power of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to organizations committed to improving efficiency, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making. His work centers on helping institutions unlock meaningful insights, rigorously assess risks and opportunities, and build robust data management capabilities. Stefan brings over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, having held senior roles in sales management, marketing strategy, and channel development at IBM and Oracle. He holds an MBA with Merit from Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK), specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions.