Board of Directors

Shajjad Rizvi MBE – Chairman
Shajjad Hadier Rizvi, appointed Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is the Chair of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in Romania, Director of the Romanian-British Chamber of Commerce in Cluj Napoca, and founding member of Youth Cancer Europe, a European organization that supports young people who have overcome cancer.

Mihaela Mariș – Vicepresident
Mihaela is involved in the Award programme for ten years, from completing her Gold, supporting young people to do their Award, being part of the team who started to implement it nationwide to being National Coordinator of the Award in Romania and now supporting the foundation with the strategic partnerships.

Erika Hristea
Member in the Board of Directors of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Romania Foundation
World Fellowship member
SECPRAL PRO INSTALAȚII Founder and CEO

Teofil Mureșan
Member in the Board of Directors of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Romania Foundation
World Fellowship member
E-INFRA Founder and CEO

Charlie Crocker
Member in the Board of Directors of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Romania Foundation
Chief Partner Officer of Telios Care SA
Member on our Board and Director on the Board of the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce.
Tanya Collingridge
Member in the Board of Directors of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Romania Foundation
Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Romania and career diplomat, whose career has taken her on postings to Warsaw, Vienna, Lagos, Tel Aviv, Bucharest, Brussels and Paris.
Operational Team




Elsa Sam
Stand by Me: Outreach and Communication Specialist
E-mail: elsa.samoilova@dofe.ro
Phone: +40 753 013 984
Adriana Zaharia
Digital programmes manager (ORB and AOC)
E-mail: adriana.zaharia@dofe.ro
Phone: +40 744 708 516
Botond Cserei
Transylvania Regional manager Specialist, Stand by Me Project
E-mail: botond.cserei@dofe.ro
Phone: +40 744 785 818
Contact Us
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Romania FoundatioN
Registered number 6661/4/2014
CIF 33302919
Account RO16BTRLRONCRT0241205001, Transylvania Bank