Petru Văduva is presently the President of the Investment Committee for Tiriac International Foundation. Following his education period where he graduated with a BA/MS in Molecular Biology from Columbia University and a MBA from Yale University, Petru has developed an extensive management and investment banking experience in various financial, energy, consumer and service industries. As a highly ranked analyst, he occupied key positions in companies in the United States and Europe, such as JP Morgan, Bear Stearns and Caspian Securities (USA), Renaissance Capital and UralSib (Russia), SEB Investment Mgt and CLSA London (United Kingdom) participating in some of the more known global Emerging Market transactions, the privatization of Banco Wise in Peru and Rosneft in the Russian Federation. Later in his career, his devoted his management and analytical skills as a CEO of two of the largest companies in Romania, Tiriac Holdings and SNTGN Transgaz.