Christina Verchere is an oil and gas executive with more than 25 years of experience across three continents. As of May 2018, she is the Chief Executive Officer and President of the executive board of OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in southeastern Europe.

Prior to this, Ms Verchere spent over 20 years with oil and gas supermajor BP, where she held several senior leadership positions in the UK, US, Canada and Indonesia. From 2012 to 2014, she was the Regional President Canada of BP (Calgary) and in 2014-18, she held the position of Regional President of the Asia-Pacific region (Jakarta).

Ms Verchere holds a master’s degree in economics science from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She sits on the boards of the Foreign Investors Council Romania and United Way Romania.