Mr. Daniel Marius Staicu is the President of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Romania. In this capacity, he coordinates operational, strategical and risk assessment activities, the application of the anti-money laundering and combating of financing of terrorism legislation and of the international sanctions rules and the transposition of the European norms into the Romanian legislation. Previously, Mr. Staicu worked for more than 20 years in the police fraud investigation departments, where he was involved in both management and operational structures.

Mr. Staicu has a Law degree and other post-graduate degrees. He is also a certified trainer in various domains, evaluator of professional competencies and an evaluator with European Council – Moneyval Committee. In the latter capacity, he assesses the conformity of the anti-money laundering and combating of financing of terrorism systems in the member states with the relevant international standards and recommendations.