Anca Damour

With an academic background that combines studies in political science with elite executive programs – INSEAD International Directors Programme and HARVARD Women on Boards – Anca Damour serves as Executive Board Member of ELI Parks, the fastest-growing player in Romania’s industrial business parks sector. She is also CEO & Partner of the investment fund Craig Real Estate. In the business world, Anca has unique experience in coordinating investments and business development.
ELI Parks is the latest in a series of successes that includes the expansion of international retail leaders into the Romanian market, strategic programs dedicated to entrepreneurs, and the acceleration of technology-driven startups like Bringo. She also served for five years on the board of ONE United Properties, one of Romania’s leading real estate investment and development companies. Her vast expertise has inspired her to extend her impact beyond the business sector, taking on an active role in the nonprofit space. Today, Anca is a dedicated fundraiser and board member for several major nonprofit organizations across diverse fields. In the social sector, she has been part of the Board of Directors of Hospice Casa Speranței, Romania’s largest palliative care NGO, for over a decade.
In parallel, she is also a committed supporter of NARADA, a nonprofit that mobilizes communities to address challenges in Romania’s education system. In the entrepreneurial sphere, she is a board member of CONAF Romania – a confederation dedicated to promoting a modern entrepreneurial culture in the country, with a strong focus on gender equality.
This rare blend of business development success, social involvement, and international academic background makes Anca Damour one of the most respected voices in business leadership today – especially in the field of female entrepreneurship.

Biriș Goran was founded by a group of senior lawyers and associates from an international law firm in the spring of 2006 and offers a full range of legal services, with a particular focus on tax, litigation, real estate, competition law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, energy, data protection and intellectual property, labor law and financing.

Biriș Goran that regularly advises a wide range of companies, from emerging to mid-size to multinationals across a variety of industry sectors, including real estate, fast moving consumer goods, banking and finance, private equity funds, retail, pharmaceuticals, energy, or construction materials.

Biriș Goran’s team comprises over 40 attorneys, including eight partners, with a blend of Western and local experience and foreign language skills. One of the partners is also licensed to practice in the US and most of the senior associates are educated, trained, or licensed in various European countries.

Biriș Goran’s practices are routinely listed as top tier practices in Romania by reputable legal directories such as Chambers Europe or Legal 500 and the key lawyers are largely recognized as leaders in their fields.

SEMA Real Estate is a real estate investor and developer with Romanian capital, with over 20 years of activity on the local market, supported by a team of professionals with extensive experience in planning, developing and managing large-scale real estate projects. SEMA Real Estate is developing two of the capital’s major urban reconversion projects: SEMA Parc – located on Splaiul Independentei – approx. 1,000,000 sqm GBA and The Light – located on Iuliu Maniu Boulevard, approx. 150,000 sqm GBA.

SEMA Real Estate has in its portfolio over 150,000 square meters (GLA) of office spaces and has delivered over 55,000 square meters of new class A buildings in the last four years, within the Sema Parc and The Light, through the three class A buildings – The Light One, London and Oslo.

Our mission is to transform and reshape the urban landscape in the central-western area of the capital, through the sustainable development of our projects.