Our team

The Pro Danube Team

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Herfried Leitner

Herfried is currently the chairman of Pro Danube International. Graduate in Supply Chain Management from Donau Universität Krems, Herfried holds an extensive management experience of more than 20 years in supply chain management, production and warehouse management as well as in inland waterway transport.

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Robert Rafael

Robert holds a master’s degree in Economics from Budapest Corvinus University and in Business Law from Eötvös Loránd University and is currently the general secretary of Pro Danube International. He has extensive experience in inland navigation initiatives as he initiated and managed several innovative projects.

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Peter Wötzinger

Peter is currently the general manager of Pro Danube Management. He is a Dipl. Ing. graduate of BOKU Vienna and has more than 25 years of experience in engineering consultancy, dealing with the initiation and management of large-scale public and private construction investments in Transportation, Energy, Water and the Building Sector.

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Antonio Stoean

Antonio is senior policy officer at Pro Danube International. He holds a master’s degree in communication and an MBA. Antonio has more than 30 years of experience in the Danube-Black Sea Region, having worked for the TTS Group as Director of the Grain Department and Project Manager in various projects related to ports and the development and investments in the river fleet. He is very active in facilitating the Danube Solidarity Lane with the Danube Commission.

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Ruxandra Matzalik Florescu

Ruxandra studied International Business and Economics in Bucharest and Vienna, International Financial Markets in Madrid and joined Pro Danube in 2013, where she is currently working as a senior project manager. She holds a MSc in Supply Chain Management from WU Vienna (with a dedicated focus on transport and logistics and integrated information systems). Ruxandra is currently on maternity leave.