Dr. Ilinca Pandele is working as a business consultant in the Market Entry & Business Development department of the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania) since April 2013. Prior to that, the economics graduate completed her PhD in German economic history at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. During 2000-2004 Ilinca studied International Economic Relations at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 2004 she began working at the German Federal Printing Office and at the same time completing her master’s degree in EU policies. At AHK Romania Ilinca is involved in advising German companies interested in entering the Romanian market and develops projects on topics like energy, environment and sustainable development. She is coordinating the green-tech platform of AHK Romania, econet, since the end of 2016. Among others, this platform enables the working groups of AHK Romania, including the environment and construction law ones, to meet and develop joint initiatives on current topics.