Alina Popa

Alina Popa has been the CFO of OMV Petrom since 2019. After starting her career with Deloitte, she joined OMV Petrom where she has held a series of senior leadership roles across the organization and the wider OMV Group, more than two decades of finance and leadership experience, combining deep expertise in corporate finance, transformation, and sustainability. As CFO, Alina is guiding OMV Petrom through a period of profound transformation for the energy sector-balancing business performance, resilience and the transition to a lower-carbon future. Alina is widely recognized within the financial community in Romania and internationally for forward-thinking programs in project management and digital transformation as well as the award-winning Women in Data Science Initiative and partnership with leading universities.

Session Overview

Wednesday, 4 November

15:30

Finance & Investment Plenary Hall B 15:30 - 16:00

Global energy investment: how geopolitical fragmentation is rewriting capital allocation

Geopolitical fragmentation, divergent policy environments and increasingly sovereign energy strategies are forcing investors and corporates to rethink where and how they deploy capital. The era of optimising for lowest cost is giving way to one where resilience, security and regional differentiation drive investment decisions. Companies and countries that align investment strategy with the new realities of geopolitical risk will be better placed to sustain both energy security and competitive returns. Is long-cycle renewable investment the right response to immediate supply disruption, or are near-term security concerns crowding out the commitments the energy transition requires?

Attendee Insights:
Understand how energy leaders are reorienting capital allocation around geopolitical risk and identify which investment frameworks are proving most durable.