Mircea Geoană served as NATO’s Deputy Secretary General from 2019 to 2024. As the Alliance’s “innovation champion” and Chair of NATO’s Innovation Board, he contributed to the creation of the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) and the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF). He played a key role in strengthening transatlantic security, advancing NATO’s defense strategy and fostering global partnership. He is a proeminent public figure in Romania, with a distinguished domestic and international career, as an Ambassador of Romania to the US, Minister of Foreign Affairs or President of the Romanian Senate. Nonetheless, Mircea Geoana is the Founder and President of Aspen Institute Romania since 2006.
