Cristian Valeriu Păun is a Professor with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, the Faculty of International Business and Economics. He has an extensive experience in the field of financial consulting on various projects developed with private or public funding. Professor Cristian Valeriu Păun is also the Executive Director of the Romanian Economic Society and a member thereof since 2009. He has been the Executive Director of the Center for Research in International Economic Relations within ASE Bucharest since 2011. He is a member of the Murray Rothbard Institute in Romania and has collaborated with the Mises Institute in Romania on various projects.