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Patricia Iordache-Niculescu

Strategic Communications Leader

About Me

Strategic communications leader and trusted advisor to senior leadership teams, with 10+ years’ experience shaping internal, executive and crisis communications across complex organizations. Led regional communications across 16 countries and 2,000 employees, including Supply Chain, business services and conflict-affected markets such as Ukraine and Israel. Bringing a journalism background, award-winning ESG work and a focus on AI adoption, I help organizations shape clear narratives around sustainability and innovation.

Jurisdiction

Romania

Notable Employer

  • Eastern Europe and Mediterranean Communications Manager at KONE

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience10-15 years
Current StatusActive
Eastern Europe and Mediterranean Communications ManagerNotableKONE
2024 - 2026

• Owned regional communications across Eastern Europe and Mediterranean (EEM), covering 16+ countries, Supply Chain and KONE Business Services, supporting strategy execution, employee engagement and leadership visibility across the region’s three business units. • Partnered with the EEM Leadership Team to translate business priorities, transformation initiatives and new operational models into clear internal and external narratives. • Built the regional crisis communications plan, with specific adaptations for conflict-affected countries such as Israel and Ukraine, and led crisis response, training and simulations. • Led regional internal communications across EEM, combining integrated channel strategy, employee engagement and executive advisory. Delivered high-level regional events and leadership communications, including town halls, in-person leaders’ meetings and quarterly results calls; the 2026 Top 100 leaders meeting was rated “Excellent” by 73% of participants. • Drove external communications and media interactions for major site openings, KONE CEO visits and executive interviews, including thought leadership content and social media positioning for senior leaders.

Communications ManagerAdrem Group (Adrem Invest, Adrem Engineering, Adrem Link)
2019 - 2023

• Owned internal communications for 1,600+ field and office employees, optimizing channels and creating executive messages, intranet content and campaigns for digital transformation, brand ambassadorship and policy communication. Organized cross-functional workshops to strengthen alignment and collaboration. • Drove social media strategy and content development for Facebook and LinkedIn, contributing to 20%+ organic growth in online brand visibility. Developed the CSR playbook and managed the company’s CSR initiatives and sponsorships. • Project-managed Adrem Group’s Sustainability Report 2021–2022, Romania’s first sustainability report verified under the 2021 GRI Standards, which received Silver Level Recognition from The Azores Sustainability & CSR Services. • Led and delivered external communications, writing CEO thought-leadership content and media articles for top-tier energy and business media, coordinating media interactions, promoting the CEO’s participation in flagship industry events and organizing executive-level customer events. • Led the communications team across Adrem’s three companies, setting priorities, coordinating delivery and ensuring consistent messaging across internal, external, CSR and executive communications.

Journalist and Contributing AuthorVice Media, Decât o Revistă, Scena9 and others
2015 - 2021

• Published long-form reportage, essays, interviews and cultural commentary across leading independent media platforms, strengthening editorial judgment, narrative structure and audience-focused storytelling. • Reported on social and political issues in Romania and Ukraine, translating complex public-interest topics into clear, engaging stories for diverse audiences. • Recipient of the “Oana Livadariu” Scholarship for Civic Journalism, awarded by OvidiuRo Association.

PR OfficerUniversity of South-East Europe
2011 - 2013

• Built and managed a national network of 100+ partner institutions, including high schools, private companies, media organizations and NGOs, strengthening the university’s visibility, outreach and stakeholder engagement. • Created institutional and external communication materials, represented the university at student fairs and organized academic events to support recruitment, reputation and community engagement. • Taught university-level courses in Sociology and Political Sociology.

Education

Doctorate of SociologyUniversity of Bucharest
2010 - 2014
Masters of SociologyUniversity of Bucharest
2008 - 2010
Degree of SociologyNational School of Political Sciences and Public Administration
2003 - 2007

Skills

Core skills10
Interests8
Languages2

Skills

Strategic Communications
Media Relations
Executive Communications
Crisis Communications
Internal Communications
Leadership Communications
Corporate Communications
Change Communications
Stakeholder Management
Content Strategy

Interests

Strategic communications
Crisis communication and reputation
Executive leadership and thought leaders
Media, storytelling and public trust
Energy transition
Sustainability and ESG communications
AI adoption and responsible AI
Employee engagement

Languages

English
Romanian