About

Cristian is leading the RES activities and has been head of legal, IT, digital and innovation, and business development of ENGIE Romania since 2021.  

Previously, he was managing director of ENGIE Servicii and ENGIE Building Solutions (starting in 2015) and legal director of GDF SUEZ Energy Romania (since 2010).  

Cristian Buzan joined Engie in 2010 after 14 years of experience as a lawyer in legal and business administration. His past professional experience includes executive jobs in Michelin Romania and the Balkans region (legal and public affairs director between 2002 – 2010) and tax and legal manager in E&Y (1997-1998) and KPMG (1998-2002).  

Cristian holds a PhD in business relationships from the International Business Faculty-Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest and law from the Law School-University of Bucharest, Romania. He also holds a Master of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Lille, France. He has had an international career with various secondments abroad, notably in France for KPMG and Michelin.  

Cristian’s main areas of legal expertise include M&A, corporate law, commercial law, disputes, and cross-disciplines such as project financing and tax law. He is currently focused on the green energy domain, having a solid reputation in green PPA build-up, EPC and O&M contracts. His long-time double role (operational and legal) and polyvalence confer to Cristian a unique opportunity to create value for his managerial career. Cristian is intimately convinced that management is primarily a people’s issue; therefore, he is very focused on building up teams’ motivation and momentum. His credo is that the success of a team resides mainly in skills, cohesion, diversity, and determination.  

Cristian is also very interested in sports, history, arts and geopolitics. He is 49 years old married with one child.