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Raluca Epureanu is an accomplished hospitality leader with an 18-year career spanning 16 countries and four continents. She has held senior roles with prestigious brands like The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, and Marriott International. As the founder of FlairMakers, the UK’s premier on-demand hospitality talent platform, Raluca addresses the industry’s talent shortage with a focus on fair pay, career growth, and inclusion. Previously, as Senior Director of Events for Marriott International in Asia-Pacific, she oversaw event operations for 750 hotels across 24 countries, impacting a workforce of 175,000 associates.

Raluca holds an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford, where she graduated with distinction and was the first Romanian woman awarded the Forté Scholarship. She has been recognized among Poets & Quants’ Best and Brightest Executive MBAs of 2022 and included in the Top 100 Romanians Worldwide 2023, underscoring her influence and dedication to elevating the standards of hospitality and talent development.