WALDEVAR Energy appoints Ioan Popoviciu as CEO
WALDEVAR Holding has appointed Ioan Popoviciu as CEO of WALDEVAR Energy, effective 2 November 2026. With nearly 30 years of experience in energy infrastructure and large-scale project management, Popoviciu will oversee the company's development as the group strengthens operational integration across its businesses.
Popoviciu has held senior management positions at Romanian electrical infrastructure companies, including ELM Electromontaj and ELEMO, where he was involved in high-voltage infrastructure projects. Following WALDEVAR Holding's acquisition of ELEMO in July 2026, he took over as CEO of WALDEVAR Power Grid.
His experience includes managing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects involving overhead power lines and substations across all voltage levels in Romania, as well as high-voltage grid infrastructure projects in Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia.
Popoviciu will retain his position as CEO of WALDEVAR Power Grid alongside his new role, overseeing both businesses. The dual appointment is intended to strengthen coordination between the group's renewable energy EPC activities and its power grid infrastructure operations. The group aims to address growing demand for integrated renewable energy projects combining generation, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and grid connection infrastructure.
WALDEVAR Holding CEO Christian Leonte said the appointment would support the group's expansion and enable better coordination of its operational resources across large-scale projects. He also highlighted the complementary roles of WALDEVAR Energy and WALDEVAR Power Grid in delivering integrated energy infrastructure solutions.
WALDEVAR Energy currently has 25 active construction sites, more than 2,000 specialists across the group and over 1,000 MW of capacity under construction, according to the company. WALDEVAR Holding reports a portfolio of more than 4 GW of projects delivered or under execution, equivalent to almost half of Romania's installed solar capacity.
Among its ongoing developments is the hybrid energy project in Dobrești, Dolj County, which combines a 95 MWp solar PV installation with a 220 MWh battery energy storage system, a 110/20 kV transformer substation and an underground 110 kV transmission line. The group is also involved in agrivoltaic projects in Calabria, Italy.
