LT (N) Alexandru C. Hudişteanu is NATO MARSEC COE’s Exercise Staff Officer since 2020 and coordinates the EXER MARSEC series, the Centre’s hallmark-training event, among other projects. In over 11 years in naval service he held various commissions, including XO of a corvette and training instructor, before his current posting.
He participated in various multinational exercises (SEA SHIELD, MAVI BALINA etc.), cooperation initiatives (BLACKSEAFOR, US-ROU Tailored Forward Presence program), NATO SNMG, and in Operation Sea Guardian. In 2021, he was a lecturer and facilitator for the Maritime Security syndicate in the CORE20 exercise in Odesa, Ukraine.
He graduated the Naval Academy in Romania, holds a MA in Maritime Security, master’s degree studies in security and diplomacy, ASW specialization at San Diego Fleet Training Centre, a postgraduate diploma in security policy making , and he is currently a PhD Candidate in Military Sciences at the Carol I National Defence University, Romania.