Ruxandra Obreja has been the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium Chairman since 2008. She is leading the DRM Steering Board of the Consortium, a not-for-profit international organisation, with members on all continents.

In the last few years Ruxandra has been deeply involved in the promotion of digital radio all over the world after a career spent at the BBC World Service where she worked as a journalist for both radio and TV, and as Head of business development, BBC WS. She is a former vice-chair of the EBU international broadcasters’ group (after 2005). She studied in Romania and UK, writing, presenting and producing for radio and TV in both countries.

In March 2008 Ruxandra was first elected Chairman of the DRM Consortium with the avowed aim of ensuring that the various stakeholders work towards the same goal: the global and mass scale take up of the DRM standard and digital radio

Ruxandra was unanimously re-elected several times to this position, the last time in March 2022.

She frequently writes for the specialised press, makes presentations. She was presented with a prestigious Romanian award for her work in the media, with focus on digital radio.