Radu Mihailescu has a BCom Hons in Economic Sciences from University of Port Elizabeth and an MCom in Travel and Tourism Economics from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Radu is currently in the final stages of completing his doctorate DCom in Resource and Tourism Economics at NMMU. Radu started his academic career as an Economics lecturer and course co-ordinator at the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. In 2008 he moved to Italy where he taught microeconomics at Free University of Bolzano. He was also appointed as Senior Lecturer in Economics and Tourism at the University of Malta where he taught for a couple of years. More recently, Radu worked as a senior lecturer and module co-ordinator at NHL Stenden South Africa before moving back to Europe and continuing his career at NHL Stenden in Leeuwarden.

He is a member of International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE) and American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE). Radu has a number of publications in economic and tourism academic journals and has published a book on Cost Benefit Analysis of Charter Airlines.