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Euronews editorial director, Romanian Sarb becomes GeoPOL board member
Virtual thinktank GeoPOL appointed Romanian Lucian Sarb, editorial director of the Euronews TV network, as a member of its scientific board. Lucian Sarb founded and coordinated the Money Channel TV station project in Romania from 2006. Before that, he led the news department in state-owned TV channel TVR. He joined Euronews in 2009 as editorial [...]
Head of Canary Wharf, Romanian Iacobescu knighted by Prince Charles
Romanian businessman George Iacobescu, president and executive director of Canary Wharf, London’s second largest business center, was knighted last week by Prince Charles, according the Romanian Embassy in London. Following the announcement in the New Year’s honors list, Prince Charles performed the ceremony. He has been awarded a KBE (Knight of the Most Excellent Order [...]
Xerox Romania appoints Cristian Petrescu new Technology and Channels Director
Romanian Cristian Petrescu (in picture) is the new Technology and Channels Director with Xerox Romania starting February 2012, according to the company. He will be responsible for the coordination of the entire Xerox network of partners as well as for the activities through indirect sales of Xerox equipment and services Petrescu has worked for around [...]
Romanian PM chooses business journalist Dan Suciu as new spokesperson
Romanian business journalist Dan Suciu, former editor-in-chief of the Money Channel TV station, was named as the Government’s new spokesman. The appointment was prompted by new PM Ungureanu’s wish for a business journalist to hold the position. Suciu, who holds an BA in Philosophy, an MA in Public Policies and a PhD in Economy, was [...]
Finance Minister appoints head of Raiffeisen Treasury to run state Treasury
Romania’s new Finance Minister Bogdan Dragoi appointed Raiffeisen Bank head of treasury, Cristian Sporis, 36 (in picture), as state secretary responsible for the management of public debt, according to Romanian media. In his new job, Sporis will run the state treasury, previously the responsibility of the current Finance Minister, before being named head of the [...]
Romanian climber Coco Popescu sets world record for climbing tallest volcano in Antarctica
Romanian climber Crina ‘Coco’ Popescu broke the world record and made it into the World Record Book for being the first woman to climb the Sidley mountain, the tallest volcano in Antarctica. Coco Popescu, the 16-year old Romanian climber, was at her first expedition on the 4,285 m mountain. She joined a team which included [...]
Western Union appoints new GM for Romania, Bulgaria after former GM’s promotion to regional level
Money transfer company Western Union appointed Daniela Budurea to lead the Romanian and Bulgarian subsidiaries, replacing Alexandru Bădulescu, who was promoted to Regional Vice-president for the Eastern Europe and CIS with the company. Budurea was previously group country manager with Angelo Costa Romania. Prior to that, she was an executive manager of Dollar Express Romania. [...]
L’Oreal appoints Gilles Antoine to lead Romanian subsidiary
Cosmetics company L’Oréal Romania appointed Gilles Antoine as new Country General Manager, replacing Richard Matalon, who has led the Romanain subsidiary for the last four years. Antoine started his career in L’Oréal, in France, 17 years ago, in the sales organisation. His international assignments covered countries like Mexico (where he was appointed Sales Director for [...]
Romania’s new Minister of Finance Bogdan Dragoi: one of the “talented youngsters” of Romanian finance
Bogdan Alexandru Dragoi, 31 years old, is the new Minister of Public Finance. He already has around six years of high level experience in public institutions and is considered one of the “talented youngsters” of Romanian Finance, as he has been described by local media. A former State Secretary in the Finance Ministry, Dragoi has been in charge of securing more financing to cover the country’s debt and its budget deficit, [...]
New Economy Minister in Romania: Lucian Bode- electrical engineer and top scorer at Euro politicians’ soccer match
Romania’s newly installed Minister of Economy Lucian Bode, 38 years old, is the head of the Democrat Liberal Party (PDL) Salaj, president of the Friendship group Romania – Qatar and former president of electricity distribution company Electrica Zalau until 2008. Bode was also the Romanian Parliament’s top scorer at the European Parliament’s soccer tournament held in 2011, in Hungary, scoring three of [...]
Romania’s new PM Mihai Ungureanu: Oxford graduate, former External Affairs Minister and ‘head spy’
Romania’s newly installed Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is the country’s former Foreign Intelligence head, which has earned him the name ‘Head Spy’ in the foreign media. At 44, Ungureanu is the youngest PM, and head of the youngest government the country has seen, with an average age of 48. Born in Iasi, north of [...]
Lufthansa names Patrick Artiel as new passenger sales GM for Romania and Moldova
Patrick Artiel was recently named Lufthansa’s Passenger Sales General Manager for Romania and the Republic of Moldova. He replaces Stefan Versemann, who has held this position since 2007. Artiel was scheduled to hold a press conference in Bucharest tomorrow ( February 9 ), but the meeting was delayed to an as yet unannounced date. Patrick Artiel [...]
SABMiller appoints Mihai Barsan as VP for marketing in Romania
Beer producer Ursus Breweries named Mihai Barsan (in picture) as marketing vice-president, replacing Grant McKenzie, who will lead parent company SAB Miller’s marketing team in the Czech Republic. Barsan, 33 years old, will take on the new job from the beginning of April this year. He joined Ursus Breweries in 2005, after working with Procter [...]
Romanian Vasile Chisiu trades farming for music to become National Opera baritone
Romanian Vasile Chisiu, a former award winning Romanian farmer at international congresses became an acclaimed baritone on the international opera scene. He will have his debut in the ‘Rigoletto’ by Giuseppe Verdi on February 8 at the National Opera in Bucharest, where he’s been singing since 2005. In 1996, Vasile Chisiu won the youngest farmer in Romania award given by the Farmer Foundation. Later he was invited to various international [...]
Musat & Asociatii law firm in Romania promotes four new partners
Romanian law firm Muşat & Asociaţii appointed four new partners, bringing the number of the firm’s partners to 16. Monia Dobrescu, Alina Popescu, Ionuţ Bohâlţeanu and Iulian Popescu were promoted partners with the Romanian law firm, Monia Dobrescu (in picture, first to the left), who has been working with the firm for the last eight [...]
Vasile Adrian becomes second Romanian partner at Mazars
Vasile Adrian, 37, coordinator of the audit and financial advisory department services in the Romanian office of Mazars, was recently promoted as partner. He will become the second Romanian partner at the company’s Bucharest office, after Gabriel Sincu – Head of Tax & Outsourcing. Mazars’ local office is run by Jean-Pierre Vigroux – Managing Partner. [...]
X-Trade Brokers Romania appoints Tadeusz Kuropatwinski as new general manager
Brokerage house X-Trade Brokers Romania has recently named Tadeusz Kuropatwinski as new general manager. He replaces Victor Safta, who has withdrawn from his position in order to implement new projects, reads a statement from the company. Tadeusz Kuropatwinski joined X-Trade Brokers in 2009 as an associate manager at the company’s headquarters in Poland. Since 2010 [...]
Romanian lender BCR appoints Tomas Spurny as new CEO
The Supervisory Board of Romanian lender BCR named Tomas Spurny as their new CEO. He will replace Dominic Bruynseels whose contract expires on April 1, 2012. Bruynseels took over the helm of BCR, a bank with EUR 16.5 billion in assets in 2008. In the last 10 years Tomas Spurny has been CEO of several major [...]
Wienerberger appoints Corneliu Fecioru to lead Romanian operations
Corneliu Fecioru is the new manager of Austrian Wienerberger’s operations in Romania. He is a member of the company’s board for Sales and Marketing, according to the company. Corneliu Fecioru has over 15 years of experience as an executive, and 11 years in the construction sector. He has held positions in companies such as Lafarge [...]
Xerox names Romanian Marius Persinaru regional CEO
Romanian Marius Persinaru, Vicepresident DMO Channel Operations with Xerox became Chief Commercial Officer for Technology and Services for Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and Turkey (CIT) with the company. He will coordinate the company’s commercial strategy in the area. Persinaru, former head of Xerox Romania and the Republic of Moldova between 2004 and 2009, was [...]
Vimetco appoints Romanian Gheorghe Dobra as CEO
Gheorghe Dobra, the general manager of Alro Slatina, has recently been appointed executive member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Vimetco. He will hold this position until the next meeting of the company’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, to be organized this year, according to a statement from the company. Gheorghe [...]
Robert Rekkers quits Banca Transilvania in Romania after nine years
Robert Rekkers, who has run Romanian lender Banca Transilvania for the last nine years, stepped down as general manager and will be replaced by Peter Franklin, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) representative on the bank’s board, who will act as interim manager, the bank has announced. Dutchman Rekkers was one of the [...]
Erste brings Czech Tomas Spurny to run BCR in Romania
Erste Group will appoint Czech Tomas Spurny to run BCR, the largest Romanian lender by assets, replacing Dominic Bruynseels, according to Mediafax newswire, quoting sources on the banking market. Tomas Spurny has run the CIB Bank in Hungary, an Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiary, since 2009. He previously ran the Czech investment fund PPF as well as [...]
Ali Ergun Ergen returns as consultant for Anchor Grup’s retail projects in Romania
Ali Ergun Ergen, who has been at the helm of the Baneasa Shopping center project in Bucharest for the last six years, is back aboard the Anchor Grup, owners of Bucuresti Mall and Plaza Romania shopping center in Bucharest. Ergun Ergen, who was the CEO of the real estate developer between 1999 and 2005, will [...]
Groupama Asigurari appoints François Coste new GM for Romania
Insurance company Groupama Asigurari named François Coste as new general manager for the Romanian subsidiary. He will replace Sanda Nicoară after receiving the green light from the Insurance Supervisory Commission (CSA). Sanda Nicoară, who has held Groupama’s general manager position since November 2010, will return to the post of deputy general manager of the company. [...]
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Romanian court rules Prince Paul member of Royal House of Romania 
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Yum! switches to Coca Cola from rival Pepsi for its KFC, Pizza Hut restaurants in Romania - Subway fast food chain enters Romanian market with Iasi restaurant
Two Romanians awarded by Oscars organizers for Phantom high speed camera 
Romanian climber Coco Popescu sets world record for climbing tallest volcano in Antarctica 
Romanian actress Ana Ularu receives ‘Shooting Stars’ award at Berlin Film Festival 
Shakira to shake up Bucharest with May concert 
Lufthansa introduces new flights to Romania after 20% increase in passenger volumes
