Belgian takes helm of UPS Romania after Romanian promoted to another country

The world's largest parcel services company UPS appointed Tim Helsen as the new country manager for Romania, Greece and Hungary. Helsen, 35, took over in August this year from Iulia Nartea, who has been named country manager for UPS Italy, based in Milan. He will be responsible for approximately 400 employees, as well as the operations, business development, strategy and support functions of UPS across the three countries. Before coming to Romania, Helsen, who is of Belgian nationality, worked in Brussels as UPS Europe, Middle East, and Africa finance & accounting director for the authorised service contractor countries in the region in 2011, and two years later became controller for the East Europe District. Helsen started with UPS in 2001 as a finance specialist at UPS Belgium based near Brussels. Then he held various positions of increasing responsibility within the UPS finance and accounting function in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. In 2007 he was promoted to finance, reporting and planning manager for the UPS Europe Supply Chain Solutions, based in Biel, Switzerland. In 2010 Helsen moved to Dubai, where he was finance manager for the former Turkey, Middle East and Central Asia district. The new GM for Romania holds a bachelor’s degree in tax and accountancy from the Katholieke Hogeschool College in Leuven, Belgium. editor@romania-insider.com