Emanuele Butta is the new executive vice-president in charge of retail with UniCredit Tiriac Bank, pending on the approval from the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). Butta will replace Zoltan Major, who will hold a regional position with the UniCredit group.

Iñaki Berroeta (in picture) is the new CEO of telecom company Vodafone in Romania, replacing Liliana Solomon from the beginning of December this year, the company has announced. Inaki Berroeta joins Vodafone Romania from the helm of the subsidiary in Malta, where he has been GM for three years.

The Romanian business scene witnessed several moves at the helm of both local and international companies this year. Romania-Insider.com looks at some of the most important top management changes in Romania in 2010. (Click MORE below to read the full story about the top management change)

Adrian Baicusi (in picture), the general manager of Romania’s state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (BVB ticker: TEL), will be replaced by Stelian Alexandru Gal, the former GM of the company, effective November 15, according to a news release sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).

Aviad Meitar, one of the founders of the Pepsi franchise in Romania back in the early 90s, remembers the early days of his business venture into the newly democratic country of Romania in an article recently published in the New York Times. “It was also the time of the first Gulf War, and no one really wanted to travel anywhere. I had a tough time getting someone to accompany me to Romania, but I eventually talked a colleague into going with me,” Meitar writes for the NY Times.

D&M Perfect Real Estate has invested EUR 8 million into the 45-apartment Hotel Epoque, which will be opened on November 1. The five-star hotel, located near the Cismigiu park in Bucharest, is managed by Trend Hospitality.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (in picture) will be on an official visit to Romania Monday and Tuesday, at the invitation of Romanian President Traian Basescu. Basescu and Komorowski will hold official talks, followed by a joint press conference.

Medical group Romgermed has appointed Razvan Stefanescu general manager, who joins the company after spending 17 years in management positions of multinational companies. Stefanescu will oversee the implementation of the company's EUR 5 million investment plan and continue expanding the company's chain of laboratories.

Romanian writer Liliana Lazar was awarded the Prize of the five continents of Francophonie, on Friday, during a ceremony held at the Château de Chillon, Montreux (Switzerland), in the context of the 13th Congress of the Francophonie.

The president of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Jean-Paul Costa told the Senate that he found a positive attitude of the Romanian authorities to the ECHR decisions being put into effect.

Emanuele Butta is the new executive vice-president in charge of retail with UniCredit Tiriac Bank, pending on the approval from the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). Butta will replace Zoltan Major, who will hold a regional position with the UniCredit group.

Iñaki Berroeta (in picture) is the new CEO of telecom company Vodafone in Romania, replacing Liliana Solomon from the beginning of December this year, the company has announced. Inaki Berroeta joins Vodafone Romania from the helm of the subsidiary in Malta, where he has been GM for three years.

The Romanian business scene witnessed several moves at the helm of both local and international companies this year. Romania-Insider.com looks at some of the most important top management changes in Romania in 2010. (Click MORE below to read the full story about the top management change)

Adrian Baicusi (in picture), the general manager of Romania’s state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (BVB ticker: TEL), will be replaced by Stelian Alexandru Gal, the former GM of the company, effective November 15, according to a news release sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).

Aviad Meitar, one of the founders of the Pepsi franchise in Romania back in the early 90s, remembers the early days of his business venture into the newly democratic country of Romania in an article recently published in the New York Times. “It was also the time of the first Gulf War, and no one really wanted to travel anywhere. I had a tough time getting someone to accompany me to Romania, but I eventually talked a colleague into going with me,” Meitar writes for the NY Times.

D&M Perfect Real Estate has invested EUR 8 million into the 45-apartment Hotel Epoque, which will be opened on November 1. The five-star hotel, located near the Cismigiu park in Bucharest, is managed by Trend Hospitality.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (in picture) will be on an official visit to Romania Monday and Tuesday, at the invitation of Romanian President Traian Basescu. Basescu and Komorowski will hold official talks, followed by a joint press conference.

Medical group Romgermed has appointed Razvan Stefanescu general manager, who joins the company after spending 17 years in management positions of multinational companies. Stefanescu will oversee the implementation of the company's EUR 5 million investment plan and continue expanding the company's chain of laboratories.

Romanian writer Liliana Lazar was awarded the Prize of the five continents of Francophonie, on Friday, during a ceremony held at the Château de Chillon, Montreux (Switzerland), in the context of the 13th Congress of the Francophonie.

The president of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Jean-Paul Costa told the Senate that he found a positive attitude of the Romanian authorities to the ECHR decisions being put into effect.