Eszényi will be replacing Nicola Szekely, who has been general manager of bauMax Romania since 2010.
Eszényi, 44, will take over as administrator of bauMax in Romania starting September 1, 2012. Eszényi will bring to the company his vast international experience in Romania and Hungary, where he had filled, among others, the position of director of expansion with Lidl and Plus and the position of chairman of the managing board of Plus in Hungary, according to the press release.
Eszényi will be tasked with bauMax’s development on the Romanian do-it-yourself (DIY) market.
Austria’s bauMax currently operates 159 stores in nine countries, of which 15 stores in Romania, 66 in Austria, 24 in the Czech Republic, 15 in Slovakia, 15 in Hungary, four in Slovenia, seven in Croatia, seven in Bulgaria and six in Turkey.