“We want to have 70 employees in Bucharest by yearend and the plan for the next three to five years is to grow to 300 people,” said Cyril Bricout, vice-president of CGI, a company with CAD10.8 billion (EUR6.8 billion) revenue. CGI is looking for IT specialists, from juniors to seniors with a wide range of skills such as Java, .NET, or SAP and Oracle solutions, he added.
CGI has offices in 41 countries and is looking for space in the central western district of Grozavesti for its Bucharest office.
It chose Romania as a destination for investment because it offers skilled IT workforce, has a good IT infrastructure and there are many French speakers. Moreover, Romania being part of the EU and subject to the same legislation as other EU countries is important, because the main customers of CGI are French. CGI manages the IT systems of some very large France-based companies and therefore it is important to have the same data protection policies, Bricout said.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)