“I wanted a change,” Dorin Catana, 42, told Ziarul Financiar. He became Centrofarm’s CEO six years ago when he started running a company with 120 employees, 30 retail pharmacies and eight million euros in revenue.
The network grew to 61 pharmacies, more than 400 employees and EUR37 million in revenue during his term and thus became one of the largest on the local market.
Dorin Catana had previously worked as chief executive of Sensiblu and City Pharma drugstore networks and was also area manager of Canadian-owned Pharma Plus.
After his resignation, the shareholders decided for a hands-on involvement in their business. The shareholders directly or indirectly controlling Centrofarm are Portuguese businessman Alain Bonte and Catia Radulescu.
“Dorin Catana was a chief executive with full authority and developed the Centrofarm network from March 2006 until now. After privatization and restructuring of the pharmacies, he built a management team (…) and generated value for the company,” Catia Radulescu said.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)