Matei Ciobanu will be running the operations across seven markets in Eastern Europe and Japan, namely, Türkiye, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Japan – while directly supervising the general managers of these entities.
Matei Ciobanu has been working for Edenred since 2021 and has held the position of Strategy & Development Director, responsible for Europe, Middle East & Hispanic America.
He will report to Dana Sîntejudean, Edenred Europe, Hispanic America & Japan Director, who took the helm of the regional operations two years ago.
The appointment of Matei Ciobanu represents a new step in Edenred’s strategy to create a regional hub based in capital city Bucharest.
Edenred has more than 2 million partner merchants across 45 countries through 1 million corporate clients.
The company has 12,000 employees and reported a turnover of nearly EUR45 billion in 2024.