Zaharia became executive director of Farmexim on August 16. Farmexim posted revenue of EUR200 million last year (up 12% compared with 2009) and a EUR4.4 million profit. It has about 430 employees and is among the top ten companies in its line of business.
“I chose Farmexim because it is one of the companies that have a tradition in this industry, where I will mainly take charge of the sales, procurement, logistics and IT side of the business,” Zaharia said.
Cezar Zaharia had previously worked as executive director of Farmexpert from September 2008 since early this year, overseeing the financial, legal, IT and key accounts sales departments. His previous jobs include the position of general manager of another major pharmaceutical wholesaler in Romania, Relad, general manager of the food division of Bunge Ukraine (September 2005 through August 2007) and vegetable oil producer Bunge Romania sales and marketing manager.
A 1997 graduate of the Faculty of Economics of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (NE Romania), Zaharia also holds an Executive MBA degree from Spanish ESADE Business School.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu; Editing by Ioana Tudor)