Since 2006, Adrian Purcarea has been director and country manager of Freescale Semiconductor Romania, the local unit of the US company by the same name which is one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers.
His LinkedIn profile also shows him as having been deputy general manager with Softwin for four years.
Medicover Romania officials did not comment by the time the story was ready for posting. Freescale officials said, “Adrian Purcarea is about to leave the company. (…) we are unable to provide the name of his replacement.”
Adrian Purcarea could not be reached for comment.
Medicover’s operations in Romania include Medicover SRL (clinics), Medicover Hospitals (the private hospital opened in Baneasa, northern Bucharest last year) and Synevo Romania (lab unit) and posted 177 million lei (EUR39 million) revenue in 2012, up 18% on 2011.
The fierce competition in the private healthcare business is making companies hunt for top executives in other industries and offer salary packages starting from EUR10,000 to EUR15,000 in net amount per month to chief executive officers. (EUR1=RON4.5224)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)