Matei is the first Romanian to fill this position within Provident Financial Romania where he will be responsible with elaborating and consolidating the operations strategy.
Dalgliesh, who has been running the company’s operations teams in the last three years, will work for the parent company.
Matei had previously worked for Vodafone Romania, UTI Construction & Facility Management, Germanos Telecom Romania and Romanian Yellow Pages where he had led sales teams and was in charge of development operations of ample regional networks.
Provident Financial Romania plans to expand its product portfolio in 2014, including loans with longer refund periods of 78 weeks.
The company registered a 32% increase in the value of granted loans and 22% higher revenue in the first quarter of 2014.
Provident Financial Romania has over 850 employees and collaborates with over 4,200 independent agents in over 80 cities.