Romanian executives come to take the helm of multinationals with hundreds of millions of euros in revenue and several recent examples are Andreea Moldovan (Avon), Horia Adrian (Holcim) and Dragos Constantinescu (Ursus). They built their careers abroad and are now returning home to run market leaders in their sectors.
“We can see two trends at the moment. On the one hand, Romanian executives who left Romania a number of years ago and worked on top regional or global positions with multinational companies who want or are open to the option of returning to their country,” says Cristina Postolache, partner with executive search copamy Stanton Chase Romania.
On the other hand, more and more Stanton Chase clients seek Romanian executives with years of international experience to put in charge of the Romanian operations.
“Top executives with international experience who choose to return to Romania have different reasons for that: some return for family reasons, because they have aging parents that want them nearby. Others, after having spent years on various continents and having a very valuable international experience want to be able to use this expertise in Romania.” There are also those want a local, country manager, role with a competitive compensation package and as little travel as possible.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)