Women have come to hold management positions at some multinationals present in Romania.
Severina Pascu, chief executive officer of UPC in Romania and Hungary, is one of the examples showing women are gradually gaining ground in managing IT and telecom companies.
She was recruited by UPC Romania, part of US group Liberty Global, in 2008, for the position of financial officer and after three years took over the reins of the entire company.
At Orange and Telecom, the HR departments are headed by Ioana Marcu and Anca Georgescu Aladgem, respectively. As regards the legal departments of telecom companies, Florina Tanase stood out at Vodafone.
In its turn, the IT industry is dominated by men, but locally there are around ten women holding top positions at multinationals or local software companies.
Women managing the local activities of IT multinationals include Monica Jiman, at Pentalog, Catalina Dodu, at Atos Romania, Gabriela Gheorghe, at ELKOTech Romania, Carmen Barbalata, at Logitech South East, Simona Decuseara at Epson Romania and Bulgaria, Nicoleta Macovei, at Kapsch Romania.
Local software or telecom companies also have women in leading positions. In some cases, there are even cofounders-Mariuca Talpes (Bitdefender) or Silvia Fodor (Euro GSM).
Another remarkable feminine presence in the IT industry is Carmen Sebe, chief operating officer at Avangate, a company founded ten years ago by entrepreneur Radu Georgescu.
Another feminine presence in the local field of IT&C retailers is Violeta Luca, currently vice-president, executive director at eMag, the biggest retailer on Romania’s e-commerce market.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)