When I was younger, I was inclined towards studying a philology major. However, after some important encouragement from my father, I enrolled in an economic high school to study accounting and economics. I found a certain comfort in the lack of ambiguity that accounting provided.
Later, after finishing my MSc in 2010, I took a position at Deloitte in Cluj. I got the chance to travel throughout the country, auditing many companies across multiple industries. While it was always challenging, it gave me a wonderful chance to learn and grow professionally.
I grasped the benefits of gaining knowledge from an early age
What I found most enriching was that I was able to connect the numbers with the stories running through businesses and, therefore, find real meaning in the financial statements. I left Deloitte as an audit manager in 2017 and moved to Regina Maria looking to carry my expertise into a single company. For four years, I was in charge of accounting and tax aspects in the north-west region of Romania. Since 2021, I have been responsible for all of Regina Maria’s operations in the Cluj area.
I was brought up in a family where education was very important, my father being a mathematics professor, so I grasped the benefits of gaining knowledge from an early age. I moved to Cluj-Napoca when I was 18 for college, and the MSc seemed a natural follow-up. The MBA came a few years later when I applied to and won a contest that granted me a full scholarship. This experience was very rewarding and fed my motivation to grow.
I believe my academic path had everything to do with my ambition for continuous learning, which I have always held as a core value. I also believe there is nothing to be gained by staying in one’s comfort zone. It is the challenges – and sometimes failures – that provide some of the most valuable lessons in life. My favourite saying is: ‘You get what you work for.’
Romania faces some serious challenges. Less than 5% of our country’s GDP is allocated to the public health sector, placing us at the bottom of the EU rankings. This leads to lower investment in modern medical infrastructure and, therefore, poorer care of the general population. Moreover, our public healthcare system’s investment in prevention is virtually non-existent, requiring a completely revised strategy, as prevention is always cheaper than treatment. However, I believe that a coherent dialogue and eventually a collaboration strategy between the public and private healthcare sectors could be a major opportunity for growth and development.
I would like to see the state provide every citizen with the choice of any healthcare provider
I believe my biggest achievement is my family. While juggling with very challenging professional careers, my wife and I have been also able to accomplish a lot together in our personal lives.
If I had law-making powers, I would like to see a way for the state to provide every citizen with the choice between any healthcare provider, public or private, based on their statutory health insurance. This would have to be made financially sustainable for all the providers.
If I didn’t have a career in finance and operations, I would liked to have worked in either sport or the arts. I would have loved to have been a world-class footballer or a top vocal artist.
In my spare time I enjoy working out in my home gym. I also use every opportunity to read. Prior to becoming a father, I was passionate about console gaming, winning multiple national and international e-football titles.
