Five top leasing executives have changed jobs in the past year

Five top executives on the leasing market have changed their jobs in the past year and only one of them is back at the helm of another leasing company, a market that last year plummeted by 72%, being the hardest hit sector of the economy. The five managers are Adrian Alexe (general manager of Tiriac Leasing), Cristian Sendroiu (executive manager of Tiriac Leasing), Mircea Dihel (general manager of OTP Leasing), Mihaela Mateescu (general manager of Raiffeisen Leasing) and Claudiu Stanescu (general manager of BCR Leasing). Of them, only Dihel (32) moved from the management of OTP Leasing to that of Tiriac Leasing, while all the others have exited the industry for the time being. BCR, Tiriac and Raiffeisen are among the biggest firms on the leasing market. “There are situations where managers leave as it’s frustrating to see the business shrink, after 30-40% increases in previous years; some cannot stand it. In other situations, there’s pressure coming from shareholders, who want to put cheaper people at the helm of the company,” states George Butunoiu, one of the best-known headhunters in Romania.