History & People
Our Firm in Brief
K.M.Trust & Partners is one of the most dynamic Romanian Retained Executive Search firms. The company was founded early 2006 in Bucharest, Romania by three business professionals who have been leaders for major international companies in Executive Search, Banking, Risk Consulting and Insurance Brokerage.
Geographical Coverage
Starting with January 1st 2007 we are members of IIC Partners having therefore a worldwide reach. Today, IIC is placed among the top 10 global search organizations in the world by revenue, with 63 offices worldwide, providing instant access to 40 leading nations. For details of our coverage and practice groups worldwide, please visit www.iicpartners.com.
Radu Manolescu
Managing Partner
Starting with January 2006 is the Managing Partner of K.M.Trust & Partners, currently one of the leading executive search firms on the Romanian market. Radu is working in executive search and recruitment since 2000.
From early 2002 he has been focused exclusively on Executive Search covering Romania (as Managing Consultant Romania for TARGET - International Executive Search), Hungary, Czech Rep., Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia (as Regional Consultant CEE), etc while recruiting senior and top professionals for blue chip international companies as well as consulting mid size and small firms to improve their performance.
Before that he worked for 2 years in a holding, coordinating the recruitment, customized training and outplacement division.
Radu is an International Economical Relations graduate and held several other full time jobs and internships in copiers companies, shipping and pesticides. Besides other management training in Greece, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, has been studying innovation and change management at INSEAD, France.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Heike Meier
Partner
Coming from German banking industry, Heike has over 15 years experience in Romanian financial sector and has built up in Romania the Financial Services Company ROM Aval, the co-operation partner of international banks as well as of DAL Deutsche Anlagen Leasing, Germany.
Graduated in banking-finance, she started her career in the international credit division of DZ Bank in Germany and joined 1990 their subsidiary Frankfurt Bukarest Bank where she got responsible for the Romanian credit portfolio.
Following the move to Romania in 1997 she became also one of the foundation partners of today's Raiffeisen Leasing. The entry in personnel consulting field came with the setting up of K.M.Trust the beginning of 2006 of which Heike is one of the foundation partners.
Heike is a Member of the Board of Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce as well as of the Board of the German Business Club in Bucharest.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Valentin Tuca
Partner
Valentin has an extended executive experience, both in Romania and abroad. He set up the local subsidiary of Marsh, the worldwide leader in risk consulting and insurance brokerage, as the first international insurance broker in Romania.
After successfully leading Marsh Romania for a period of almost ten years, he has been relocated to Brussels and as Board Member for Marsh Europe and Regional Business Development Director for Central and Eastern Europe and CIS.
Valentin left Marsh in 2005 and actually he is CEO of the Romanian subsidiary of the Israeli insurance market leader, CLAL Group.
He graduated in finance at the Economics Academy of Bucharest, in 1984 and has attended a post-graduation program at Stanford University, USA, after 1990.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Agripa Popescu
Senior Consultant
Agripa Popescu has experience of more than 27 years in various fields: avionics engineering (as Head of Avionics Maintenance for TAROM), in sales of Scania trucks then marketing (as Marketing Officer - Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy) and lately in general management for various local and international companies (Market Manager - Glock Romania).
He joined K.M.Trust in May 2008 being in charge with advisory and representation of our clients in front of the governmental bodies in respect of tendering processes, market entry, etc.
In the Executive Search business line is a member of the Industrial / Aerospace / Governmental Practices.
Has a University Diploma in Aircraft Engineering, an EMBA at Danube University Krems, University California Los Angeles (UCLA) and has graduated recently the National Defense College. Speaks English, German and has a private pilot license.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Jonathan Sharon
Senior Consultant, Leadership Development Division
Jonathan Sharon has a 26-year experience in high-tech sector in sales, marketing, strategic alliances and people management working as Sales Representative for Digital Equipment Corporation in Strasbourg and as Worldwide Marketing Manager for Hewlett Packard in Grenoble. He joined K.M.Trust & Partners in March 2007 as Senior Consultant being involved in business development, operational strategic planning for Romania and Key Account Management. In parallel he is lecturer at two business schools: Lyon Ecole de Management and Grenoble Ecole de Management (both in top 5 business schools in France), teaching Corporate Strategy,
International Strategy and Strategic Alliances. He has a bachelor of Law degree gained at University of Jerusalem, Israel, and a MBA at Kellogg Graduates School of Management, Evanston, US.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Cristina Flesariu
Consultant
Cristina Flesariu is Consultant at K.M. Trust & Partners since 2006 and is responsible for project coordination, researchers and assistant's coordination within projects, account management, etc.
For 4 years, she had been involved in various industrial, financial, telecom and high-tech projects for TARGET - International Executive Search both in Romania and Slovakia. Before that she activated for a short period in telecom/distribution sector.
She has a degree in International Economics Relations, Bucharest.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Adina Borta
Consultant
Adina Borta is a Consultant with K.M.Trust & Partners since the beginning of 2007. During her career in executive search she has gained functional expertise with companies from Telecom, Industrial, Private Equity and Pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining K.M.Trust and Partners Adina coordinated the Recruitment and Training functions for Continental Hotels. While there she contributed to the development and implementation of national strategies in order to ensure the proper human resources for achievement of strategic business objectives.
Previously Adina accumulated experience with various educational systems in Romania and UK as a Mathematics Teacher. Adina holds a BA in Psychology from Babes-Bolyai University and a M.Sc. in Mathematics from Al. I. Cuza University.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Valentin Dima
Search Consultant
Valentin Dima joined K.M.Trust & Partners starting with May 1st 2008 as Search Consultant.
His main responsibilities are account management on a day to day basis, interviewing candidates, coordinating projects/assignments; supervising the administration part of the projects.
Previously he worked for local and Dutch companies in agribusiness and printing supplies. Since 2002 he has been working at the British Embassy as Principal Trade Adviser gaining professional and multicultural experience by working with major British and Romanian companies.
Valentin was involved also in preparing the embassy to achieving Investors in People, the British standard for HR management, and took part in a Leadership programme organised by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He graduated in Automotive Engineering, postgraduate in Industrial Management and has an EMBA from Asebuss Bucharest in co-operation with Kennesaw State University, US.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Adrian Grecu
Researcher
Adrian Grecu is Researcher at K.M. Trust & Partners starting with May 2007 and is responsible for research specific activities, candidates contact, project logistics, etc.
He has been involved in projects from various industries such as industrial, financial and retail. Previous he was Adviser at Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, Foreign Trade Department. He has a degree in Finance and Financial Markets.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Paula Serbinuc
Assistant Consultant
Paula Serbinuc is Assistant Consultant with K.M.Trust & Partners since January 2006, being involved in projects from various industries such as industrial, FMCG, constructions and IT&C. Previously, she was for several months Administrative Assistant/part timer for another search firm.
She graduated from "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Radu Constantinescu
Assistant Consultant Trainee
Radu Constantinescu started to work in K.M.Trust & Partners in July 2006 on a part time job as a Data Base Operator and from November 2007 he moved to full time as Assistant Consultant Trainee.
Currently he is student in the final year at the Financial Management Faculty, part of the Romanian Banking Institute.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
Anca Ionescu
Trainee
Anca Ionescu joined K.M.Trust & Partners in August 2008 as Researcher Trainee. Before this she was involved in organizing a couple of events for the International Conference Center and she was Researcher for financial services recruitment.
She graduated the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bucharest.
Contact: romania@kmtrust.com
