Dinu Bumbăcea to take over the leadership of PwC Romania from Ionuț Simion as of 1 July 2021

Dinu Bumbăcea is to become PwC Romania's Country Managing Partner as of 1 July 2021. He takes over that role from Ionuț Simion, who has led PwC Romania for six years and will continue as a Partner, leading strategic customer initiatives and the transfer pricing practice in the Central and Eastern Europe region.

“I’m happy to take over the management of the company where I started my career 28 years ago and I thank Ionuț for the exceptional results during his term. We live in unprecedented times, which have shown us how vulnerable we are and, especially, how strong we are together. We’ll continue to be with our clients, offering value-added services, with our colleagues, building high-performance and motivated teams, and, last but not least, with the communities in which we live and work”, said Dinu Bumbăcea.

“I’m honored that I’ve had the privilege of leading PwC Romania for six years, during which time our services have grown steadily, we’ve become the leaders on the Romanian consulting market and the company has contributed to the consolidation of the Romanian business environment. I would like to thank the company's customers for their trust and for the opportunity to add value to their business. I also thank my collaborators and colleagues for their achievements in recent years, but especially for the professionalism, team spirit and dedication they have shown in a period of great challenges”, said Ionuț Simion.

With over 28 years of experience in professional services, of which 21 years have been spent as a Partner, Dinu is currently Partner and Advisory Leader of PwC Romania. During his career, Dinu has coordinated a wide range of consulting projects, in Romania and across the Central and Eastern Europe region, in various industries. He’s a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology US and a specialisation diploma in digital image processing from Supélec France. Dinu is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA UK) and of the Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania (CAFR).

This year marks 30 years of PwC Romania activity on the local market since it became the first large professional services company registered in Romania after 1989. The PwC Romania and PwC Moldova teams currently have over 800 professionals coordinated by 21 Partners, with offices in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța and Chișinău.