Director Global Finance Private Equity
Ovidiu has 15+ years of experience in corporate finance advisory, EU funding and banking. Ovidiu joined GFi in June 2012 after 5.5 years of succesfull deal origination and execution within Deloitte’s Central Europe corporate finance advisory. Previously he led the M&A and EU funds teams with Ventrust, Tg.-Mures. He started his career in Switzerland at Credit Suisse and continued with Raiffeisenbank in Bucharest and as Tg.-Mures branch manager for ABN AMRO Bank. He studied economics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Fluent in French, German and English.
Ovidiu Chiorean a studiat Stiintele Economice si Sociale la Universitatea din Fribourg, Elvetia. A lucrat ca analist credit la Credit Suisse in Fribourg. A predat bilingv (franceza-germana) contabilitatea la Liceul Cantonal de Arte si Meserii.
De retur in Romania din 2001 a lucrat ca Sr. Relationship Manager in Austrian-German Desk la Raiffeisen si apoi ca Area Manager la ABN AMRO Bank. A intrat in consultanta in orasul natal, Tg.-Mures, unde a consiliat firme din Transilvania pentru atragerea de fonduri tip private-equity, pentru achizitii si pentru atragerea de fonduri europene.
Mai mult de 5 ani la Deloitte, Corporate Finance Advisory, Ovidiu a consiliat firme si/sau actionarii lor in procese de fuziuni si achizitii. Dintre tranzactiile care nu mai sunt confidentiale, a consiliat cu succes BCR, Unicredit, Raiffeisen si BRD-Soc Gen in vanzarea Romcard. De asemenea actionarii Romtrans in vanzarea catre Schenker/Deutsche-Bahn. Strategia de privatizare a CFR Marfa a fost unul din mandatele publice.
Din iunie 2012 Ovidiu este directorul din Romania al Global Finance International, firma de management fonduri de investitii tip private-equity. Este membru al consiliilor de administratie al celor 2 firme actualmente in portofoliul GFI, Green Group, Buzau si Total Soft, Bucuresti.