Starting with the 9th of May, Manpower Romania has a new Country Manager. Valentin Petrof (35) takes charge of the company at a key turn of its evolution – the recent repositioning as ManpowerGroup (Manpower & Manpower Professional).

With a vast experience in management and sales (over 13 years), Valentin Petrof has been involved in both local and global business ventures, in industry sectors like Telecom and Banking.

His career stands under the sign of constant and continuous evolution, coming as a confirmation of his expertise gained in the consulting, sales and management areas inside companies like MobiFon, GE Money (Motoractive Leasing and Domenia Credit). Previous to his appointment as Country Manager for Manpower Romania, Valentin Petrof occupied the position of Managing Director at Creditexpress Romania and Bulgaria.

Petrof’s evolution is supported by his major contribution to launch, extension and development of regional and national sales networks, bank branches or financial product lines.

Manpower’s new Country Manager is a graduate of Nicolae Titulescu University in Bucharest (Law and International Relations department) and of an MBA at IEDC Bled School of Management in Slovenia. His main objective in his new position is to increase the company’s market share in Romania and emphasize on the diversification of the clients’ portfolio and strengthening the company’s image on the local market.

„The opportunity to coordinate the local operations of a prestigious Top 500 Fortune company in a a field of activity that has always caught my attention, made me choose Manpower” Valentin Petrof said. „The Human Resources industry is an attractive area of business that focuses on people. The continuous changes we witness in the industry only bring more and more challenges for us to successfully overcome as a company with an expertise like Manpower’s.”, Petrof added.


About ManpowerGroup

ManpowerGroup has a revenue of 19 billion dollars, 3.900 offices in over 80 countries and territories worldwide and 400.000 clients annually.

Manpower Romania is one of the leaders in providing innovative workforce solutions creates and delivers high-impact solutions that enable our clients to achieve their business goals and enhance their competitiveness. With over 60 years of experience globally, Manpower and Manpower Professional are able to provide in Romania a large range of services and solutions that include: recruitment services, contract-based recruitment, evaluation and selection services, temporary workforce solutions, payroll, and administration of contracts, outsourcing and consulting solutions in the Human Resources industry.

Manpower is present in Romania since 2003, with 11 branches in 8 cities (Bucharest, Timisoara, Brasov, Cluj, Iasi, Ploiesti, Craiova and Pitesti) undergoing a continuous process of extension of its local network.