Gabriela Bereș – Regional Director Central and Eastern Europe & Caucasus
The Belgian group Puratos, global leader in the production of ingredients for the bakery, pastry and chocolate industry, has expanded the manager's responsibilities 
Romanian Gabriela Bereș, who will ensure the implementation of the group's strategy in a region extended to 18 markets, which generates a turnover of around 150 million euros. Bereș will oversee the activities of the subsidiaries in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the operations in Albania, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
"Puratos continues to grow and strategically integrate the changes generated by the acquisitions of factories in the last 2 years, with special attention to the integration of the Austrian manufacturer Diamant," said Gabriela Bereș, Regional Director Central and Eastern Europe & Caucasus. "It is a region that is growing sustainably, with ambitious differentiation and expansion plans, investments in new factories and high-performance production lines. We will continue to invest in the people in the team and offer them the opportunity to achieve professional excellence, the changes in the management team being strategic in this regard. We are also committed to bringing about a change for the better at the community level, through a project that we hope to launch this year, with a direct impact among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who want to work in the pastry industry. "
Gabriel Gălușcan – the new General Director of Puratos Romania
The Belgian group made another change in the management of the Romanian subsidiary. Gabriel Gălușcan will take over the role of General Director of Puratos Romania. Gălușcan has 20 years of experience within the team, and in the last 11 years he was the National Sales Director, during which he had a valuable contribution to the increase of the company's turnover, including by developing commercial relations with artisans and companies of distribution. Gabriel Gălușcan has a Romanian-American Executive MBA from ASEBUSS and is a graduate of the Politehnica University of Bucharest.
"I received this challenge with the conviction that the current team will continue the upward trajectory of Puratos on the local market," said Gabriel Găluşcan, General Director of Puratos Romania. "We are delighted by the trust of the industrial, craft and retail sector in our solutions and way of working, and this is due to the regional experience of the local team, people with excellent professional training and passion for what they do," concluded Gabriel Gălușcan.
About the Puratos Group
The Puratos Group is a global leader in the production of innovative raw materials, with expertise in finished applications for the bakery, pastry and chocolate industries. The company was founded in Belgium in 1919, with headquarters in Brussels, has 8.780 employees in 70 countries, owns 64 production units and 82 innovation centers, offering customers qualitative and nutritious ingredients adapted to local requirements. Puratos products are sold in 100 countries, in 2018 Puratos' turnover reached 1,7 billion euros globally.
About Puratos Romania
Puratos Romania is one of the main players on the ingredients market for the food industry. The company owns a factory with three production lines for raw materials and ingredients intended for the local bakery, pastry and chocolate industry and also represents a logistic hub for the supply of a wide range of products for the Puratos subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Greece, the Republic of Moldova, Hungary, Kosovo, Serbia and Israel. Puratos Romania offers raw materials for the food sector and specialized services to its customers in the industrial, craft, retail and HORECA sectors through a network of 12 branches nationwide and through the two innovation centers, in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, intended for testing innovative products and ingredients. The company was founded in 1995, in Bucharest and has 150 employees. Puratos Romania has an extensive product portfolio, including active and inactive yeasts, sprouted and infused grains in liquid yeast, Belcolade Belgian chocolate, fruit fillings, glazes, fine creams for desserts.
