Cheil | Centrade reorganizes after Mona Opran’s new venture in strategic consulting

Mona Opran, COO Cheil | Centrade South East Europe, is leaving the Southeastern Europe hub of Cheil after 15 years with Centrade group, to start a new chapter in her already prodigious career. Over the past decade she held different managerial roles in Centrade Group, leading the agency’s transformation to what has become today a top data-driven creative enterprise in the SEE region.

Mona will continue to collaborate with the agency as a senior consultant on specific brand projects, as Radu Florescu takes on the COO/CEO role and will be fully engaged in the day-to-day operations.

The new executive committee will include Sergiu Vendigler as CFO, Gabriela Nanu and Carmen Miruță as Business Directors with extended New Business prerogatives, Nicoleta Iordache as Head of Digital Intelligence and Analytics (DIA data analysis division), and Mihai Gongu as Executive Creative Director CEE. The new structure will ensure the operational management moving forward in growing strong brands and build new models and processes for better meeting customers’ needs.

Announcing Opran’s departure, Radu Florescu, CEO Cheil | Centrade noted “the agency is what it is today, much to her credit. We have faced challenges of a changing market, competition and the nature of a fast-changing global economy and Mona has been a stable anchor and a trusted partner. She brought a different perspective, a can-do attitude, smarts and smiles.”

“It was an honor for me to work in this agency for over 15 years. I had the opportunity to meet great people, coordinate talented teams, build strong brands and implement wonderful projects around the region. Most of all, I had the chance to be in the front seat, leading the transformation that our agency and our industry needs today. I now feel that all these experience and insights can find new meaning by being shared with the new generation of creatives and entrepreneurs of the industry, through mentoring, trainings and advisory in business transformation,” Mona Opran added.

Over the past decade, the agency has moved from a siloed structure to a fully integrated through-the-line agency with digital at the core of every big idea. It has gradually evolved from a local player into a multi-market regional structure with the main hub located in Bucharest, as it has built the largest Data Analytics & Business Intelligence structure of any communication company in the region.

“There is a point in everyone’s career where you take stock of what you have accomplished and consider other entrepreneurial growth opportunities that present themselves. Mona has reached this point in her life and I for one, respect and fully support her decision moving forward,” concluded Radu Florescu.

Present for more than two decades on the local market, Cheil | Centrade is the new regional communication hub for South-East Europe of the Cheil Worldwide network headquartered in Seoul, with the main office in Bucharest and local offices in Belgrade, Zagreb and Budapest. Centrade is part of the international holding company Centrade USA – with operations in Bucharest, Houston, and Zagreb, alongside Chainsaw Europe, Kubis Interactive, Cable Direct, and Epidemic Worldwide.

Awarded at prestigious festivals worldwide, such as London International Awards or Cannes Lions and regionally – Eurobest or Golden Drum, Cheil | Centrade creates brand strategy, integrated campaigns, digital content and design for a diverse portfolio that includes prestigious brands such as Engie, Samsung, Raiffeisen Bank, Dr. Oetker, Mondelez, Rewe Group – Penny Market, Dr. Reddy’s, Grampet Group, Point PickUp, etc.