1 - How did you come to the leather industry?

When I was 15 years old, according to customs of the time, I had to choose a profession that would allow me to make a living. The area I come from offered me the leather processing field.

I was an apprentice for three years and six months and I worked at the consumer cooperative in Sebis. The freedoms following the revolution in 1989, allowed me to start my own business which I continuously developed, gradually turning it into a Limited Liability Company.

2 – What job are you performing in the leather industry?

Owner and general manager

3 - What qualification or training did you do to be there?

All school activities undertaken to obtain the tanner certification.

4 - What do you (most) appreciate in your job?

The possibility to become financially independent and to provide a better life for my family and higher education for my children, the possibility to exploit my competitiveness and to become successful so I can be one step ahead of everyone else.