About
Adrian Ariciu is Executive Vice President at METRO AG, with more than 25 years of experience in the retail and wholesale industries. His work has focused on business strategy, team building, and coaching, including commercial turnarounds based on business planning and cost management, as well as the establishment of new business units. He has held both local and international roles.
Experience
- METRO AGExecutive Vice Presidentcurrent2024 — presentEurope
- Angels Den FundingMember of The Supervisory Board2021 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- CEO Clubs I Owners Club I Executive Club RomaniaMember2020 — 2024Bucharest, Romania
- METRO RomaniaChief Executive Officer2020 — 2024Bucharest, Romania
- METRO Cash & Carry RussiaCommercial Director2019 — 2020Moscow, Russian Federation
- METRO Cash & Carry RussiaChief Procurement Officer - Offer Management Director2018 — 2019Moscow, Russian Federation
- SC Metro Cash & Carry Romania SRLChief Operating Officer- Operations Director2017 — 2018Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- METRO/MAKRO Cash and CarryChief Commercial Officer - Offer Management Director MCC Ukraine2015 — 2017Ukraine
- METRO/MAKRO Cash and Carry UkraineDeputy Offer Management Director2014 — 2015Ukraine
- Metro Cash and Carry UkraineHead of Dry Food, Offer Management Department2013 — 2014
- METRO/MAKRO Cash and CarryHead of Own Brands Department MCC Romania2011 — 2013Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- METRO/MAKRO Cash and CarryHead of Dry Food MCC Romania2009 — 2011
- Metro Cash and CarryBuyer Sweets2004 — 2008
Education
- Academia de Studii Economice din BucureștiDoctor, Economics2013 — 2017
- Academia de Studii Economice din București1996 — 2001
Skills & more
Sales24Retail99FMCG55Wholesale28New Business Development12Purchasing27Team Building9Pricing32Coaching9Merchandising12Customer Satisfaction7Forecasting49
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Business DevelopmentFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Business StrategyBusiness PlanningPricing StrategyManagementNegotiationStrategyLeadershipLanguages English · Romanian
From Adrian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Angels Den
Angus Rankine
Non-Executive Director at Angels Den
Emmanuel Awobimpe
Partner at Angels Den
Jason Moser
Non-Executive Director at Angels Den
Mani Kherad
Investor Relations Consultant at Angels Den
Marc Carena
Advisor | Shareholder at Angels Den
Stefan Bozovic
Chief Technology Officer at Angels Den
Tanya Kopps
Non-Executive Director at Angels Den
Vishal Bhatia
Executive Director at Angels Den
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Adrian Ariciu work?
- Adrian Ariciu is Advisor | Shareholder at Angels Den.
Same school
Also attended Academia de Studii Economice din București24
Florin MihocVenture Partner at Ff Venture CapitalGiorgiana SologonGroup Financial Controller at FunFair VenturesDragos CioacaHead of Luxembourg Fund Finance at Harbert Growth PartnersAnna DinescuExecutive Team at Hilbert GroupLotte WitbreukInvestment Associate at KPN VenturesAlina GeorgescuInvestment Manager at Catalyst Romania
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Shared employers
Also worked at METRO AG6
Also worked at Angels Den Funding8
Piers LawfordSenior Associate at Fuel VenturesStan WilliamsPartner at Fuel VenturesVishal BhatiaExecutive Director at Angels DenEmmanuel AwobimpePartner at Angels DenMarc CarenaAdvisor | Shareholder at Angels DenJason MoserNon-Executive Director at Angels Den
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Also worked at METRO Romania1
Also worked at METRO/MAKRO Cash and Carry9
Robin BernéCOO at CryptoastMarc CarenaAdvisor | Shareholder at Angels DenTanya KoppsNon-Executive Director at Angels DenFritz SeidelIntrapreneurship Expert at Kickstart InnovationNina KuzminaPrincipal at Significant VenturesFabio ZiemssenPartner at Zintinus
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