About
COO with deep expertise in marketplaces and classifieds and international leadership experience; responsible for strategy, operating model, growth, go-to-market and data at AVIV Group.
Experience
- AVIV GroupChief Operating Officercurrent2025 — present
- TRUSTAPChairmancurrent2024 — presentIreland
- Reset CampFoundercurrent2023 — present
- DirectimoInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- YouPlanetAdvisory Board Member2024 — 2025Barcelona
- Utopia AnalyticsAdvisor2023 — 2024
- CarbonAdvisor2023 — 2024
- ActioGlobal®Advisor2022 — 2023
- AdevintaCOO European Markets2021
- AdevintaSVP for Global Markets2018 — 2021Barcelona Area, Spain
- Distilled SCHBoard Member2018 — 2021Ireland
- willhaben internet service GmbH & Co KGBoard Member2018 — 2021Austria
- Schibsted Classified MediaSVP for Growth Markets and New Models2017 — 2018Barcelona Area, Spain
- Schibsted Classified MediaVP Growth and Strategy for Established Markets2016 — 2017Barcelona Area, Spain
- Schibsted Classified MediaVP Strategy for Classifieds2014 — 2015Barcelona Area, Spain
- Adevinta SpainBoard Member2016 — 2018
- BinovateFounder2012 — 2014Bucharest, Romania
- PrevyouFounder2011 — 2012Bucharest, Romania
- ZiciAici.roFounder2010 — 2012Bucharest, Romania
- Centerra Capital PartnersAssociate2008 — 2010Bucharest, Romania
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Executive Program, General Management2016
- Singularity UniversityExecutive Program2018
- INSEADMBA, Business Administration2006 — 2007
- ACCAChartered Certified Accountant, Accounting and Finance2002 — 2004
- Academia de Studii Economice din BucureștiBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business Administration and Management1998 — 2002
Skills & more
Board Administration1Board Leadership1Committee Management2DirectorshipAccounting1Corporate Governance1Fundraising1Product Development1Financial Statement Auditing1IT Audit1Revenue Assurance1Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)1
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Board of DirectorsWork-Life BalanceLeading transformational changeOrganizational CultureEntrepreneurshipStrategy ExecutionRevenue & Profit GrowthOrganizational DevelopmentStrategyManagementNegotiationCapital RaisingLanguages English · French · Spanish
From Ovidiu's professional profile.
Colleagues at AVIV Group
Baptiste Capron
Managing Director France at AVIV Group
Dr. Robert Wagner
Managing Director and COO Germany at AVIV Group
Lars Nordmark
Chief Financial Officer at AVIV Group
Mark Loughran
Transformation Advisor at AVIV Group
Olaf Zschiedrich
Interim Chief Technology Officer at AVIV Group
Olga Kim
Chief People Officer at AVIV Group
Piet Derriks
Managing Director Belgium at AVIV Group
Theodore Mseka
CEO and Managing Director Germany at AVIV Group
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ovidiu Solomonov work?
- Ovidiu Solomonov is Chief Operating Officer at AVIV Group.
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