Daniela Budurea is the new country director of Western Union Romania and Bulgaria. She follows Alexandru Badulescu, who has been appointed regional VP of the company for Eastern Europe and CIS.
Budurea has previous experience in the money transfer services, having served for six years as group country manager of money transfer services company Angelo Costa Romania. At the same time, during the same period, she set up and managed Foreigners in Europe, a media company of Costa Group. She also ran Angelo Costa International Romanian Branch, a company providing call-center and support services to money transfer companies of Costa Group in Italy and Spain. Before joining Angelo Costa, she was executive director of Dollar Express Romania.
A graduate of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Budurea holds an executive MBA from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.