Gabor Olajos assumes the role of Country Managing Director for Pluxee Romania and Bulgaria

Pluxee Romania and Bulgaria announce a strategic change in the management team, aimed at strengthen the company’s commitment to growth as a global partner in fringe benefits and solutions to increase employee engagement. Effective July 22, 2024, Gabor Olajos, who previously served as Chief Operating Officer, Pluxee Bulgaria, will assume the role of Country Managing Director for Pluxee Romania and Bulgaria.

With over 20 years of sales and business management experience, Gabor Olajos has been part of the Pluxee team since 2001, when he joined the Hungarian entity (then then Sodexo Hungary). From his role as Sales Director at Pluxee Hungary, Gabor has been instrumental in strengthening the company’s leadership position. In 2016, Gabor Olajos joined the Romanian team as Sales Director and was instrumental in the digital transition process of company’s digital transition from traditional paper vouchers to electronic vouchers. In at the same time, he implemented a data-driven strategy to streamline sales and helped strengthen the company’s leadership position in particularly in the travel sector, where the company’s market share grew to over 50%. In 2021, Gabor Olajos was promoted to Chief Operating Officer for Pluxee Bulgaria, continuing business development and supporting the company’s change process towards digitization of vouchers meal vouchers. Under his leadership, Pluxee Bulgaria transitioned to a digital way of working, which resulted in a tenfold increase in business, ensuring while successfully transitioning to the new brand identity.

“I am excited to return to Romania to continue the outstanding projects realized by Manuel Fernandez Amezaga and his team. Following the successful launch of the new brand which has positioned Pluxee as a key player within the industry of fringe benefits and employee engagement solutions, I am confident that together with the highly talented team here, we are poised to strengthen our role as a global partner and thought leader for our business community of over 35,000 customers, 2 million employees and over 55,000 business locations. My objective is to drive Pluxee’s innovative brand initiatives and strengthen our partnership our partnership with the SME sector, while accelerating efforts towards a sustainable local company, making a significant contribution to the goal ambitious goal of reducing our global carbon footprint”, said Gabor Olajos, Country Managing Director, Pluxee Romania and Bulgaria.

Gabor Olajos takes over the role previously held by Manuel Fernandez Amezaga, who was promoted as Chief Revenue Growth Officer for Latin America (Spanish Zone). Manuel Fernandez Amezaga, who has also joined the Global Executive Committee for Pluxee, has served as CEO of Pluxee Romania and Bulgaria since August 2020.

“I am more more than grateful for the tremendous opportunity to work with Pluxee teams in Romania and Bulgaria. Together, we have not only successfully launched successfully launched our new brand and transitioned to an innovative, digitization-focused company, but we have also also strengthened our position as the leading employee benefits partner in Romania. I am confident that Gabor Olajos will continue the successful work of company’s continued success and strengthen the commitment to our partners and employees added Manuel Fernandez Amezaga, Chief Revenue Growth Pluxee for Hispanic Latin America.

In the role of Country Operating Director of Pluxee Bulgaria, the company has appointed Marius Popescu, who previously held the Sales Director position in Romania. With more than 24 years with the company, Marius has played a key role in Plux Plux Plux in Bulgaria. digital transformation of the company’s product portfolio, having while playing a strategic role in the implementation of important partnerships such as the one with MyBenefits, the employee loyalty and benefits platform and The Happiness Index, a neuroscience-based platform that helps organizations measure key drivers of employee engagement and happiness employee engagement to improve their HR strategy.