Provident appoints new general director in Romania

Newsroom 26/07/2012 | 14:48

Ivo Kalik, 38, is the new general director of Provident Financial Romania, the consumer credit provider. He is replacing Russell Johnsen, who headed the local operations for three years and has now become the general director of Provident in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Kalik held several positions at Provident in the last 15 years. He headed the company’s operations in Guadalajara region in Mexico for a number of years. Prior to this, he worked for Provident Czech and headed the company’s expansion in Slovakia, before moving to the UK.

The lending activity of Provident stood at EUR 49 million in the first half of this year, while the revenue was closed to EUR 34 million. The company said the number of clients was up by 17 percent and the volume of loans gained 11 percent. It reached 500,000 clients this May.