Adrian Ionescu
Bridgwater
07395779611

Work Experience

Compliance Officer
Berry’s Coaches Taunton – Taunton
November 2018 to Present
I have recently achieved my Transport Manager CPC in passenger transport, and started to do compliance work, combined with part time driving. Looking to get into the operational side of transport though, as I consider myself a problem solver.

Coach Driver
Berry’s Coaches – Taunton
April 2018 to Present
School contracts, private hire, day tours, service routes (Berry’s London Superfast), etc.

Coach Driver
Bakers Dolphin Coach Travel – Weston-super-Mare
January 2018 to April 2018
Coach driver

Hackney & Private Hire Owner/Driver
Self Employed – Yeovil
August 2016 to December 2017
Well, not too much to say here, as the title is pretty much self explanatory…
It was one of the few decent entry points in the UK available for a Romanian National, and I was determined to relocate to the UK and start a new life, even from scratch. I work long hours, a lot of patient transport and school/social runs, etc. I found it a great way to learn everything about people here, to get to know their way of thinking, customs, habits, connect to them at a personal level, etc, and get paid in the process…

RE Investment Consultant
Freelance – Nationwide – Romania
2000 to August 2016
Responsibilities:
Coordinating investment budgets for 3 groups of real estate investors, one from the Republic of Ireland, one from Israel and one from Romania. Performing market analysis, feasibility studies and choosing the right investments (mostly within the short/mid term range). Also in charge with establishing and following up the best exit strategy, new building developments (14, mostly unifamiliar), marketing and sales project management for the new buildings, etc.
Accomplishments:
Provided a lot of great returns and exit strategies.

General Management – Project based, powered by D&D Business Management
Tomis Mall – Constanta
March 2012 to May 2013
Responsibilities:
Main task: crisis management project – re-establishing a decent position of the mall within the local commercial landscape;
Started with full engines ahead in 2012, by leasing 4,400 sqm, and continued up to 6,700 sqm until 2013.
Performing daily duties as a general manager, including recruitment, training and management of a staff of 230.
Accomplishments:
Increased occupancy by 32%, revenues by 34%, traffic by 110%.

Business Development Manager
Galaxy Imob Grup – București
March 2009 to December 2011
Responsibilities:
Designing and implementing a CRM based development solution, that lead to a 100% Romanian franchise model for freelancers and SME’s in Real Estate, a solution that developed the team from 60 to over 200 franchisees in 2015.
During that period, I also provided recruitment, management & training services for an 80 brokers team. Screened, interviewed, trained, retained and assessed more than 400 in the process.
Accomplishments:
Presently, Galaxy Imob is the biggest Real Estate organisation in Romania.

Managing Partner – Senior Consultant
Chronos Consulting – Tarragona, Tarragona provincia
August 2007 to November 2011
Responsibilities:
Delivering sales and marketing solutions to the Spanish and Romanian B2B sales environment.
Creating and implementing marketing and sales campaigns, project based sales management, training programs for sales personnel, sales persons recruitment/assessment at all levels, including head hunting.
Accomplishments:
An ambitious startup that I built from scratch, together with my partner, and performed a successful exit in 2011 by selling it to a large consulting network.

Founder and Managing Director
InterConex – Constanta
1998 to 2007
Responsibilities:
Real Estate startup in the early days of the Romanian private sector.
Started with a team of 8 brokers, developed it into a 30 brokers team, one of the most competitive in the country, by using the British sales system and techniques, adapted for the local environment.
Accomplishments:
Those were the times when we practically invented the Romanian real estate system, helped notaries creating the proper legal framework, educated the population as to how to buy/sell a property in a safe and profitable manner, etc.

Ship Broker, Chartering, Operations
Sol Maritime – Constanta
1994 to 1998
Ship/Cargo brokering & chartering on behalf of our traditional principals(about 70%), and some work on the open Black Sea Market, mostly to and from the Persian Gulf.

Ship Agent
Navlomar Shipping – Constanta
1991 to 1994
Day to day ship handling, operations, supervising ship/cargo operations and documents, handling inward and outward inspections, customs’ formalities, cargo forwarding, etc.

Shipchandler-warehouse Manager
Navlomar Shipping – Constanta
June 1988 to October 1991
Ship supply, mostly food products. Started as a warehouse operative, got promoted to warehouse manager in 2 months. Ran a team of 12 pickers. Supplied vessels with food according to orders received from the company.

Education

Diploma – pending in Investigacion y Tecnicas de Mercado – Investigation & Market Techniques
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – Barcelona, Barcelona provincia
2015 to 2017

Bachelor’s Degree in Technology – Mechanical
No. 4 Industrial College – Constanta
1984 to 1988

Skills

Sales Management (10+ years), Human Resources (10+ years), Transport, Logistics (6 years)

Military Service

Branch: Romanian Special Forces – Cercetare-Diversiune
Service Country: Romania
Rank: Sergeant
January 1989 to April 1990

Certifications/Licences

CEREAN Real Estate Course
2010 to Present

Transport Manager
October 2018 to Present
Passenger Transport Manager CPC