Leadership Experience Built Across Industries and Markets.
Hatwit brings together a growing European network of senior professionals, consultants and cross-border partners. Combining multinational and international exposure, entrepreneurial agility and long-term executive relationships, the team supports complex leadership environments across Western Europe and Central & Eastern Europe.
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Luminita Potorac-Roman is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hatwit International, with more than 20 years of experience spanning executive search, leadership consulting, human capital and law.
She partners with shareholders, boards and executive teams on key leadership decisions across growth, transformation and organisational development. Her work ranges from Board, C-suite and senior executive appointments to succession planning, leadership assessment and development, and executive transitions, often in complex cross-border environments.
Luminita advises multinational corporations, international family-owned businesses and investment-backed organisations across Europe, with particular experience in Financial Services & Investment Management, Business Services (Shared Service Centres, Business Process Outsourcing and IT Outsourcing), Consumer, Retail & Luxury, and Healthcare & Life Sciences.
Prior to co-founding Hatwit, she built her career across law, operational HR leadership and executive search within international organisations. As an entrepreneur and business owner, she brings an owner’s perspective to her advisory work, combining an understanding of people and organisations with the commercial, governance and succession considerations that shape long-term business performance.
MBA & Master’s in Economics (double degree), CNAM Paris | LL.M. in Commercial Law | BA in Law and International Relations
Certified in: Hogan Leadership Assessment (Hogan Assessments) | Assessment & Development Centres (A&DC, PSI Services) | Jung Type Indicator – JTI (Psytech International) | Life Styles Inventory – LSI & Organizational Culture Inventory – OCI (Human Synergistics) | Great People Inside
Based in Luxembourg
English | French | Romanian
Marius Potorac-Roman is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hatwit International, with more than 20 years of experience spanning executive search, commercial leadership, business development and international market expansion.
He works with shareholders, boards and executive teams on leadership appointments and organisational decisions that support growth, transformation and international expansion. His work covers senior executive appointments, succession planning and leadership development, particularly in businesses navigating change or cross-border growth.
Marius advises multinational corporations, international family-owned businesses and investment-backed organisations across Europe, with particular experience in Industrial (Manufacturing, Energy, Construction, Infrastructure and Logistics) and Technology & Telecommunications. Alongside his client work, he leads Hatwit’s international development and strategic client partnerships across Western and Central-Eastern Europe, supporting the firm’s expansion into new markets and industries.
Prior to co-founding Hatwit, Marius held senior commercial and leadership roles in the security, technology and telecommunications sectors, including responsibility for sales capability programmes across EMEA. As an entrepreneur and business owner, he brings an owner’s perspective to his work, combining strong commercial judgement with an understanding of leadership, organisational dynamics and the realities of building and growing businesses. His focus is on how leadership decisions translate strategy into sustainable business results.
MBA & Master’s in Economics (double degree), CNAM Paris | BA in Agri-Engineering and Management
Based in Luxembourg
English | Romanian
Iulia Berea is Investor & Legal Partner at Hatwit International, with more than 20 years of experience as a business lawyer, investor and advisor across Europe, the United States and the Middle East. She contributes legal and governance expertise to the firm and to selected client projects.
Her experience covers mergers and acquisitions, growth financing, corporate structuring and governance, advising founders, investors, boards and executive teams of growth companies, multinational corporations and financial institutions. She began her career with a Magic Circle law firm, later held senior roles within top-tier legal practices and led the legal function of a global technology scale-up. She is also active as an investor and board-level advisor in technology and growth companies.
BA in Law, University of Bucharest | MBA Essentials, London School of Economics | FinTech Certification, HarvardX
Based in Bucharest and Dubai
English | Romanian
Maria Predoiu is a Principal at Hatwit International, with more than 20 years of experience in senior commercial and marketing leadership in the consumer goods sector. She contributes to executive search and leadership consulting projects in Consumer, Retail & Luxury, particularly Retail and FMCG.
Her background includes senior regional roles at Procter & Gamble, where she led multi-market marketing and commercial initiatives for a major international portfolio across Central & Eastern Europe. She has also been involved in entrepreneurship, education and leadership development, bringing a practical understanding of what consumer businesses need from their leaders.
BSc in Commerce | Executive Programs, Harvard Business School
Based in Bucharest
English | Romanian
Ioana Ciribasa leads Talent Intelligence at Hatwit International and coordinates the research team at the firm’s Brașov centre, bringing nearly 20 years of experience across talent acquisition, human resources and recruitment consulting.
She supports executive search and interim management assignments through market and competitor mapping, organisational research, talent identification and qualification, talent pool development, candidate assessment, and market intelligence on talent availability, mobility and compensation. She also contributes to cross-border searches by providing insights into relevant organisations, leadership structures and talent markets.
Prior to joining Hatwit, Ioana developed her experience within multinational organisations including Accenture, Schaeffler, Ipsos and in-tech, as well as in recruitment consulting for pharmaceutical industry. Her background covers leadership and specialist hiring, assessment centre processes, complex recruitment projects and team management across the technology, engineering, industrial, business services and market research sectors.
BA in Psychology I Certified Assessor
Based in Brașov
English | Romanian
Ioana Croitoriu is a Consultant in Executive Search & Leadership Consulting at Hatwit International, based at the firm’s Brașov centre. She brings 20 years of Human Resources experience gained in international automotive and manufacturing environments.
She contributes to executive search and interim management assignments, supporting senior leadership and specialist appointments through candidate evaluation, market insight and client engagement. Within Leadership Consulting, she is involved in assessment and development centres, succession planning, leadership development and outplacement programmes.
Prior to joining Hatwit, Ioana held HR development, business partnering and coordination roles within Kromberg & Schubert, Continental and Preh. Her background covers talent acquisition and management, assessment and development centres, performance management and management training across international locations.
Master’s Degree in Human Resources | BA in Organisational Psychology | Six Sigma Green Belt | Certified Assessor
Based in Brașov
English | German | Romanian
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