At what stage is the maturation process of the Romanian entrepreneurial environment and how can local businesses compete on an equal footing with companies with foreign capital? Which are the companies certified in the fourth edition of the Best Managed Companies program?
The fourth edition of the Best Managed Companies program in Romania aroused the interest of over 100 entrepreneurial companies, of which 35 reached the main stage, that of the workshops and recertification interviews organized by Deloitte together with the program partners. The 35 companies have turnovers of over 25 million euros, are headquartered in Romania and have Romanian shareholders or management team residing in Romania (the full list of eligibility criteria).
The "Best Managed Companies" methodology encourages companies to repeatedly enroll in the program, in consecutive years, in order to confirm and improve their performance, so the gala will also highlight the experience of companies that have participated in the program for several editions.
What are the conclusions of the fourth edition of the program? How does the performance of entrepreneurial companies evolve? How do Romanian entrepreneurs see the challenge of consolidating business growth and keeping up with companies with foreign capital?
The gala aims to engage the participants - participating companies, partners and members of the program's independent jury, as well as other relevant representatives of the local business environment - in an exchange of ideas regarding the priorities of the Romanian entrepreneurial environment.
The event will be live streamed on Facebook and on Ziarul Financiar’s website, our media partner for the gala.
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How does the Best Managed Companies program work?
Best Managed Companies is not a simple competition, in which enrolled companies are evaluated comparatively, but a consistent process of knowledge and self-knowledge, which takes place over several months. Thus, the companies selected after completing the registration form entered the workshop phase facilitated by professionals from Deloitte, Banca Transilvania and Salesforce, which allowed them to analyze their performance according to the international Deloitte methodology, based on four pillars: strategy, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, governance and financials.
Each company that took part in the workshops has undergone a self-analysis on strategic and operational aspects of their business, which allowed for a transfer of knowledge on international best practices from the workshops’ coaches to the companies’ management teams and led to identifying their strong points, as well as areas of improvement.
At the end of this stage, an independent jury analyzed the participant companies and decided on the ones whose organizational and managerial practices align to the Best Managed Companies standard.
Therefore, for the companies enrolled every year, the program provides a certification and not just an award, and the Best Managed Companies culture encourages repetitive participation and results’ improvement from a year to the next. For the companies that receive this recognition, the certification can be validated every year, if they preserve or improve their performance assessed against the program’s international standard. For those who participated but didn’t receive the recognition, the certification can be obtained in the following years’ editions, as they work on their areas of improvement identified during the workshops. Our experience with the program shows that, by repetitively joining the program, most of the uncertified companies make significant qualitative progress and can eventually get the recognition.
Watch the gala on April 23, 2026, from 7PM.
Agenda
19:00-19:10 – Opening speech
Alexandra Smedoiu, Partner, Deloitte, and leader of the Deloitte Private program in Romania
19:10-19:50 – Panel with the program partners and Jury members
Moderator: Alexandru Reff, Country Managing Partner Deloitte Romania and Moldova
19:50 -21:00 – Announcement of certified and recertified companies and awarding ceremony.
