Foreign firms seem to trust more women’s courage in tackling sensitive issues in Romania, hence there seems to be a fashion of employing women to run multinationals in this country.
This happened in Dexia Kommunalkredit’s case, when Roxana Lazar dared to challenge one task book put out by the Brasov County Council for a public finance auction.
Dexia appealed because five of seven conditions in the task book prevented the participation of a foreign bank in the tender. The complaint went to the National Appeal Resolution Council, which passed the decision in Dexia’s favour. Then Brasov County Council rewrote the task book using conditions which allowed all banks to take part.
