Rene Schob is the new country managing partner of Mazars
Effective September 1, Rene Schob has been appointed the Country Managing Partner Mazars Romania, succeeding Jean-Pierre Vigroux, who will continue with Mazars from a consultative perspective.
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Rene, a Swiss national, is a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is a Certified Tax Advisor and member of the Romanian Chamber of Tax Consultants (CCFR).
Rene boasts over 15 years of professional experience in finance, of which 7 years as a tax and financial advisor in Romania. His field of expertise encompasses Romanian and international taxation, with an emphasis on direct taxation: profit tax, withholding tax, financial and tax due diligence, mergers&acquisitions and corporate finance. He advised clients from various industries such as: automotive, insurance, production, pharmaceuticals, retail, agriculture, services providers, energy, E-business, Technology and IT. Rene is a well-known expert for foreign and particularly German-speaking investors in Romania, having offered support to well over 150 firms during their market entry stage.
He elaborated and held many seminars and trainings on various tax and financial topics. Rene is a lecturer at the OPWZ institute in Vienna. He has authored several technical articles on tax issues for specialized publications and co-authored an investment guide on Romania, for Austrian and German investors.
Before joining Mazars, he co-founded the professional services firm "Adevaris", which merged with Mazars in 2013. Prior to that, he worked as a Project Management Advisor with KPMG Consulting / BearingPoint and as a director in corporate planning and controlling with a Swiss stock listed company.
He is fluent in English and German, with a sound knowledge of Romanian and knowledge of French.