Popa’s previous roles include leadership roles at Twangoo, Rocket Internet, Africa Internet Accelerator, Zando, 5rooms, Wimdu and Airizu China, DealHayom Israel and Lamoda. He has MBAs from both Columbia Business School and London Business School and over 10 years of consulting experience.
Coinciding with Popa’s appointment, Groupon also announced the two founders of its South African business, Daniel Guasco and Wayne Gosling are to step down. After setting up Twangoo from their garage in July 2010, the company was acquired by Groupon after six months and grown by Daniel and Wayne into the multi-million rand operation it is today.
Roy Blanga, International Vice President for Northern Europe at Groupon, said, “Emilian is an innovative and passionate leader who greatly understands the needs of both merchants and consumers. He joins us at an incredibly exciting time as we look to shortly roll out both a completely redesigned website and updated mobile apps in South Africa.”
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