"The IT sector still has very good prospects for development in the world and we will continue to expand our business in Moldova," Endava CEO John Cotterell said.
At a meeting with journalists on Wednesday in Chisinau, he said, among other things, that the world is changing very rapidly, the level of automation and mobility is increasing, from unmanned transport to digitalization of all sectors of the economy. The engine of transformation is IT companies, such as Endava. Founded in 2000 as Compudava, it merged with British partner Concise in 2006 and was renamed Endava. At present, it has offices in almost 30 countries of Europe, America and Asia and employs over 11,000 people. The Moldovan office is one of the largest, employing more than 1200 people. The company in Chisinau works for clients from abroad: "Unfortunately, our services for Moldovan companies are still quite expensive, but some businessmen show interest in cooperating with us", said Veaceslav Panfil, head of the Moldovan office. At the meeting, it was noted that the company pays a special attention not only to training its personnel but also to cooperation with Moldovan educational institutions in order to improve the level of knowledge of Moldovan students with the possibility to get a job in Endava. According to John Cotterell, in Great Britain the higher education is focused on the way of thinking of students, so that they can continue their professional development. The higher education in Moldova, on the other hand, is aimed at applying practical skills in order to get a job and in this respect it is necessary to change the way of thinking and the approach to learning. Endava is an IT-Park resident, which allows it to apply a simplified taxation system, which stipulates, first of all, payment of 7% of turnover. In reply to a question of InfoMarket agency about the prospects of the company's activity in Moldova in the context of obtaining the status of candidate to the European Union and the EU requirements concerning the abolition of any privileges, in particular for the residents of free economic zones (FEZ), John Cotterell mentioned that IT-Park can hardly be called a classic FEZ. Nevertheless, according to him, any state, even the EU members, are interested in retaining some attractiveness for the development of the IT sector. "In Moldova, the IT sector accounts for almost 11% of the country's GDP. So we can expect that Moldova will be interested to keep certain conditions or create new programs for the development of the IT sector", John Cotterell said. // 29.06.2022 - InfoMarket.
