GSH Investor Day 2025: Over 100 participants at the first event dedicated to the investor community and partners
Grup Șerban Holding a organizat, pe 23 mai 2025, prima ediție a Zilei Investitorului. Evenimentul a reunit peste 100 de invitați – investitori, viitori investitori, brokeri, furnizori, clienți, reprezentanți ai presei, studenți ai Facultății de Economie din cadrul Academiei de Studii Economice București, precum și reprezentanți ai băncilor din sindicatul bancar, care a structurat o finanțare de 73 milioane euro pentru dezvoltarea GSH, dar and beyond.
"Investor Day was not just an event, it was a moment of truth. We opened the doors to who we are, what we build day by day, and especially to where we want to go together.
Every investment, every project, every relationship built over time reflects one thing: trust. And for us, trust is the most valuable capital.
We are honored by the community that has formed around Șerban Holding Group and grateful for every relationship built on respect, commitment, and shared vision.
This day confirmed we are not alone on our journey – we are a network of people who believe in the potential of Romanian agriculture and in the strength of a business built with perseverance, hard work, and solid values, stated Nicolae Șerban, CEO Grup Șerban Holding.
The event included an extensive tour of Șerban Group's main investments and production facilities, providing investors with a detailed perspective on our integrated business model, operational structure, and guiding values. Presentations focused on operational progress, strategic sustainability directions, and medium-to-long-term development plans – all aligned with our core objective: EBITDA maximization through efficiency and innovation.
The first stop took place at the Orbeni base, where guests toured the grain storage facilities and logistics equipment for receiving and shipping. They also observed the base's strategic positioning near both rail and road transport infrastructure (A7 and E85 highways).
Next, the group visited the egg-laying chicken farm, part of an €11.5 million investment (including €7.5 million in non-repayable funds). This integrated project was designed to maximize internal resources and reduce production costs by utilizing plant by-products at the combined feed factory in Vaslui.
On a 500-hectare irrigated potato field, participants explored the precision agriculture solutions implemented by Șerban Holding Group, including automated irrigation systems, crop rotation, and innovative processing technologies for industrial potatoes. The tour continued in the fertigation and regenerative agriculture zone, where cutting-edge no-till equipment and specialized machinery for vegetable farming were demonstrated.
The technical tour concluded at the Sascut industrial platform, where GSH invested €7 million in a modern vegetable sorting, packaging and storage center equipped with 250 KWp photovoltaic panels and a fully automated OptiSort line (25-ton/hour capacity). This investment reduces Romania's potato import dependency (March-June) and strengthens national supply chains.
After the field visit, participants attended a networking lunch and a series of presentations delivered by the group's financial and commercial partners. Among the speakers were:
- Maria Popescu, Corporate Regional Director, North East Region at BRD Groupe Société Générale, representing the banking syndicate (Banca Transilvania, BRD Groupe Société Générale, Raiffeisen Bank) that structured a €73 million financing package for GSH's development. His speech highlighted the Group's remarkable growth trajectory from its first guaranteed loan in 1999 to its current level of financial trustworthiness and bankability. This evolution reflects a 420-fold increase in financing capacity, supported by the robustness of its business model and the credibility built over time.
- Vasile Varvaroi, General Manager of Cargill Romania and Ukraine – spoke about the importance of the relationship with Șerban Holding Group, emphasizing that the Group always honors its contracts, including those worth hundreds of millions of lei – a testament to the company's immense intangible value.
- Neli Filip, Agro Manager PepsiCo Eastern Balkans – highlighted that in 2024, GSH became PepsiCo's only partner with whom a storage contract was also signed, utilizing the cold storage infrastructure at Sascut. Additionally, together we launched a five-year regenerative agriculture project, initially on 20 hectares, to be expanded to 75 hectares, with objectives of soil improvement, productivity increase and carbon emissions reduction.
- Bogdan Zainea, Managing Director of Netafim Romania - emphasized that he invested personal capital in Șerban Holding Group, trusting in its growth potential. He noted that five years ago, the Group didn't irrigate a single hectare, while today, in partnership with Netafim, they irrigate 2,500 hectares with visible productivity increases, particularly in potato cultivation.
- Oana Barna, GSH Support Department Director - who presented the financial results and the company's focus on EBITDA as a measure of operational performance.
