Vasile Tofan

Vasile Tofan has served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova since July 2026. Before entering public office, he worked in investment, entrepreneurship and corporate strategy. He began his career at Monitor Group in Amsterdam and later worked at Philips on strategy and M&A. During his graduate studies in Boston, he co-founded Ovia Health, a digital health company later acquired by Labcorp.

In 2012, he joined Horizon Capital, a Kyiv-based private equity firm focused on Ukraine and Moldova, growing to Senior Partner and a member of the Investment Committee.

His work in Moldova included the transformation of MAIB, country’s largest bank, as well as the turnaround of Purcari Wineries following the Russian embargo and its subsequent listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

He holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Public Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

A native Romanian speaker, he is also fluent in English, French, Dutch, Ukrainian and Russian. He is married and has four sons.

As Prime Minister, his priorities are economic growth, attracting investment, deregulation, more efficient public spending, and helping secure Moldova’s place in the European Union.