Managing Board

Vladislav Cvetkovic is Director of Advisory Services in “PricewaterhouseCoopers” in Belgrade since 2013. He served as the Director of Privatization Agency from 2009 to 2013, managing all activities on the Serbian privatization agenda, including the improvement of privatization-related legislation. From 2001 to 2007 he was engaged in the National Bank of Serbia and the Agency for Deposit Insurance, as Advisor to the Governor and the leading advisor for privatization of banks. During this period, he led a number of projects related to banking sector reform and was directly engaged in formulating and successful implementation of the strategy and privatization of significant financial institutions in the country, also leading on several of the largest privatization projects in Serbia so far. From 2004 to 2005 he was a Council member in the National Bank of Serbia, and the Managing Board President in Komercijalna banka AD Beograd from 2006 to 2009. His professional career started in financial consulting in “Deloitte”, Belgrade, in 1994-2000, as well as in academia, as he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Economy in Belgrade, at the Business Finance and Accounting department.

Stanka Pejanović is a Board member in Gorenje Group system, the largest Slovenian and eighth largest home appliances manufacturer in Europe. A longtime director of the Mercator-S group, she held two mandates in the Mercator Group administration, responsible for Mercator’s business in markets of South East Europe. During her term at Mercator in Serbia, she increased sales spaces seven fold and raised market shares from less than 1% to nearly 9%. Very experienced in the fields of corporate management, acquisitions and mergers, business restructuring, strategy and brand value evaluations, category & supply management, pricing and sales strategies, as well as marketing and loyalty strategies. She is the Vice President of NALED Managing Board, being engaged in the MB since 2015, and the President of Serbian Association of Managers SAM. She finished both her BA and MA in Economics at the Economics Faculty of the University of Novi Sad, and is currently pursuing her doctorate at her alma mater. She speaks Serbian, English, Slovenian and Russian. Mother of two children.

Nikola Dašić, a graduated economist and military officer from Kragujevac, was born on March 4, 1975 in Ljubljana. He graduated from the School of Economics in Kragujevac, and the Military Technical Academy in Belgrade. He started his career as an assistant chief accountant, in "PP Stari hrast", where he worked from 1993 to 1994. In the "MV Interkom" Kragujevac company, he worked in from 1998 to 1999 as a sales manager. Between 2002 and 2005, in the General Staff of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro, he was a platoon commander - manager of the logistics unit for supply and equipment of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense. In 2005, he started working in the Privatization Agency, Kragujevac Regional Office, as an assistant project manager, and in 2006, he became the director of the Kragujevac Regional Center. He continued his career in 2012 at the National Bank of Serbia, as the director of the forced collection department in Kragujevac, and since 2013 the assistant to director of the forced collection department and advisor to the Governor for regional supervision in the branches in Kragujevac, Niš and Užice and coordinates with the Cash Operations Department with the Governor’s authorization, as well as the treasury departments in the branches in Belgrade and Novi Sad. He speaks English. Married, father of three.

As a member of NALED Managing Board, he firmly supports the organization’s development with strategic guidelines and mentor support in cooperation with the Executive Office. He leads a company that has been a member NALED since 2012, a pioneer of Fair Competition Alliance, and a strongly engaged member of the Food and Agriculture and Environment Protection alliances. A man of Balkan sensibility, he listens closely to the needs of members from rural areas, such as Surdulica and Bela Palanka, always wiling to support their projects. He pays special attention to youth programs, cultural heritage and environment preservation – the latter, he says, being the main reason he engages in NALED. Favorite among colleagues in his team and NALED for his managerial skills, leadership vision and understanding for others. Genuine and straightforward, always available and authentic. Sponsor of summer gatherings on multiple occasions, he is also there to freshen up the days for NALED guests and employees with clear Vlasina water.  

Born in 1962 in and graduated from the Faculty of Law in Osijek. He was practiced corporate law, working in Osijek Brewery’s Corporate Affairs Department. Since 1995 he has been the founder and director of the trade company Gomex from Zrenjanin. In 23 years of work, Gomex grew from a small family business into one of the largest supermarket chains in Vojvodina and the broader region, exceeding the number of 1850 employees and more than 160 retail stores. Goran Kovačević has received numerous business awards and he is an active promoter of socially responsible business and culture. Gomex company has been awarded by the City of Zrenjanin in 2016, as one of the largest employers in the region and the city company with a large number of realized and planned investments. Along with being the Director of Gomex, he has also been a member of NALED Managing Board since 2016, and its President from September 2016 to April 2017, while also being the President of Managing Board of the National Theater in Zrenjanin. He is married with three children.

He was born in 1965 in Leskovac, completing his primary education and high school in the city, and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Niš in 1990, later obtaining a PhD title with the highest degrees. He holds the title of MD specialized in internal medicine. He is a co-author of a number of scientific papers in the field of medicine. He stayed in London for professional development, becoming fluent in English language. He was appointed the Chairman of Leskovac City Assembly in two terms, and was also the first Mayor of Leskovac, after it received the status of a city – from June 2008 to March 2009, later taking on the same position again in November 2012. He was the Federal Minister without Portfolio in SRY, and elected an MP in the National Parliament 5 times, from 2001 to 2012. He is a member of the Committee on Health and Care of Families and Children, Committee on Local Government, the delegation of Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE. He has been a part of NALED management since 2014, as a member of the Managing and Executive Board. He is a member of Presidency of Serbian Progressive Party.

Sales and Customer Excellence Director Molson Coors and General Manager of Apatin Brewery. Igor has been working in the Molson Coors team for Serbia and Montenegro for the last 11 years in various positions in the commercial team, especially in the Customer Excellence sector. He started his career in finance and joined the company in 2010 as a member of the performance analysis team. and financial planning in the commercial part of the organization. He gained experience as a price and revenue management manager, and after the establishment of the new Commercial Excellence sector, he was given the opportunity to set up and lead a team in charge of prices, revenue, business intelligence, trade marketing, category management, FSM and customer excellence.

Nikola Vučen was born on February 25, 1981 in Smederevska Palanka. He finished elementary school in Smederevska Palanka, and finished high school in New Belgrade. He has a degree in economics. As a candidate of the Serbian Progressive Party in May 2016, he was elected Deputy President of the Municipal Assembly of Smederevska Palanka. In the period from December 2016 to November 2017, he performed the function of the President of the Municipal Assembly of Smederevska Palanka.   From November 2017 to May 2018, he is the President of the Provisional Authority of the Municipality of Smederevska Palanka. On May 18, 2018, he was elected President of the Municipality of Smederevska Palanka on behalf of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Spec. Dr. med. Rodoljub Živadinović was born in 1973 in Aleksinac. He lives in Žitkovac near Aleksinac. She finished elementary school in Žitkovac, and high school in science and mathematics in Aleksinac. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Niš. He completed his specialization in epidemiology in July 2008 at the Faculty of Medicine in Niš, i.e. Institute for Public Health. He is the head of the Department of Home Treatment, Health Care and Epidemiology at the Health Center in Aleksinac. He is the president of the Committee for Protection against Hospital Infections of the Health Center Aleksinac. He is the head of the Organizational Unit for Nosocomial Infections at the Aleksinac Health Center. He is the head of the Smoking Cessation Counseling Center, which works within the Epidemiology Department of the Aleksinac Health Center. Coordinator of environmental protection affairs of the Aleksinac Health Center and president of the Commission for the implementation of activities on monitoring measures and other activities related to medical waste. He is the head of the Medical Waste Management Team at the Aleksinac Health Center. He is the leader of the Environment Team within the accreditation process of the Aleksinac Health Center, as well as the Management Team. He was the director of the Health Center in Aleksinac from December 31, 2014 to December 5, 2023. He is a volunteer member of the Committee for Protection against Hospital Infections of the Jelenac Gerontological Center, as well as the Committee for Protection against Hospital Infections of the Kulina Home for Adults. President of the Association of Beekeeping Organizations of Serbia since February 2008.He is the holder of the CISCO certificate (October 2009) on completed training within the course "iEkec Business Essentials v.3.0", which is dedicated to training for the use of modern information technologies and the Internet in business, under the leadership of facilitator Bojan Lalić.He successfully completed the training "LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVING GOALS IN A TIME OF RAPID CHANGES", LEADERSHIP 2 (Consulting/Training/Coaching), in April 2012, under the leadership of the manager from the USA, Milan Valčić.Organized by PvC`s Academy, he finished the "LEADERSHIP" seminar under the direction of Emmanuel Koenig in November 2018.In the organization of PvC's Academy, he finished the seminar "NEGOTIATION", under the leadership of Emmanuel Koenig in December 2018.Organized by the HR TEAM, he completed the "FACILITATION" training under the leadership of Ivona Simić in January 2019.He completed the "COURSE IN APITHERAPY" in March 2007, organized by the Ministry of Health of Bulgaria, the National Center for the Protection of Public Health of Bulgaria and the Balkan Beekeeping Federation.