Drago Kos is the Dean and Secretary-General of the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna and the Chair of the OECD Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. From 2014 to 2022, he was the Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions. In recent years, he has been a member of the International Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (IACAB) in Ukraine and a Co-Chair and Member of the Defence Corruption Monitoring Committee (NAKO) in Ukraine. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as International Commissioner and Chair of the Joint Independent Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (MEC) in Afghanistan. Between 2003 and 2011, he was President of the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). In his native Slovenia, Drago Kos was the first President of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption and Head of the Working Group for the Development of the Slovenian Guidelines on Corporate Integrity.
Nicola Allocca is a Senior Executive with over twenty-five years of experience in complex private sector and industry organizations. He led the responsible governance, risk management and compliance functions and pioneered the use of data and artificial intelligence to strengthen business integrity.
He is the Chair of the OECD Committee on Business Integrity and Anti-Corruption, former Co-Chair of the B20 Integrity and Compliance Working Groups, Professor of Responsible Business Conduct at Tor Vergata University in Rome, and Short-Term Expert for EL PAcCTO 2.0 on Anti-Corruption, Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Investigations.
He is the author of the book L’onestà è lucidità – Favole manageriai per tempi complessi.
Dr. Sc. Ema Menđušić Škugor is a lawyer with over 10 years of experience advising on legal and compliance risk management in complex business environments. She is currently Co-Managing Partner and Head of the Regulated Industries Law Department at DTB Law Firm.
In his work, he focuses on AI, cyber security and digital regulation, with an emphasis on translating regulatory requirements into practical solutions applicable in everyday business. He regularly advises clients from various industries on compliance with the new EU regulatory framework, including the Artificial Intelligence Act and related regulations.
In addition to consulting work, he teaches at the Algebra University’s MBA program and executive programs in the areas of digital law, privacy and cyber security. It also holds in-house workshops and trainings for legal, compliance and business teams, with an emphasis on the gap between regulatory requirements and their actual application in practice.
Hana Horak, Ph.D. is a full professor with a permanent position at the Department of Business Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb. She has been employed at that institution since 1992, where she teaches commercial law, international trade law, European market law and European company law, and participates in teaching postgraduate studies in the field of corporate governance and European law. She served as Head of the Department of Business Law for three terms and is the head of the postgraduate specialist study “Legal and Economic Framework of Business in the European Union”.
She is the editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Inter EU Law East, included in the Web of Science, and a member of the editorial board of the European Company Case Law journal. He is active in national and international professional organizations and advises companies in the field of company law and corporate governance, sustainability and ESG.
Since 2026, she has served as the President of the Supervisory Board of Hanza Media.
Ivica Budimir is a civil engineer by profession. He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Split in 1997, and has worked in road construction his entire career. He started it at the Croatian Institute of Civil Engineering (IGH), continued it in the quality control laboratory at Strabag and at Konstruktor, and then at Jadrankamen. 14 years ago, he was employed by the Croatian branch of the French construction company Colas, where he successfully managed its profit center for the southern part of the country. Among other things, he worked on the design of some sections of motorways, and for a time he taught a course on construction site organization at the Polytechnic University of Split. In February 2025, he took over the top position at Croatian Roads, that of President of the Management Board.
She is the President of the Management Board of GrECo Specialty GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, a company owned by the GrECo Group, specialized and focused exclusively on the insurance and reinsurance of specific industries, such as energy, construction, transport and logistics, aviation and financial institutions. In her position, she is responsible for business development in 21 countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe, including Croatia. Among other things, she is responsible for managing a premium of 1 billion euros, a revenue of more than 65 million euros and a team of 400 people.
Her career was anything but ordinary. A graduate in aviation engineering and professional pilot, she successfully founded and ran the first Croatian business airline, after which she held leading roles in the insurance sector. She came to GrECo from the position of president of the Marsh Management Board McLennan Croatia, where in the five years since she took the top position, she has increased revenues fourfold, developed reinsurance as part of the business and turned the portfolio around so that more than 80% of it was made up of companies from the domestic market. Iva is aShe is the recipient of the CROMA Manager of the Year Award 2023 in the small business category.
is a graduate in law, employed as the Company Secretary of Atlantic Grupa dd with basic responsibilities in the field of corporate governance. Her responsibilities include taking care of the organization of work and mutual coordination of the work of the Management Board, Supervisory Board and General Assembly of the Company, their auxiliary bodies, the compliance of the company’s internal acts, legal support of the Company’s activities in the field of capital markets and participation in the legal aspect of the preparation and implementation of Atlantic Grupa’s acquisition activities. She joined Atlantic in 2006, immediately before its IPO, and has been actively involved in the entire development of Atlantic Grupa in the field of corporate governance and the capital market to date. Before Atlantic, she spent three years in law practice working in the field of commercial and civil law, during which time she passed the bar exam. She has completed a number of professional training courses in Croatia, the United Kingdom and the United States in the field of corporate governance, capital markets and management. She is a member of the ICC Croatia Commission for Commercial Law and Practice.
Mag. iur. Ljiljana Hrastinski Jurčec is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia. Over forty years of judicial work, she has gained exceptionally rich experience in all branches of law, especially in the field of commercial, enforcement and bankruptcy law. During her work in the judiciary, she served as a judge of the Civil Department of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia and as a judge of the High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia, where she was at certain times the president of the Department responsible for commercial disputes and the Department for monitoring and supervision of case law. She graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Osijek, passed the bar exam and attended the postgraduate study program in Business Law and Transactions. She actively participated in the work of numerous judicial and professional bodies, including the Judicial Council of Commercial Courts, the Program Council of the Judicial Academy and a number of working groups of the Ministry of Justice for the development and amendment of the legislative framework. She was also the president of the Commission for taking bankruptcy and management exams and a member of the Commission for taking notary exams. It is on the list of arbitrators of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce. He is a certified mediator. She is the author of several professional papers and publications in the field of enforcement and bankruptcy law, and a long-time manager of education and professional workshops for judges and judicial trainees. As an associate at Codupo doo, she is responsible for giving opinions and solving legal issues, with a special focus on the interpretation and application of regulations, the regulatory framework and legal support in complex legal and compliance issues.
Master of Laws and lawyer with more than 25 years of experience in the field of criminal law, anti-corruption, economic crime and compliance investigations in an international environment. She currently holds the position of Senior Compliance Investigator at Siemens Energy, and previously she was the director of the Forensic Department at Deloitte GmbH and worked for almost 17 years at Siemens AG as Senior Investigative Counsel for the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, India and the Middle East and as Regional Compliance Officer for the Adriatic region.
During her career, she led complex international internal investigations related to corruption, economic crime and sanctions violations, conducted risk assessments, defined corrective measures and compliance programs, and coordinated cooperation with competent authorities in various jurisdictions around the world. Before moving to the corporate sector, she held the position of Deputy Head of the Specialized Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption at the State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Croatia and Head of the Economic Crime Department. She regularly participates in international professional conferences and has extensive experience in the field of compliance investigations, anti-corruption and regulatory risk management.
Zoltán Gábor Nagy serves as head of legal in Hungary since 2013 at the LEGO Group’s Hungarian manufacturing operation. With nearly two decades of professional experience in legal and compliance roles, he has focused primarily on the manufacturing sector, including overseeing regional and local implementation of the LEGO Group’s legal and compliance programs. His focus is ensuring that a fast-growing organization adheres to legal standards and regulations, while supporting strategic investments projects, from planning to execution.
Zoltán holds several master’s degree in international business law, tax and labour law. Also, he is a PhD candidate and conducts research on the labour law aspects of occupational fraud and he is a visiting lecturer at the University of Debrecen, Hungary at the Compliance Lawyer LL.M and HR Specialization LL.M. courses, contributing to the education of future legal and HR professionals.
The LEGO Group operates its second largest factory in Hungary with a facility that currently employs close to 5000 people, reflecting the scale and importance of LEGO’s operations in the region.
Vinka Ilak graduated in law in 2007 at the Faculty of Law in Osijek, after which her career starts at the law firm Ledić & Kaleb in Zagreb. Her career path at Fina begins in 2011 as the head of the legal team for the establishment of a system for the electronic enforcement of monetary assets. She actively participates in amendments to important laws, including the Enforcement Act and the Bankruptcy Act. As an expert in enforcement law, she made a key contribution to the project for the establishment of an enforcement system under the Enforcement Act.
Since 2017, she has been heading the Management Office, and then became an advisor to the Management Board, working on complex legal issues and providing expert assistance to the President of the Management Board. She is the author of numerous professional papers and articles and often participates in training courses intended for the professional public. Since 2020, she has become a member of the Management Board of FINA and continues to work on improving the enforcement system and promoting financial literacy of Croatian citizens.
Zvonimir Jukić is the Deputy President of the State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures (DKOM) and the President of the Council in which he decides on appeals in public procurement, concessions and public-private partnership procedures and decides on the legality of procedures, actions, omissions and decisions as individual acts adopted in public procurement, concessions and public-private partnership procedures.
He is a lawyer from Zagreb who has passed the bar exam. In his previous career, he worked as a law trainee and in the state administration system, within the Government Office for Public Procurement, i.e. the Ministry of Economy, Directorate for the Public Procurement System. During his work in the state administration system, he participated in the drafting of legal and subordinate legislation in the field of public procurement and was a member of the working group responsible for Chapter V – Public Procurement.
He also worked at Narodne novine dd as the Head of the Legal Education and Legal Library Editorial Department and was a member of the working group for the creation and improvement of the Electronic Public Procurement Classifieds (EOJN RH).
He is a public procurement trainer and regularly participates in professional conferences and workshops on public procurement in the country and abroad.
Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, until recently a member of the Management Board of Privredna banka Zagreb, since the end of February this year a member of the Management Board of VUB Banka and Head of Corporate & SME in Slovakia, also a member of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group.
Until February 2026, as a member of the PBZ Management Board, she was responsible for corporate activities for large and medium-sized enterprises and for the area of investment banking. She was also the president of the Supervisory Board of PBZ Leasing doo and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Zagreb Stock Exchange dd.
Ms. Jelušić Kašić was a partner responsible for financial advisory at Deloitte Croatia from 2018 to 2021. Her work included professional advisory in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and financial restructuring. She was also the Head of Corporate Governance and led the Private Sector Initiative for the Adria region. Vedrana Jelušić Kašić worked for more than 20 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), from 1998 to 2018, where she was Country Director for Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Slovakia. She was also responsible for the EBRD’s activities in the agribusiness, food and beverage, and retail sectors in 12 countries in Southeastern Europe from 2007 to 2013, and was also a non-executive director of the supervisory boards of several leading private companies in Southeastern Europe. Vedrana Jelušić Kašić gained her initial business experience at Raiffeisen Bank in Croatia, Merrill Lynch Private Client Group in the USA, the Croatian National Bank and Monte Titoli in Italy. Vedrana Jelušić Kašić earned a Master of Science degree in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University in the USA, and a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, and is also the recipient of two Rector’s Awards. She completed her education in international finance at the Wirtschaftsuniversität and Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Vienna and holds a Non-Executive Director’s Diploma from the Financial Times in London. Vedrana was a member of the advisory councils of the President of the Republic of Croatia for two Croatian presidents (2018-2019 and 2020-2021). The Croatian Business Magazine has listed her among the 10 most powerful businesswomen in Croatia five times and the Croatian Women’s Network has listed her among the most influential businesswomen for 2020.
Miralem Mašić is an expert in People Analytics, Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) and decision making, with more than 20 years of experience working in regional companies and global corporations. Throughout his career, he has worked to understand what organizations often fail to see in time – how decisions actually travel through the system, where ownership is lost and why even good strategies often do not produce the expected results. He holds two master’s degrees from the United Kingdom and is the co-author of the Rootshift methodology, an approach that connects decision making, organizational dynamics and execution into one functional system. Through lectures, workshops and his own texts, he deals with topics that lie at the intersection of data, human behavior and real organizational power.
A law graduate with extensive experience in the fields of competition law, commercial law, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a particular focus on the energy and media sectors. He is the head of the competition team and is considered one of the leading Croatian experts in the field of competition.
During his career, he has advised clients in complex merger proceedings, represented them in antitrust and abuse of dominant position proceedings, and provided day-to-day legal support and specialized training in the field of competition law. He also has significant experience in the areas of commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and real estate law.
It cooperates with clients from various industries, including telecommunications, the pharmaceutical industry and higher education. He is a regular lecturer at professional conferences, co-author of a publication in the field of distribution law, and a former member of the working group for drafting the Law on Compensation Procedures for Violations of Competition Law. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb and obtained the title of Master of Law and Business (MLB) at Bucerius Law School and WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.
Master of Laws with more than ten years of experience in the insurance sector, specializing in regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), corporate governance and risk management. She currently holds the position of Chief Compliance Officer for Compliance and AML Officer at Merkur Insurance dd, and was previously Chief Compliance Officer for Compliance at UNIQA Insurance dd and Compliance Specialist at Allianz Zagreb dd
During her career, she led the establishment and development of the Compliance Framework, conducted risk assessments and compliance controls, advised management on regulatory issues, coordinated cooperation with supervisory authorities, and conducted compliance training. Since 2017, she has been a lecturer at the Zagreb Stock Exchange Academy, where she shares practical knowledge and examples of good practice in the areas of compliance, anti-money laundering, and corporate governance.
Master of Laws with more than 15 years of professional experience in the field of law, business compliance, corporate governance, human resources management and internal audit. She currently holds the position of director of the Management Office Sector at Merkur osiguranje dd, where she is responsible for strategic and operational management of human resources, legal affairs, business compliance, money laundering prevention and support to the Management Board, in addition to coordinating communication with regulators and the Konzern.
Before that, she was an internal auditor for corporate compliance at Fortenova Grupa dd, where she carried out internal audits, in-depth analyzes and activities related to the system of reporting irregularities, and she also gained experience as a senior legal advisor for compliance at HETA Asset Resolution Hrvatska doo and through legal practice. She holds the international certificate CCEP-I (Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International) and continuously improves her knowledge in the areas of human resources management, business compliance, risk management and corporate governance.
As Group Compliance Director at KANSAI HELIOS Group, a global coatings and chemicals producer, Maša Bantan Marot is responsible for designing and implementing the Group’s compliance management system, ensuring that business activities align with applicable legal requirements and internal standards. A key focus of her role is strengthening a consistent and effective compliance culture across the organization, particularly in the context of rapid global growth, acquisitions, transformation, and increasing regulatory complexity.
Maša holds a BA in Political Science, an MA in Strategic Marketing Communication, and an ICA GRC Diploma. She combines expertise in governance, risk, and compliance with a strong background in corporate communications and the integration of ESG principles into business operations. This unique perspective enables her to expand compliance beyond its traditional scope into a broader platform that promotes integrity across the organization and fosters an environment that supports ethical decision-making while effectively managing risks.
Dr. sc. Dario Car is the co-founder of DeeP Project, a company specializing in organizational development, assessments, and people analytics. In his work with organizations, he combines data, behavioral insights, and practical experience to help understand how decisions are made in real-world work situations, how people react to pressure, change, and uncertainty, and why formal processes often fail to translate into expected behavior. He is particularly interested in decision-making, organizational culture, responsible behavior, collaboration, and the application of new technologies in working with people.
Marin Herenda is a lawyer with more than 10 years of experience in commercial law, corporate law, and compliance. Since 2021, he has worked at Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., initially as a Legal Counsel, where he provided legal support for commercial operations, particularly in the sale of ICT solutions and related services in international markets.
In early 2025, he assumed the role of Head of Compliance, focusing on compliance risk management, business partner due diligence (including sanctions-related risks), anti-corruption controls, conflict of interest management, contractual compliance safeguards, and the promotion of ethical and responsible business practices.
Before joining Ericsson Nikola Tesla, he worked as an attorney at Šavorić i Partneri, where he was involved in M&A transactions, due diligence processes, and advising clients on commercial and corporate law matters.
He also gained professional experience at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. He is currently enrolled in a postgraduate specialist program in Corporate and Commercial Law at the University of Zagreb.
A law graduate with experience in the legal profession, banking sector and energy industry. During her six years of work in law, she dealt with legal advice and representation of clients in various areas of law, after which she continued her career in a corporate environment in legal support, management and business compliance.
She currently holds the positions of Lead Compliance Specialist and Lead Management Support Specialist within INA Group. Her work focuses on the areas of corporate governance, compliance, risk management and management support, and she participates in the development and implementation of internal policies, procedures and governance frameworks.
In addition, as an Ethics Officer of the INA Group company, she deals with issues of business ethics, integrity and compliance. In this role, she participates in receiving and processing reports of irregularities, conducting internal investigation procedures and working with the INA Group Ethics Committee in cases related to ethical violations and protecting the dignity of employees. She is particularly focused on strengthening the culture of integrity, trust in the reporting mechanisms and the application of ethical standards in everyday business.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. During her studies, she participated in the Erasmus program at the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg, and further enriched her academic training by participating in research work at the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg.
Andrijana is a recognized expert in the field of business compliance, business ethics and integrity with more than 17 years of experience in the financial sector and advising international companies in the fields of finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics, retail and production. During her career, she led the development and implementation of Compliance and Integrity programs in large, highly regulated and internationally present organizations and advised management and management on regulatory and ethical risk management. Her special area of expertise includes the management of Compliance risks, third party risks, conflict of interest, anti-corruption programs and the development of an organizational culture of integrity.
She is the founder and president of the European Institute of Compliance and Ethics (EICE) and director of the Bled Compliance and Ethics Conference, one of the leading regional conferences in the field of compliance and business ethics. Since 2016, she has been working as an independent consultant and adviser to large international companies, and for more than ten years she has been advising the management of the international company TRICOR. He actively participates in international professional initiatives and represents Slovenia in the European Network for Compliance Officers (ENFCO).
She holds the international qualification Advanced Certificate in Business Compliance of the International Compliance Association ICA (International Compliance Association, UK), and from 2012 to 2014 she was a member of the international board for CCEP-I certification at SCCE. In 2022, she gave a TEDx speech in Ljubljana entitled “Why a Whistleblower is not a Snitch”. He is currently researching practical aspects of artificial intelligence management, AI Governance and AI Compliance.
Dominik Kozary has been an official of the Ministry of Finance of the Customs Administration since 2005, currently assigned as the Head of the Service for Goods Subject to Prohibitions and Restrictions and the Application of Sanctions in the Central Office of the Customs Administration. His narrow specialization is sanctions, environmental protection, human health, cultural property and control of the movement of strategic goods. He is a representative of the Customs Administration in various expert groups of the European Commission and national Commissions in the Republic of Croatia. He is the author of numerous professional articles in the field of prohibitions and restrictions. He graduated from the Police College in Zagreb and received his master’s degree from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, in the field of criminal law.
Julia Pilgrim is the Global Coordinator for Business Integrity in the Corruption and Financial Crime Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), leading UNODC’s work on business integrity and collective action. From 2016 to 2019, she headed UNODC’s Education for Justice (E4J) initiative. Julia Pilgrim has earlier served with UNODC’s Global Programme against Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism (GPML) as an Associate Anti-Money Laundering Adviser. Before joining UNODC, Julia Pilgrim worked in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein focusing on issues of particular relevance to financial centres. From 2004 to 2007, she was an active member of, and in 2007 headed, the Steering Committee of the international financial forum “Liechtenstein Dialogue on the Future of Financial Markets”.
Cristina Ritter is an attorney-at-law specialized in strategic business administration with a career of over 20 years in the United Nations and the private sector. She is currently the Head of Governance and Anti-Corruption at the UN Global Compact.
Prior to this position, Ms. Ritter worked for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 2014, where she provided technical assistance in various continents on the international standards and tools to address corruption and money laundering, while engaging in international cooperation and asset recovery.
Over the years, she was designated Global Coordinator of the Integrity Component of CRIMJUST, a UNODC flagship programme against drug-trafficking, she became responsible for the Americas at the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch (CEB) and served as Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor twice.
Ms. Ritter engages with chambers of commerce, compliance associations and companies across the world to promote business integrity. She fosters private-public sectors dialogue and has achieved the adoption of multiple anti-corruption policies, legal frameworks and national strategies.
Her formal education includes an MBA in Strategic Management (Argentina / France) and a Magna Cum Laude Degree in Law and Political Science (Panama). She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.
Mr. Đorđević has more than 15 years of professional experience spanning anti-corruption, financial investigations, asset recovery, and governance, working at the intersection of national institutions and international organizations and is currently Head of the UNODC Programme Office in Serbia. Since 2021, he has served with the United Nations as Regional Anti-Corruption Specialist at the UNODC Programme Office in Belgrade, where he leads the implementation of anti-corruption programmes across South-Eastern Europe, advising national authorities and supporting their alignment with the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
Robert Blažinović was born in 1984 in the Republic of Croatia. He graduated from the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, University of Rijeka in 2007, earning a Master of Economics degree. He continued his academic education at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka, where he completed a postgraduate specialist study in Controlling. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Media and Communication at the University of North in Koprivnica.
He began his professional career in the hotel sector, where he held various operational management positions. He later moved to the public sector, where he devoted more than a decade to shaping the industrial and entrepreneurial policy of the Republic of Croatia. In 2016, he joined the Ministry of the Economy and Sustainable Development, initially as Head of the Industrial Policy Sector, and was then appointed Director of the Directorate for Industry, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, and Director of the Directorate for Entrepreneurship and Crafts. In these positions, he led the development and implementation of public policies aimed at strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises, increasing industrial competitiveness and encouraging innovation. He also actively participated in the work of international organizations such as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and numerous expert groups of the European Commission.
Since February 2025, he has served as the President of the Management Board of Jadrolinija, the national shipping company of the Republic of Croatia. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the company, long-term planning and financial sustainability, with an emphasis on digital transformation, fleet development and green transition.
During his career, he was a member of the supervisory boards of numerous state-owned companies, such as Narodne novine dd, Brodogradilište 3. Maj dd, Đuro Đaković Grupa dd, Hrvatska brodogradnja Jadranbrod dd, 3. Maj 1905 doo, Agencija Alan doo and Petrokemija dd.
He is deeply committed to the concept of lifelong learning and brings strong leadership, communication and organizational skills to every role. It stands out especially in complex environments at the intersection of economic policy, innovation and public administration.
Vinko Berković (LL.M., MBA) is a professional with extensive experience gained from working in several leading Croatian companies, where he held various roles – from Head of Legal and Human Resources to Corporate Sales. He currently holds the position of Compliance Officer responsible for HT Group and affiliated companies.
During his tenure, Hrvatski Telekom was recognized by Ethisphere as one of the world’s most ethical companies in 2022 and 2024, becoming the first and only Croatian company with this prestigious recognition.
He has been appointed as a mediator at several institutions and an arbitrator at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce. He is also an internal auditor for business and information systems and a certified internal quality auditor for various ISO standards. He holds the Certified Compliance Manager International (CCMI) and Certified Fraud Investigator International (CFII) certificates, which he obtained at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Croatian Association for Business Compliance and the Croatian Association of Corporate Lawyers.
A graduate lawyer with a passed bar exam and more than 15 years of experience in the field of commercial law, corporate governance and business compliance. She spent a significant part of her career performing duties as secretary of the Jadrolinija Management Board for more than ten years, and since 2024 she has also performed the function of secretary of the Supervisory Board, with direct experience in the work of the Company’s bodies and the application of legal and regulatory requirements in business.
Since 2020, she has held the position of Compliance Advisor, and since 1 January 2026, she has been the Head of Compliance Monitoring at Jadrolinija. She is focused on the development and improvement of the compliance system, the application of good governance standards, and issues related to the governance (G) component of ESG.
He participates in cooperation with the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in strengthening corporate governance and implementing international good practices in Jadrolinija and continuously improves his professional skills in areas relevant to his professional role.
Adela Jelinek Bišćan is the Director of the Business Results and Processes Sector at AKD, and has held executive positions for over 15 years. Throughout those years, her focus has always been on designing, contracting and implementing digital projects that form the infrastructure backbone of a modern state. Such systems require the “translation” of complex legal frameworks into highly functional IT systems that ensure interoperability, security and business efficiency.
The emphasis in the work always lies on the creation of digital capital – the transformation of raw data into a measurable strategic advantage for public administration and the economy. The portfolio of delivered projects includes the areas of traceability, digital identity, transactional and analytical systems in the field of transport, and systems for the automated allocation of rights for people with disabilities and islanders. These are solutions whose results are operational and measurable for years after implementation.
Adela Jelinek Bišćan is coming to the 2026 Compliance Conference “New Standards and New Responsibilities” as an expert who combines regulatory requirements with operational reality.
Jure Sertić is the CEO of AKD, a company that develops and manages systems in the field of digital identity, security, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure. At the helm of AKD, he is focused on developing a company that combines technological innovation with high requirements for security, regulatory compliance and responsible corporate governance.
Under his leadership, AKD has further strengthened its position as one of the key Croatian companies in the field of security solutions, digital identity and ICT services in recent years, with the implementation of a number of strategic projects of national importance. At the same time, a strong emphasis has been placed on the development of management systems, integrity, business transparency and compliance with the highest international standards.
One such step forward is the implementation of the international standard ISO 37301 for the compliance management system, which AKD started as a strategic project to strengthen corporate governance, and in 2026 became the first company in Croatia certified according to this standard.
Jure Sertić comes to the Compliance Conference 2026 “New Standards and New Responsibilities” from the perspective of a company leader in which compliance is not only a matter of meeting regulatory requirements, but part of management responsibility. At the panel on corporate governance and compliance in state-owned enterprises, he will talk about the role of the Board in building a culture of integrity, risk management and creating a system in which compliance becomes an integral part of business decision-making.
Zlatko Čuletić is a graduate economist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of procurement. During his career, he has gone through all key development phases within the Procurement Department, from the position of Procurement Specialist, through Procurement Coordinator, to Procurement Manager. He gained professional experience through strategic management of procurement processes, supplier negotiations, cost optimization, contract management, and development and leadership of the procurement team.
In his current position of Procurement Manager, he assumed responsibility for the strategic management of the procurement function, development of procurement policies and procedures, management of suppliers and contracts, market analysis and team management, with special emphasis on transparency, business compliance and risk management. Focused on optimizing costs, developing a reliable supply chain and applying high standards of business ethics and compliance.
He has gained particular experience in implementing procurement for projects financed from European Union funds, including procurement procedures in accordance with the rules of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) and other relevant guidelines for EU projects.
He is coming to the Compliance Conference 2026 as an expert in procurement risk management and due diligence of business partners, as well as the establishment of effective control mechanisms that ensure transparency, accountability and effective procurement risk management.
She currently holds the position of head of legal affairs and compliance at the company Holcim (Croatia) doo, where she has been leading and implementing business compliance programs for more than three years and provides legal support for all key company processes.
Before joining Holcim, I gained legal and compliance experience as an in-house lawyer at the retail chain SPAR Hrvatska doo, where, in addition to regular legal work, I also participated in the supervision and implementation of compliance.
The above-mentioned legal career is based on more than 15 years of previous experience in the legal profession, where she worked as an attorney and partner in several law firms, specializing in commercial and civil law.
Ana Pašiček is Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Croatia, leading its work to advance responsible and sustainable business practices and strengthen collaboration between the private sector and key stakeholders.
She has more than 20 years of experience in development finance, EU financial instruments and institutional cooperation. Before joining the UN Global Compact, she held senior roles at the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR), with a particular focus on financing SMEs, innovation and sustainable investment.
Dr. Silvija Vig is the Director of CODUPO Compliance, an international expert, consultant and trainer in the field of Compliance, business and behavioral ethics, risk management, anti-corruption and organizational culture, with more than 25 years of managerial and consulting experience in Croatia and the region.
As a consultant, she leads projects for the establishment and development of compliance functions and the implementation of ISO 37301 Compliance Management Systems. She led the implementation of ISO 37301 in AKD doo, the first Croatian state-owned company certified according to this international standard, and is currently implementing several projects for the development of compliance functions and Compliance Management Systems in state-owned companies and the real sector in Croatia and the region.
She holds international CCEP-I and LPEC certificates, as well as ISO 37301, ISO 37001 and ISO 31000 Risk Management certificates. She has also completed the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Certificate Program.
She holds a PhD in Business Ethics from the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, teaches Business Ethics and CSR at RIT Croatia, and is the author of the book Business Ethics. She is the President of the Ethics Committee of INA Group and a member of the Business Integrity Commission of ICC Croatia. She has participated in international projects in the field of Compliance, Integrity, and Anti-Corruption in cooperation with organizations such as UNODC, OECD, USAID, and CIPE.