Management Board

A unique junction of selected Slovene female and male managers

Managers’ Association of Slovenia Management Board is responsible for:

  • monitoring the implementation of the annual program,
  • monitoring of the regular, day-to-day work of the Association. 

It consists of 30 members of the Managers’ Association of Slovenia, usually in the leading positions in Slovene companies, and of elected presidents of the sections. The members of the Management Board are nominated for three year mandate.

President

President of the Managers's Association of Slovenia

Iztok Seljak holds a PhD in Economics, specializing in future zero-carbon mobility and business model innovation. He has also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Managers' Association of Slovenia, and back in 2002, he received the Young Manager of the Year award.

iztokz2

"Our common fundamental goal, shared by all Slovenian managers and leaders, is a significant increase in the standard of living in Slovenia to a level comparable with the most developed countries. We can achieve this only through the growth of our overall competitiveness and created added value, and by responsibly establishing all the necessary conditions to do so. Therefore, we must productively and responsibly engage all available forces in society.

As responsible leaders, Slovenian managers will do everything in our power to significantly increase our collective productivity. We will delve into the key challenges of the future with the aim of finding the most creative and innovative answers. We will invite all stakeholders in society who can and must responsibly contribute to their joint realization—including, but by no means limited to, the ruling government of the day," emphasized Dr. Iztok Seljak upon his election.

Dr. Iztok Seljak was born in 1964 in Ljubljana. He graduated in 1989 from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana. He completed his MBA program in 1998, a Master of Science degree in 2007, and a PhD in 2015, all at the IEDC-Bled School of Management, addressing future zero-carbon mobility and business model innovations.

Throughout his entire career, which began in 1989, he has been associated with the company Hidria. He first managed logistics and purchasing, and then sales and marketing at Hidria Rotomatika, taking over the management of the company in 1996. In 2002, he became Vice President of Hidria for Industrial Sales and Marketing, and in 2004, he took over the management of Hidria Automotive, the automotive division of Hidria, which he and his colleagues developed into one of the leading automotive suppliers. Since 2018, he has been the Director of Hidria Holding; prior to that, he headed the Management Board of Hidria as its President from 2008.

The Managers' Association named him “Young Manager of the Year 2002,” and an international jury in Sarajevo named him “Top Manager of South-East Europe 2012.” At the EBA (European Business Awards), he and Hidria won the title of “Most Innovative Company in Europe 2012/2013” and the 2016 CLEPA (European Association of Automotive Suppliers) award for the best eco-innovation in the European automotive supply industry. As a coordinator, he leads the GREMO (GREen MObility) Mission of the Slovenian automotive supply industry for its green breakthrough. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Managers' Association, former Governor of Rotary District Slovenia and North Macedonia for 2020/21, and Honorary Consul of Hungary in Slovenia. As a Rotarian, he is dedicated to charity, helping people in need, and proactively changing the world for the better.

Members of the Management Board

Management Board is led by the President of the Managers' Association. Members od the Management Board of Managers' Association of Slovenia for the period 2023–2026 are: 

  • dr. Iztok Seljak, Hidria, MAS President;
  • Adrian Ježina, Telemach;
  • Aleksander Zalaznik;
  • Aleša Mižigoj, Medex; MAS Vice-President and Female Manager's Section President;
  • Aljoša Krdžić, Rojs, Peljhan, Prelesnik in partnerji; Young Manager's Section President;
  • Boštjan Gorjup;
  • Enzo Smrekar, Atlantic Droga Kolinska;
  • Franjo Bobinac, Olimpijski komite Slovenije;
  • Janez Škrabec, Riko;
  • Lovro Peterlin, MAS Vice-President;
  • Marko Lukić, Lumar;
  • Marko Drobnič, Talum;
  • Medeja Lončar, Siemens;
  • Melanie Seier Larsen, BCG;
  • Miha Senčar, Tenzor;
  • Nada Drobne Popović; Gen energija d.o.o.
  • Sabina Sobočan, Varis Lendava, MAS Vice President;
  • Sarah Jezernik Konovšek, Styria;
  • Tanja Subotič Levanič, Pivovarna Laško Union;
  • Tomaž Orešič, Resalta;
  • Tone Stanovnik, Špica International;
  • Vanja Hrovat, Generali;
  • Žiga Hieng, Salus, MAS Vice President;
  • dr. Žiga Vavpotič, Bora Partners.