H.E. Alain Kundycki, new Ambassador of Belgium to Serbia

H.E. Alain Kundycki began his role as Ambassador of Belgium to Serbia in February, 2011. Previous roles have included Head of Desk for Eastern Europe (1972-1973), Head of Desk USA-Canada (1975-1978) and Commercial Attaché in Atlanta (1978-1982). As a career diplomat his postings have been at the Brussels Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1982-1984), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (1982-1987), Mexico (1987-1991), Ottawa (1991), in Montreal as the Representative of Belgium on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (1991- 1995), Director for Subsahara Africa for the Brussels Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995-1998), Ambassador to Bolivia (1998-2002), Consul General in Montreal (2002-2004), Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Brussels (2004-2006), and Ambassador to Luxembourg (2004-2011). H.E. Alain Kundycki has one son and one daughter.

Dragiša Slijepčević, new President of Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia

Judge Dragiša B. Slijepčević (55) the new President of the Serbian Constitutional Court was born in Sečanj, Vojvodina. After gaining his Law Degree, he was employed at a high school in Sečanj. In 1980, he was appointed as judge at the Sečanj Municipal Court and, ten years later, as a judge at the Zrenjanin County Court. Subsequently, he was appointed at the Zrenjanin Commercial Court in 1992, and four years later, he was employed by the High Commercial Court in Belgrade. Judge Slijepčević was previously a member of the High Council of Justice, and is currently a member of the Bar Exam Commission.

Major General Miodrag Jevtić, new Rector of the University of Defence

The new Rector of the University of Defence, Major General Miodrag Jevtić, was born in 1956 in Smederevo. He graduated from the medical school in 1981, specialised in general surgery in 1992, and was awarded the title of Doctor of Medical Sciences in 1997. He has served as the Chief of the Military Medical Academy (www.vma.mod.gov.rs) since April 2005.

Stephen Fish, new Secretary Treasurer at AmCham Serbia

Stephen Fish started his career in his native England, before moving to the Middle East. He then lived and worked in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Slovenia before he moved to Croatia in 2008 to head up the Ernst & Young (www.ey.com) country practice.

Last year he also took on the practice in Serbia and moved to Belgrade. As a Partner in Ernst & Young, he is currently in charge of coordinating the firm’s services in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Major General Milan Bjelica, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces

Major General Bjelica was appointed as the Deputy SAF Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces by the decree of the Serbian President Boris Tadić on 15th February. He was born in 1956 in Stolac, He graduated from the Military Academy (www.va.mod.gov.rs), department of infantry in 1979, completed General Staff School in 1995, and General Staff training in 2001.

He was appointed as the Chief of the Minister of Defence Cabinet on 31 October 2005.

Miloš Đurković, new Second Vice-President of AmCham Serbia

Miloš Đurković is the Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Serbia (www.hp.co.rs). He has spent more than 16 years working in the IT industry in Serbia and neighbouring countries. He was the General Manager of IBM Serbia as well as the Head of the Representative Office of CISCO Systems, responsible for the markets of Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania. Mr. Đurković graduated from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

He was a member of the Managing Board of NALED (The National Alliance for Local Economic Development), and is still is a member of the Association of Serbian Corporate Directors. He is married and has two children.

Colonel Marijan Novaković, the newly appointed Head of the Military Medical Academy

The new Head of the Military Medical Academy (www.vma.mod.gov.rs), Colonel Marijan Novaković, was born in 1957 in Vučitrn.

He graduated from medical school in 1982, specialised in plastic surgery in 1988 and became a Doctor of Medical Sciences in 1998.

He had been the Chief of the Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Burns, at the Military Medical Academy since 30 June 2004.

Young Woong Lee, new Regional Executive Director at LG

Young Woong Lee (51) from South Korea, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of LG’s Hungarian branch (www.lg.com/hu) which covers nine countries in Central and South Eastern Europe. He has worked for LG in the U.S. and Japan. Mr. Lee graduated from the state university in Seoul. He has worked for LG for 25 years and has a substantial amount of experience in business management, marketing, finances and product management. Young W. Lee succeeded Sang Yong Lee as the Executive Director who has been transferred to Italy in the capacity of the Director of the Italian branch of LG.

Slavica Denić, new State Secretary in the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights

The Ministry for Human and Minority Rights (www.ljudskaprava.gov.rs) has announced the appointment of the new State Secretary of this ministry, Slavica Denić, who is the first Roma to be appointed to this function. Slavica Denić is a Professor of Philosophy, a member of the Regional Education Council, was a journalist of RTV Vojvodina, the President of the Board of Directors of the Roma Inclusion Office of AP Vojvodina and a member of the monitoring team for the project of the Regional Educational Secretariat, ‘Mentor work in secondary schools and integration of Roma children’.

Ivan Vujačić, new untitled member of the Board of Governors at AmCham Serbia

Professor Ivan Vujačić is a member of the Board of Directors at Eurobank EFG (www.eurobankefg.rs). He served as the Ambassador of Serbia to the US from 2002 to 2009. As the Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Belgrade University, Professor Vujačić is also known as a renowned economist, recognised for his economic projections during the transition and privatisation process. He was a Fulbright scholarship student at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (1983-1984), and afterwards gained professional experience by participating in numerous economic seminars.

Colonel Dejan Janković, the newly appointed Chief of Military Police

The Chief of Military Police, Colonel Dejan Janković, was born in 1964 in Kosovska Mitrovica.

He graduated from the Military Technical Academy in 1987, completed command staff training in 2002, and General Staff training in 2007.

He has been at the post of the Chief of the Military Security Agency (www.vba.mod.rs) Support Department since the 24th March 2010.

Nebojša Atanacković, new member of the European Integration Council

Nebojša Atanacković graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering. He is the proprietor of the Centar Boban Company (centarboban.com) and one of the majority shareholders in the Nafta Shareholding Company.

He was Deputy President of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) from 1995 to 2000 and an MP over three separate terms from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Atanacković founded the Serbian Association of Employers (UPS) in 1994 and is currently the Association’s Chairman.

He was the UPS President from 2000 to 2005. Mr. Atanacković is a member of the Republic of Serbia’s Social & Economic Council.

Patrice Filoche, new President of the French-Serbian Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Patrice Filoche (54) was elected as the new President of the French-Serbian Chamber of Commerce in January 2011. He graduated from École Nationale Supérieure d’agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (ENSAIA), Nancy, and has spent his entire career working for major French dairy groups. In 2009 Mr.

Filoche was appointed to the position of General Manager at Somboled doo (www.somboled. rs), the Serbian subsidiary of Lactalis group.

Prior to this position Mr. Filoche spent more than 12 years working in foreign countries such as Mexico, Uruguay and Spain. He is married with one child.

Francesco Fiamingo, new Offer Management Director at METRO Cash & Carry Serbia

Francesco Fiamingo has been appointed offer management director and board member at the wholesale company METRO Cash & Carry Serbia (www.metro.rs).

Mr. Fiamingo graduated from economy at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1996, and he has a strong background in wholesale business. Before starting his career at METRO, he ran his own company in Rome and worked in the sales team of the food division of Nestle Italy.

Mr Fiamingo joined METRO Cash & Carry Italy in 1998 as department manager responsible for various food categories in store operations and later on joined the purchasing team.

Zoran Petrović, new untitled member of the Board of Governors at AmCham Serbia

Zoran Petrović is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board at Raiffeisen Bank (www.raiffeisenbank.rs), where he is responsible for Treasury and Investment Banking. He began his career at the Economics Institute in Belgrade. In 1992 he joined Yugobanka where he spent four years in Corporate and five years in the Treasury Division.

He has worked for Raiffeisen since 2001. Since 2007 he has been the Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board. He graduated from the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Economics, and is a founder of the money market curve in RSD – Belibor & Beonia.

Colonel Duško Žarković, the new Chief of Air Force Staff

The new Chief of the Air Force Staff, Duško Žarković, was born in 1968 in Benkovac.

He graduated from the Military Academy’s, Department of the Air Force in 1990, completed General Staff School in 1999 and General Staff training in 2006.

He was appointed Assistant Commander for Operations at the Air Force Command on 10 February 2010.

Vladimir Ćurgus, new Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Vladimir Ćurgus was born in 1952 in Zemun, and graduated from the Law School in Belgrade. Between 1981 and 1984 he was the Head of the International Department of Social and Child Protection Services and during his rich career he has also been the Deputy Director of the Federal Social Security Institute (1990-1991) and the President of the UNICEF National Committee and Coordinator for Cooperation with International Humanitarian Organisations (1991-1994). Between 2006 and 2011 he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Turkey. Mr. Ćurgus is married with two children.

Veljko Lalić, new Editor-in-Chief of the Press daily newspaper

The new Editor-in-Chief of the Press daily newspaper (www.pressonline.rs) was born in Belgrade in 1976 and is a journalism graduate. He began his journalistic career in 1995 by working for the Večernje Novosti. He is the youngest recipient of the annual Novosti Award (1998) and the Serbian Journalist Association Award (2005).

Mr. Lalić is also the recipient of the Man of the Year Award for the best column (2010) and the Miša Anastasijević Plaque for his editorial work for the Press Weekly (2010). He is fluent in English. Mr. Lalić has attended many international courses including the Guardian Course for the Most Talented Journalists in South East Europe which was held in Zagreb, in 2005.

Tomaž Berločnik, new Chairman of the Management Board of Slovenian company, Petrol

The Supervisory Board has appointed Tomaž Berločnik (42), MSc, as the new Chairman of the Management Board of Petrol (www.petrol.eu). His five-year term began at the beginning of February. Mr Berločnik is a previous member of Petrol’s Supervisory Board and is therefore already familiar with the company.

In addition, he is an established businessman with a wealth of experience, which is why he was considered to be the right choice for Petrol’s leadership and to be able to manage Slovenia’s largest energy company in an active and development-oriented manner. Tomaž Berločnik has a master’s degree in economics (MBA). He has also been President of the Management Board of Donit Tesnit.

Brigadier General Goran Radovanović, the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the Training Command

Deputy Commander of the Training Command, Brigadier General Goran Radovanović, was born in 1962 in Zaječar.

He graduated from the Military Academy (www.va.mod. gov.rs), Department of Air Force missile units in 1984, became the Master of Military Sciences from 1998, and finished General Staff Training in 2001.

He was appointed as commander of the Guards of the SAF as of 12 November 2006.

David Banjai, new untitled member of the Board of Governors at AmCham Serbia

Mr. Banjai currently holds the position of Plant Manager with Ball Packaging Europe Belgrade Ltd. (www.ball-europe.com) and is responsible for BPE’s operational performance in South-eastern Europe. He joined BPE in 2004 as the Engineering Manager at the Belgrade facility overseeing the installation and start-up of production as well as the recruitment and training of new employees. In 2006 Mr. Banjai took over the responsibility of Manufacturing at BPE Belgrade as the Assistant Plant Manager, before being appointed Plant Manager in 2008. Prior to joining Ball Packaging Europe, Mr. Banjai spent five years in Hungary in various technical roles at Siemens.

Jelena Kralj, new untitled member of the Board of Governors at AmCham Serbia

Jelena Kralj is been a Senior Consultant and Country Manager for Serbia at Pedersen & Partners (www.pedersenandpartners.com) - a firm operating globally in 41 wholly owned offices - since 2007. Previously, Ms. Kralj was an Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Manager of the Securities and Capital Market Department at the Ministry of Finance of Serbia. She has also served as General Manager and a shareholder at the ‘EFA’ brokerage firm. Ms. Kralj has been a Member of the Board of AmCham Serbia since February 2009, also serving as AmCham’s HR/Task Force Manager.

Colonel Milomir Todorović, the newly appointed Commander of the Guards

Serbian Army Guard commander, Milomir Todorović, was born in 1965 in Vitez.

He graduated from the Military Academy, in the department of infantry in 1990, completed the General Staff school in 2000, and General Staff Training in 2008.

He has been the Deputy Commander of the Guards since 14 July 2008.

Manja Grčić, President of B92’s Executive Board

Manja Grčić was born in 1979 and was schooled in Libya, Iraq, Zambia and Sri Lanka. She graduated with a journalism degree from a prestigious college in the UK. Following graduation, she worked as a reporter for BBC and then returned to Belgrade where she was involved with news programming at TV B92 (www.b92.net). Manja has also worked as a PR advisor for USAID (http://serbia.usaid.gov), after which she went on to work for Pink TV as a director of the Media System Company. Following this position, she was appointed as Deputy Director of Fox TV. Ms. Grčić also worked in Slovenia during 2008 as the Director of the national TV station TV3 Slovenia which is owned by MTG (Modern Times Group).