Shareholders’ representatives of the Supervisory Board

Uroš Slavinec, born on January 29th 1951, holds a university degree in economics. From 01st June 1990, he has been the President of the Management Board of the company Helios Domžale d.d. He had been employed in the said company from the beginning of his working career, i.e. from 1975 until 1986, at all times working in the management department and in various fields (head of planning and analysis department, member of the collegiate management committee and chairman of the collegiate management committee). From 1986 to 1990, he was a member of the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia for industry and construction. He is also Chairman of the Assembly of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. In 1997, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia awarded for outstanding achievement in the field of economics and in 2006, he was awarded as the manager personality of the year.

Maja Makovec Brenčič, PhD. is an Associate Professor of International Business and Marketing at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana (FELu). Her main research areas are internationalisation of firms, international marketing, B2B and relationship marketing. She has published in Journal of International Marketing, International Marketing Review, European Journal of Marketing; Industrial Marketing Management and other international journals, mostly in the area of international business and international marketing. She is one of the leading marketing and international business academics in Slovenia, where she also publishes in academic and professional journals, especially in B2B and international marketing and business areas. She has contributed to different international monographs and conference proceedings and served as a reviewer for international conferences or academic journals in her research areas. She is involved with various professional associations (e.g. EMAC - national coordinator for Slovenia and a member of executive board, member of AMA, AMS, AIB). She is also a president of Slovenian Marketing Association and vice-chair of Slovenian Advertising Arbitration Board. At FELu, she is a Vice Dean for Development, where she coordinates new product development, strategy development, quality assurance and accreditations. She also runs FELu International Business graduate programme and often consults Slovenian international companies, mostly in the area of marketing and their international business development. She is also a vice president of the Quality Assurance Committee at University of Ljubljana, member of the Quality Assurance Board at FELu and the president of the Board of the NAKVIS – Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education of Slovenia.

Keith Charles Miles, born on November 28th 1941, is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is in retirement. He holds both Slovene and British citizenship. He was a director at several British public and non-public joint stock companies. Currently, he is the chairman of the British-Slovene Society and a lecturer on retail, finance, economics and business administration. He regularly publishes articles in the Žurnal24 daily paper and occasionally in the Finance daily paper. He is active in several other fields both in Slovenia and in Great Britain. He has gained his working experience while being employed at various companies and enterprises, mostly dealing with accounting, treasury, finance and retail. From 1958 to 1970, he was employed at G.H.FLETCHER & CO (professional public accountants and auditors), as a partner; from 1970 to 1972, he worked at the P&O Group (transport activity) in the group accounting division; from 1972 to mid 1973, he worked at the Grindlays Bank Group (banking) as an assistant company secretary (group accounts); from mid 1973 to mid 1983, he worked at Datnow "Group" (investments and sales), as a director; from mid 1983 to mid 1985, he was the director of finance and administration at the Greater London Enterprise Board (investment, local/municipal administration); from mid 1985 to 1988, he was the director of finance and administration at the Cable Authority (regulatory body); from 1988 to mid 1990, he was the director of finance and administration at the Institute of Economic Affairs (academic institution); from mid 1990 to October 1995, he worked at ETAM PLC (retail company) as the company secretary and director of finance of the Etam Group. He was also a member of numerous boards, mostly in Great Britain.

Dr. Peter Kraljič, born on January 7th 1939, obtained his B.Sc. in Metallurgy from the University of Ljubljana, his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Hanover and his MBA from the INSEAD, Fontainebleau. From 1970 until his retirement in 2002, he was employed at Mc Kinsey & Co., Inc., acting as Director after 1982. Prior to this, he worked at La Continental Nucléaire, Luxembourg, from 1967 until 1970, at TH Hannover from 1965 to 1967, and in the year 1964, he was active in the welding industry in Slovenia. His activities are mainly related to industrial activities, such as chemical, pharmaceutical, automobile and steel industries, as well as to industry service sectors in Germany, Austria, France and Eastern Europe. He has published numerous scientific and business papers in reputable journals. He has also been a speaker at numerous meetings, institutions and forums, where he lectured on several topics, including industry and company restructuring in Eastern Europe. He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of the companies SID, LEK Severstal. In addition, he was also president of IEDC Bled School of Management, as well as a member of the "Mc Kinsey Global Institute Advisory Council." In 2002, he was also a member of the Federal Committee for the Restructuring of the German Employment Agency.

Dr. Marcel van Assen (1969) is a managing consultant at Berenschot, a leading Dutch consultancy firm, where he is responsible for the proposition Operational Excellence. His consulting experience covers various operations management and innovation management issues, from operational excellence, lean six sigma to value-innovation based on strategic conversation, roadmapping and foresight, aiming to professionalise both industrial and service organisations. Marcel van Assen is also a lecturer of various courses, workshops and master classes with respect to Operational Excellence for Services at TiasNimbas Business School. He holds a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the University of Twente, a M.Sc. in strategy and organisation from the Open University, and a Ph.D. in business administration from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is an ambassador of the University of Twente. He is co-author of various articles and books, including i) Operational Excellence new style: implementation, instruments and models for management excellence [in Dutch], ii) Practices of Supply Chain Management [in Dutch], iii) Key Management Models, and iv) Reconfigurations of chains and networks.

Bernard C. Pasquier, born on February 2nd 1954, obtained his undergraduate degree in Business Administration (Finance and Investment Analysis) from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises de Montpellier (France) in 1976 and his Masters Degree in Public Administration (Business and Economic Development) from the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (USA) in 1984. He has been consultant since 2008; his portfolio of assignments includes advising the Monaco Parliament on economic and financial issues and the World Bank on various projects linked to private sector development. He also represents the International Finance Corporation on the Board of Directors of Grupo Mundial, Panama. In the years 2004 to 2007, he was Secretary General at COMPAGNIE MONEGASQUE DE BANQUE in Monaco, responsible for overall corporate strategy, legal department, internal and external communication and participating in Board of Directors and Executive Committees meetings. In the years 2001 to 2004, he was Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Department at the International Finance Corporation, Washington, responsible for the overall strategy of IFC, including new investments ($1.5 billion per year) and portfolio ($5 billion). In the years 1984 to 2001, he also performed several other functions with the IFC: he was an investment officer through the Young Professional Programme (1984-1985), principal economist and country officer for the Africa region (1985-1990), manager of the Africa Department (1990-1995), Senior Adviser in the Office of the President of The World Bank (1998-2001) and Director of South Asia Department (2001-2004). In the years 1980 to 1983, he was a founder and the managing director of the company Dream Food International in San Francisco. In the years 1977-1980, he worked as investment analyst at The Chase Manhattan Bank in Rio de Janeiro, and in the years 1976 and 1997, he was economic consultant at the Finance Ministry in Rio de Janeiro. He is fluent in French, English and Portuguese, and has command of conversational Spanish and basic Italian. From 1998 to 2004, he was a Board member of SMBP, a private bank based in Monaco, whose shareholders were Dexia and La Caixa de Barcelona. He is also Secretary General of Monaco Méditerranée Foundation, Secretary General of the Club of Monaco, Secretary General of l’Association des Monégasques de l’Etranger and a member of the Rotary Club of Monaco.