After completing his Master’s degree at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), he spent many years leading international sales and marketing teams in leading global companies across the region and Italy. Over time, he recognized that his true passion lies in people development, and in 2015 he founded a leadership development company. Since then, he has been delivering educational programs that integrate the development of professional skills with deeper personal growth.
In addition to numerous coaching certifications in Croatia and abroad, he completed a four-year training in integrative Gestalt psychotherapy, which provided him with deeper insight and a rich set of tools for individual and organizational development. Over the past ten years, he has worked with teams and leaders across the region and Europe, as well as in Asia, the United States, and South America.
In Zagreb, the open leadership development program Integralna Leadership Akademija is conducted, whose purpose is to create leadership that goes beyond the sole achievement of KPIs and contributes to the development of conscious leaders, healthier organizations, and a higher-quality society.
What can you expect from the lecture "HR Identity: The iceberg is melting"
The lecture HR Identity: The Iceberg Is Melting is a direct call to reassess the identity of the HR function and the HR manager who has spent too long trying to appear strategic, while often remaining stuck in operations. We are entering an era of profound technological change that will not only transform tools and processes, but also the way people work, collaborate, and experience security. For this very reason, the ability to lead through transition will become one of the decisive competencies of organizations.
This lecture analyzes how HR got to this point — from personnel administration to the still often unrealized ambition of becoming a strategic partner — and why its own reactive patterns continue to keep it on the margins. All current trends point to one conclusion: the HR of the future will not survive simply because it is “important,” but only if it becomes business-relevant through redefining its identity. The ice is melting. The question we seek to answer is: which old and new elements of HR identity will create value for companies in the near future, and which will remain on the disappearing iceberg?
What can you expect from the panel "The Position of HR on the Board: The Reality of Practice"
The panel brings together HR managers who are also board members of their organizations – professionals who daily balance business strategy and responsibility toward people. Through personal experiences and concrete examples, we will discuss the changing role of HR at the highest level of decision-making, the new responsibilities such a position brings, and the challenges and pressures HR leaders face as part of the management team. The panel's goal is to open an honest and realistic conversation about the actual influence of HR in the board – without idealization, but with a clear focus on the future of HR leadership. In this interesting discussion moderated by Domagoj Lipošinović, the participants will be Mojca Domiter, VP Group People & Culture, Atlantic Grupa, Marin Mlinarić, Director People & Culture Croatia and Slovenia – Member of Management Board at Philip Morris International, Marija Zovko, People & culture director Carlsberg Croatia group and Marija Felkel HR Director, Member of the Executive Board, Perutnina Ptuj Group.