Dejan Turk, Member of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

After graduating from the University of Economics in Vienna in 1995, Dejan Turk began his career at McDonald's in Slovenia as a restaurant manager where he gradually advanced to become the CEO of the McDonald's restaurant chain in Slovenia and Croatia.

 

In 2004, Dejan joined A1 Slovenia (then known as SI.mobile) as the marketing and sales manager. He quickly ascended to become a board member for Marketing and Sales (CMO) , and in 2007, he was appointed CEO of the company.

 

By 2014, he was named the CEO of A1 Serbia (formerly VIP mobile). Since 2015, he has served as the CEO/CMO of a new organizational unit comprising A1 Serbia and A1 Slovenia within the A1 Group.

 

In June 2024, Dejan was appointed CEO of both A1 Croatia and A1 Slovenia.

 

Throughout his distinguished career, Dejan has received numerous prestigious awards, including Manager of the Year in Slovenia, Manager of the Year in Serbia, awards for significant economic contributions to Slovenia's economy and for excellence, leadership, and corporate social responsibility in Serbia.

Milan Zaletel, Director-General of Finance

Milan Zaletel graduated from the University of Ljubljana and enhanced his expertise through studies at universities in Oxford, Pennsylvania, and the Zukunft Institute. Before his tenure with the A1 Group, he served in leadership roles within the Elan Group, overseeing the Control and Finance departments.

 

In 2003, Milan joined A1 Slovenia as the Finance Director. By 2006, he had become a key member of the Finance Department. From 2008 to mid-2010, he not only managed the financial operations but also the entire technical sector of A1 Slovenia.

 

Over his career, Milan has held various management positions within the A1 Group across Slovenia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. In June 2024, he will assume the role of Managing Director for Finance at A1 Croatia.

Blaz Ferenc, Director-General for Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and Business Sustainability

Blaz Ferenc graduated from the University of Ljubljana and earned an MBA from the COTRUGLI Business School in Zagreb. He began his career at the Taktik Communication Agency, then moved to Pristop, before joining A1 Slovenia in 2016 as a Senior Expert in Corporate Communications.
 

He has received several prestigious international awards for communication excellence, including the Globe Award and the Gold Quill.

 

In 2020, Blaz was appointed Director of Corporate Communications and Sustainability for A1 Slovenia and A1 Serbia. Subsequently, he took on the role of Acting Director-General for Human Resources and Communications.

 

Since 2024, he has served as the Managing Director of Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and Business Sustainability for A1 Croatia and A1 Slovenia.

Ivan Skender, Senior Director of Strategy, Transformation and Competence Delivery Center

Ivan has over 20 years of international experience in the telecommunications and IT industry in Central and Eastern Europe.

Before joining A1, he held various executive positions at Deutsche Telekom Group, the last one of which was Marketing Director for Slovak Telekom's B2B and Cloud/ICT segment.

At this position, he was responsible for the development of the B2B segment on the Slovakian market and the telecom's transformation into a Cloud/ICT service provider.

Ivan graduated from the University of Zagreb in 2001 with a degree in electrical engineering, obtained an MBA in 2006 at the IEDC-Bled School of Management, and completed business education programmes at European business schools such as the ESMT Berlin, RSM Erasmus and others.

Ivana Markovic, Senior Private Customer Director

After graduating from the Faculty of Economics and Trade, Ivana started her career in the FMCG industry, after which she went on to build a successful career in the telecommunications sector.

At managerial positions at Hrvatski Telekom, Ivana's responsibilities included the development and implementation of the commercial strategy in accordance with market trends, while at the same time leading important market teams.

She joined the A1 team in 2014 as Head of Private Customer Sales; after excellent results in all sales segments, in 2016 she became the Senior Private Customer Director.

Daniel Simic, Senior Director Enterprise Division

In his 20 years of international experience in the consulting and ICT industry, Daniel has structured and led complex transformation projects in the telecommunications industry and the public sector in Croatia and the CEE region. He led the business of IBM Consulting in Croatia and was responsible for the development of regional business in the telecommunications industry as a member of the IBM Consulting CEE Leadership team.

He started his career in 1999 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, then continued at Ericsson Nikola Tesla, after which he began his consulting career in the USA and Great Britain.

Vladimir Skender, Senior Network Director

Vladimir Skender started his career at Hrvatski Telekom and continued in Israel as a technical manager at Nokia, responsible for building and integrating mobile networks. He joined the A1 team in 2012 and participated in almost all infrastructure projects, particularly the integration of B.net, Amis, and Metronet.

Over the past ten years, he has been leading projects for constructing and modernising fixed and mobile networks in Croatia and Macedonia.

Boris Gotovac, Senior IT and Services Director

Boris Gotovac began his career at Hrvatski Telekom and left as the Director of the IT Development and Integration Department. He continued as part of the A1 team and was the IT Cluster Croatia and Macedonia Director. In both countries, he worked on acquisition projects of other companies, as well as the integration of IT systems and their migration to the Cloud.

He led business digital transformation projects that included agile work methods and the implementation of automated processes and artificial intelligence.