Board of Governors of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce  President: Mr Darko Eisenhuth ABB Croatia Mr. Darko Eisenhuth is the Country Manager for ABB Croatia. Mr. Eisenhuth has been with ABB since 1980 (then ABB ASEA representative office, and since 1996 ABB Ltd). Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Eisenhuth worked at the Radio-television Zagreb, Transmitters and Communications (from 1979-1980). He started his career in Končar Electrical Engineering Institute, power transformer factory, where he worked from 1976-1979.
Mr. Eisenhuth holds a degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, specialized in electromechanical engineering and and automation. He is married. Vice President:
Mr Krešimir Paliska Det Norske Veritas Phone: +385 1 2499 850
Fax: +385 1 2499 860 Mr. Kresimir Paliska is Det Norske Veritas's Country Manager for the entire Adriatic region (Croatia, Slovenia, BiH, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Greece) and a member of the Regional Board for Southern and Central Europe. Mr. Paliska held various management positions within DNV since joining the company in 1996. Prior to this, he worked at Uljanik Plovidba. Mr. Paliska holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Technology and Production) and a mini-MBA from St. Thomas University (USA). He is a Croatian national and speaks Croatian and Italian as native languages, as well as English.
Treasurer:
Mrs Dijana Spalatin Cargotec Phone: +385 1 3688 281
Fax: +385 1 3635 563
Ms. Dijana Spalatin is the Financial Director and Procurator for Cargotec Croatia and Financial/Business Controller of Cargotec for the region of Middle East. Ms. Spalatin has been with Cargotc (previosly MacGregor) since 1990. During her career in the company, Ms. Spalatin was appointed South Europe Area Business Controller (1995-1996) and South East Europe Business Controller (1996-2000). Before joining Cargotec, Ms. Spalatin held a position of Chief Accountant at the Croatian Automobile Club.
She holds a degree in Economics from the University in Zagreb, specialized in Foreign Trade. She is married and has two children. Governor: Mr. Haris Boko Energy Institute Hrvoje PožarPhone: +385 1 6326 100 Fax: +385 1 6040 599 E-mail: haris.boko@nordicchamber.hr Mr. Haris Boko is the Chief Adviser with HP Energy Institute, the leading regional energy consultancy, responsible for international business advisory services and management of key projects. Mr. Boko holds the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. In his previous capacity as the State Secretary and Director of the Croatian National Developmental Agency, Mr. Boko was in charge of all national developmental projects, in both private and public sector.
For the last fifteen years, he has been project director on numerous international infrastructural tenders under private, World Bank and European Commission procurement. Previous professional engagements were in Tokyo, London, Vienna, Montreal and Boston while advising UN, WHO, UNDP and World Bank as well as leading private consultancies. Governor: Mr. Tibor Jerger ECOS Trgovina d.o.o.Phone: +385 1 37 95 901 Fax: +385 1 37 95 969 E-mail: tibor.jerger@nordicchamber.hrMr. Tibor Jerger is the President of the ECOS Management Board since April 2009. Previous to this position, from 2005, he was Executive Director of Podravka West Europe. Other positions include Vice-President for Marketing and Sales at Ericsson Nikola tesla, General Manager and Market Director at Volvo Truck Corpororation and Regional General Manager at Electrolux . Mr. Jerger is educated at the Stockholm University and the Royal High School of Technology in Sweden. He also took a year in the MBA course at the Webster University, Vienna. Mr. Jerger is a Swedish national, and besides his native Swedish language, he is fluent in
English, German, Croatian and other languages with Slavic roots. Mr. Jerger is married and has two children.
Governor:
Mr. Dragan Popović Ericsson Nikola Tesla Phone: +385 1 3654 648 Fax: +385 1 3654 776 E-mail: dragan.popovic@nordicchamber.hrMr. Dragan Popović is the Director of Mobile Data Expertise Centre in Ericsson Nikola Tesla, after 20 years of international career in IT and telecom industry. He brings his expertise in developing and expanding business in new technology areas as well as deploying and delivering professional services on a global scale. Previously, Mr. Popović held different management positions in sales, marketing, product development and support at IBM and Ericsson in Sweden, Netherlands and UK. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (M.Sc.) at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and received his Technical Licentiate degree from the Royal High School of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He is fluent in Croatian, Swedish and English.  Governor: Mr. Samir Žero Lagerkvist & Partners Mr. Samir Žero is the Vice President of Lagerkvist and Partners Eastern Europe (Lagerkvist and Partners is a strategic managment consultant company). He has been in this position for nine years, during which he managed projects for Pliva, Podravka, Svedala, Atlantic, Stora Enso, Ericsson, TELE2 and Elan. Previously, Mr. Zero worked as manager for the Slovenian Globtour company (from 1989-1991) and held two management positions in Sweden – in Hoganas and Nederman companies. Mr. Žero was educated at the University of Civil Engineering in Zagreb, as well as at Natex in Helsingborg, Sweden. He speaks Croatian, Swedish and English.
Founding assembly (November 2005)
Members of the Board of Governors at the founding meeting of Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Croatia Mr Lars Himmer, First President of the Chamber, signing the Statute |
