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Started his career in 1998 and among other things, he was responsible for retail banking, customer relationship management and alternative channels, private banking, and sales management in corporate banking.

Sales, marketing, and business development senior executive with broad wholesale & retail automotive experience (+25 years). Proven record delivering results by developing and implementing new and innovative business strategies to leverage changing market conditions. Onto is an all-inclusive, hassle-free solution for driving an electric car. You get all the benefits of car ownership without the long term commitment.

Throughout his career, Robert has built knowledge, experience, and competencies in the field of finance and sales honing his managerial skills, coordinating sales operations, and implementing sales techniques that allow a business to consistently hit, and even surpass, its sales targets.

Experienced sales / commercial director in global software, SaaS, and consultancy mainly in the automotive industry. Many years managing sales, marketing, and operational departments. Sophus3 is a global leader in understanding car buyer behaviour online. It tracks more than 100 million user interactions a month across 25 automotive brands and dozens of other automotive websites to help its clients to make better decisions on product development and marketing spend. 

A senior board-level executive, with more than 20 years of demonstrated international experience working in the automotive industry. Strong operations professional with a Master’s focused in International trade and marketing from ESCE Paris.

Twenty years’ experience of digital product creation, including P&L responsibility for market-leading automotive brands at Haymarket Media Group. Led acquisition of car social platform PistonHeads, the UK’s biggest independent community for men. Drives an electric car. Sophus3 is a global leader in understanding car buyer behavior online. It tracks more than 100 million user interactions a month across 25 automotive brands and dozens of other automotive websites to help its clients to make better decisions on product development and marketing spend. 

Ana Zovko leads projects of digital business transformation and improvement of the user experience, as well as the development of innovative digital offers for clients.

Sepi Arani is leading the commercial proposition spanning: media, data, and partnerships for the UK’s largest new car marketplace. Prior to carwow Arani held both international and UK roles for VW and Audi across strategy, digital, and future mobility. Carwow is a UK-based platform for buying new and used cars from franchised dealers. It uses the reverse marketplace model to remove the need for buyers to negotiate with car sellers. Users choose the car they would like to buy, along with the various specifications and features, then receive offers directly from dealers. 

European Automotive executive with experience in customers experience, digital, marketing and sales. Long experience in leading teams in international matrix organizations. Strong record of innovations and Global best practices in digital and CRM.
Lately member of faculty team at Swiss School of Business and management, lecturing Digital transformations and innovations to MBA students.

Member of the third generation of the Barchetti family to run the business. The Group Barchetti represents 17 automotive brands in 40 locations with 500+ employees. President of EURODA which represents the interests of around 1,600 Opel and Vauxhall dealers across Europe.

The director and member of the Management Board of Porsche Croatia, he started his career in legal profession but in 2000 he decided to switch to a completely different world, to his passion – the automotive industry. 

Automotive CRM & Sales enthusiast on a journey to help car dealerships to embrace new technologies…websites, eCommerce portals, mobile Sales & CRM solutions, Showroom digitalization solutions, VR. Modera deals with Automotive CRM and Dealer Software for the Automobile Industry.

Marketing executive senior with broad wholesale automotive experience (20+ years) from volume to various premium brands. Gearhead and car nut that made passion into profession.

Experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Strong business development always above target and focus on the customer. 

An exceptional leader with extensive experience in the Motor Industry and the ability to build highly motivated teams focused on achieving revenue goals and high levels of customer satisfaction.

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Strong professional with a Master of Business Administration focused in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from United Business Institutes, Brussels.

Since the beginning of his career for the past 18 years, he has worked in almost all business segments related to the automotive industry for the world’s leading brands Iveco, DAF Trucks, BMW, Land Rover, Jaguar, Ford, and Infiniti. For authorized concessionaires and importers for the territory of the Republic of Croatia, Domagoj worked in various positions, from the service manager, after-sales director, technical director, sales director to general manager. Since 2017, he has been the Director of the Hyundai brand and a member of the Management Board of Hyundai Croatia.

Goran Vinovrski started his career as a professional athlete. But later decided to get into the business world and since 2005 into the car industry. 

Filip is a graduated Road Engineer and a university specialist in Urban Transport (the topic of the final thesis of the postgraduate study: Selection of Electric Vehicles for Public Urban Passenger Transport) with more than 10 years of professional experience. He is currently employed by Hrvatski Telekom as the Head of e-Mobility Business Development. He previously worked in the company Rimac automobili d.o.o. as a Homologation Specialist, who is familiar with all components of electric vehicles and the standards applicable to them. He has experience working in Brussels and representing the EU automotive industry in the EU Commission and the UN, and he has previously worked as a consultant for EU funds in the preparation of feasibility studies for public transport and electromobility projects. In addition, he has participated in the implementation of a large number of energy efficiency transport projects during his many years of work in the Fund for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency.

Former Managing Director of Mitsubishi Motors Norway, Opel Norway, Valvoline Oil Norway and Nordic Auto supply Sweden.

Automotive industry executive available for advisory boards and Management for hire. Bernt G. Jessen is a senior executive with extensive experience from automotive business.

Journalist and editor of AutoStyle magazine Večernji list. In a world that men are convinced belongs to them for more than 20 years, Sandra has been following developments in the car market. She carefully reviews every new car and the technology built into it. It analyzes the safety situation on Croatian roads and the readiness of our society to embrace advanced technology and new trends.

Over 25 years of experience in the automotive business, first as car journalist (ex editor-in-chief of the Croatian edition of Auto Motor und Sport magazine) and now for over 15 years as Country Manager for JATO Dynamics, world-leading automotive data supplier.