President Milanović Receives Recipients of Annual Croatian Managers’ & Entrepreneurs’ Association CROMA Awards
The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović received the leadership of the Croatian Managers’ & Entrepreneurs’ Association (CROMA) and the recipients of the annual HUM CROMA awards. The announcement of the best managers and entrepreneurs in the economy was held in February this year, when 10 awards were presented in various categories to managers who marked business in 2024 with their entrepreneurial spirit, enthusiasm, and professional, ethical, and responsible business practices.
The Croatian Managers’ & Entrepreneurs’ Association – CROMA included members of the Executive Board: President of the Management Board of Primacošped, Petar Šimić; founder and director of Poslovna riznica company, Igor Benaković; and owner and director of Communication Laboratory, Manuela Šola. Also present were the General Manager of Heidelberg Materials for Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and also member of the CROMA Management Board, Branimir Muidža; General Manager of the Croatian Managers’ & Entrepreneurs’ Association – CROMA, Ana Falak, and Operational Manager of CROMA Danijela Milić.
At the meeting in the Office of the President of the Republic, they presented the managers and entrepreneurs who received the annual awards for 2024: entrepreneur in the large entrepreneur category, Milan Vrdoljak, President of the Board and owner of Ricardo company; entrepreneur in the medium entrepreneur category, Nataša Kapov Kostovski, sector director in Lemax company; entrepreneur in the small entrepreneur category Goran Oparnica, director of the company INsig2; entrepreneur in the micro entrepreneur category, Josipa Maras, founder and owner of the company Studio; manager of the year in the foreign manager category, Andreas Rörig, President of the Board of E.ON Croatia; manager of the year in the socially responsible company category, Marin Rogić, founder and owner of the Croatian Umbrella and Tabacco Logistics, and winner of the “Tihomir Premužak” award for positive social impact; Assoc. Prof. Stipislav Jadrijević, PhD, Head of the Department of Abdominal Surgery and Team Leader for Multivisceral Solid Organ Transplantation at Merkur University Hospital.
The Croatian Managers’ & Entrepreneurs’ Association – CROMA is the first independent national professional association that has been continuously working for 30 years to improve the public dignity of the management profession, entrepreneurial culture and the overall management capacities of the Croatian economy. As an association of people, not companies, HUM CROMA wants to be a support to managers and entrepreneurs and a link for their better connection.
Alongside President Milanović was the Special Adviser to the President for the Economy Velibor Mačkić.
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Tomislav Bušljeta