biography
Marko Mlakar is Managing Partner in Amrop Adria, responsible primarily for business development in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. Prior to co-founding the local executive search firm, he served as a Commercial Advisor at the US Embassy in Slovenia, responsible for all commercial related matters between Slovenia and the US. He started his career in a large Slovenian engineering firm.
Marko has completed search assignments across different industries during the past years. He has specifically focused on IT, telecommunications, managament consulting, financial services and media. The majority of his clients are multinational companies with regional aspirations. During the period 2007-2008 he served as a Board Member responsible for Europe at another executive search network where he worked on cross-border activities and client relationships.
Marko obtained a BA from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, and completed a General Managament Program at IEDC Bled. He is fluent in Slovene, English, Croatian and Serbian. He is an active member of the following associations: Member of the Board-Young Manager’s Association (since 2000), Member of the Board-Association of Christian Executives (since 2004), Member of the Board at Transatlantic Network for South-East Europe and Member of the Lions International.