At
its today’s session, Podravka d.d. Supervisory Board reached a resolution on
appointing Dubravko Štimac as Podravka d.d. Supervisory Board president,
prof.dr.sc. Mato Crkvenac was appointed his deputy president, and he is a newly
appointed member to Podravka d.d. Supervisory Board by the Government Asset Management Agency, who is entering the Supervisory Board instead of prof.dr.sc.
Ljubo Jurčić. Apart
from prof.dr.sc. Mate Crkvenac, Government Asset Management Agency is also
appointing prof.dr.sc. Ivo Družić as Podravka d.d. Supervisory Board member,
who will be replacing former member Miljenko Javorović.
Following
the stated appointments within the Supervisory Board, changes ensued within
Podravka d.d. Management Board. Newly appointed president of Podravka d.d. Management
Board is Zvonimir Mršić, former mayor of Koprivnica, while appointed Management
Board members are dr.sc. Jadranka Ivanković, senior lecturer at Vern’ private
university, Olivija Jakupec, present assistant director at Jadransko osiguranje
in Koprivnica, Jorn Pedersen, present senior vice president of Danish company
Uhrenholt and CEO Uhrenholt Russia, and Miroslav Klepač, Management Board
member at Iskon Internet.
“I
would like to thank to the president and members of the former Management Board
for the work and the results they achieved. We evaluated them as good,
considering the circumstances, but we would like to intensify Podravka’s
development by increasing the production volume and sales on all markets, along
with increasing the efficiency level. We believe the company is ready and able for
those steps, and we have therefore decided to give an opportunity to the new
Management Board, headed by Zvonimir Mršić. Plan for Podravka’s development
and business that he has with his team of associates submitted to the
Supervisory Board, we evaluated as having prospects and we completely support
it”, Supervisory Board president Dubravko Štimac said.
After having presented the company’s
growth and development plan before the Supervisory Board, new president of
Podravka Management Board said: “Podravka remains a company of great
potentials, doing business on international markets and is headquartered in
Koprivnica. After
the crisis period its business is stabile and it is my intention to use
opportunities for growth faster than the rest of the segment and for better
efficiency. The
goal of management is to make all the stakeholders satisfied with Podravka. We would like to go back to corporate
values that ensure growth and development for Podravka, relying on research and
innovations, knowing the habits and needs of the consumers, partnership with
suppliers and buyers and brands development and management. Podravka’s great value are its creative
and work-dedicated employees, for whom we would like to provide space to
identify themselves with the company, and to provide maximum contribution in
realizing goals jointly set.”
With
Podravka’s former Management Board, headed by Miroslav Vitković, termination of
term by consent has been agreed. Miroslav
Vitković, who is appointed as new director of Podravka in Ljubljana and is
Management Board president’s advisor for foreign markets, having thanked to all
the members of the Supervisory Board for their cooperation, said: “Podravka
Management Board that was appointed in early 2010 had several keypoint tasks in
order to stabilize the company.
Primary
tasks were to establish financial stability, to reduce company indeptedness,
realize profit and income growth, start a new innovation and investment cycle
and to preserve employment. I
am pleased to say that the goals set, just as the plans set for Podravka Group,
have been successfully realized, and good preconditions for further development
of the company have been created.”
Apart
from Miroslav Vitković, Krunoslav Bešvir, to be at an executive level in charge
for marketing and Miroslav Repić to be at an executive level in charge of
operating efficiency, remain within the company.
Former
Management Board members Lidija Kljajić and Marin Pucar will be leaving the
company.