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<p align="center"><b>PLIVA's Management Board</b></p> |
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<p><b>Zeljko Covic</b>, MSc, <b><i>President & CEO</i></b>. Born 1953. Graduated |
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from the School of Food & Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, (1978), |
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earning his MSc in 1991. A member of the PLIVA team since 1980. Appointed Head |
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of Food Production (1985) and Head of Food Marketing & Sales (1988). Member |
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of the Executive Council and Secretary of Economic Affairs in Zagreb's City |
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Assembly (1991-1993). As of 1993, Mr. Covic has been President of the Management |
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Board and CEO of PLIVA.</p> |
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<p><b>Dubravko Mak</b>, <b><i>Vice President Global Business |
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Development</i></b>. Born 1958. Graduated |
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from the School of Economics, University of Zagreb, Croatia, (1981). A PLIVA |
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team member since 1983. Employed in the Export Department (1994-1988), advancing |
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to become President of PLIVA USA Inc., New York, (1988-1995) and Vice |
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President |
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of PLIVA Management Board in charge of Business Development (1996-1999). |
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Appointed Vice President Global Business Development in 2001.</p> |
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<p><b>Dr. Radan Spaventi</b>, MD, Ph.D., <b><i>Vice President R&D</i></b>. |
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Born |
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1962. Graduated from The School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, |
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(1986), where he earned his Ph.D. in 1993. Post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical |
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School, Boston, USA, and visiting scientist at the Imperial Cancer Research |
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Fund, UK. Appointed Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Pathology, Department |
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of Molecular Medicine, "Ruder Boskovic" Institute, Zagreb, (1987). Author of |
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approximately 30 scientific research papers published in international peer-reviewed |
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journals, author/editor of three books. Received award for outstanding contribution |
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to medical science from the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts (1994). Recruited |
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by PLIVA for the position of Research Institute Director (1995). |
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Appointed Vice President |
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of the Management Board in charge of Research & Development (1999).</p> |
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<p><b>Zeljko Peric</b>, <i><b>Vice President Finance</b></i>. Born 1958. |
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Graduated |
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from the School of Foreign Trade, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Attended several |
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workshops abroad at institutions such as Harvard University and Management Centre |
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Europe. Employed abroad working on foreign investments for INGRA (1984-1990). |
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Finance Director of a Malaysian project. Upon returning to Croatia, appointed |
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Manager of the department for implementing projects in the Middle East. Senior |
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Advisor for the International Economic Relations Department at the Ministry |
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of Foreign Affairs (1990-1992). For a short period of time held position of |
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Finance Director in "Hidroelektra". A member of the PLIVA team since 1993. Director |
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of the Consultancy Department (Engineering today) (1993), and employed as Finance |
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Director, as of 1996.</p> |
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<p><b>Dr. Zelimir Vuksic</b>, <i><b>Vice President |
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Pharmaceuticals</b></i>. Born 1962. Graduated from the University of |
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Zagreb, Croatia, Medical School in 1986. In 1988, Dr. Vuksic began his |
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career as a medical research associate after which he moved to the |
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position of sales representative at Knoll AG. In 1992, he was appointed |
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General Manager for the Croatian and Slovenian markets, later advancing to |
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the position of Manager of the Knoll Representative office for Croatia and |
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Slovenia (from 1993 through 1996). In 1997, Dr. Vuksic joined PLIVA as |
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Director of Marketing and Sales in the Pharmaceuticals segment. In 1999, |
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Dr. Vuksic was appointed the Director of Pharmaceutical operations |
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covering the areas of strategic marketing, medical affairs, licensing, and |
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marketing and sales. Appointed to the Management Board as Vice President |
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Pharmaceuticals in 2001.</p> |