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Biljana has 14 years of executive/consulting experience in implementing economic development projects focused on supporting companies’ growth through know-how transfer, capacity building, access to funding and internationalization. Biljana has collaborated with private sector, government institutions, institutional donors and development agencies programs; and has been a moderator/speaker at 30+ international events. Biljana believes in values-based leadership, personal integrity and impact-oriented approach.

Maja is responsible for international development and partnerships. She has been the national project manager at Freja Forum Foundation, co-founder of Freja Academy Sweden, programs director at Macedonia2025, national representative at European antipoverty network (EAPN) and president at Youth center for equal opportunities Skopje.

Dijana Despodov is a private sector development specialist with a focus on business regulatory environment, market expansion, and new technologies. She has 15 years of international experience working for organizations such as the World Bank, American chambers of commerce, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Magdalena has a vast experience in leading EU and USAID-funded projects, as well as in collaborating with multinational donors and embassies

Zoran is the Country Manager at IFC-International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group for Macedonia and Montenegro. Zoran Martinovski is a U.S. educated business professional with over 20 years of diverse business experience. Since 2000, he serves as the Manager at the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation for Macedonia and Montenegro. The corporation is in charge of IFC’s private sector investments and advisory programs within the country. Mr. Martinovski’s past experiences include working for several prominent companies in Macedonia, Europe and the United States. Among those companies are Philips Electronics, Lexmark International, CKRA (Central Kentucky Research Associates), PEM Consulting, TLC Vienna and Tehnometal-Vardar.

Following retirement from KINROSS Gold Corporation, in January 2017 Lou joined Amur Minerals Corporation as NED, and in September of 2017, he joined the Board of Trans-Siberian Gold. In November 2017 Lou also joined the board of Euromax Resources, a TSE-listed miner developing a copper / gold project in the Republic of Macedonia, from which he resigned at the end of June following a change in control of the company. Lou is an advisor to Seequent, the New Zealand geological software company and developer of LeapFrog. Lou retired from the Chairmanship of the National Board of Directors of the Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business Association (CERBA) in September 2017, having served in the role since 2013. Since January of 2017, Lou has been a volunteer member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Executive Services Organisation (CESO), one of Canada’s leading economic development agencies. Lou Naumovski is a senior executive with broad multi-disciplinary background including general management / business development in gold mining; extensive financial services / payment systems and project / trade promotion; marketing and finance transaction experience. An excellent communicator and negotiator, he is comfortable in a variety of cross-cultural environments and fluent in Russian and French, and proficient in a number of other Slavic languages. Keen to pursue new challenges that can build upon previous success and extensive experience in Russia and the other member states of the CIS.

Prior to joining the Swinburne Business School, Professor Terziovski was the Dean of the Curtin Graduate School of Business; Head of the International Graduate School of Business at the University of South Australia (UniSA); Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Global Innovation Management at the University of Melbourne; Senior Lecturer at Monash University; and held several line management positions within the Rio Tinto Group over a period of 17 years. Professor Terziovski has a distinguished academic reputation in quality and innovation management, strategy and entrepreneurship. He has published 53 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including 8 articles in ABDC Ranked A* journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of Operations Management (JOM); 2 best papers published in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, and 9 articles published in ABDC, A journals. He is also the recipient of two best paper awards from the US Academy of Management, and received a nomination for an all-academy international best paper award.