Our research manager Brendan Filipovski was part of the Regional Forum ‘Diaspora Direct Investments – Experiences from the Western Balkans’. The forum was held in Vienna and it explored the possibilities for stimulating private sector growth, especially SME’s, by making ‘smart’ transnational connections, for example by introducing financial instruments and mechanisms that can facilitate the…
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Tell us something about yourself, and what do you do? I’m an entrepreneur and active investor in businesses related to commercial real estate, food and beverage sales, and international business development. I try to add value wherever possible by solving problems and bringing people together. I enjoy learning about different economies on a macro level…
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Pierre Gurdjian is Philanthropy Partner with the RVZZ Foundation. In addition he is an expert in executive leadership and change management. He is also the President of the Board of Directors of the Free University of Brussels (ULB), one of Belgium’s largest universities, Vice President of the board at UCB (a Belgian biopharmaceutical company), and…
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77% of diaspora investors would recommend Macedonia as a good place to invest. However, they experience many difficulties in opening and running a business in Macedonia. More needs to be done by government to maximise the impact of diaspora investors and to attract even more diaspora investors. The full potential of diaspora investment in Macedonia…
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The border between the global telecom providers and the media are coming to an end. We are first-seat viewers in the process of convergence and almost seamless links between the “classical” telecoms or cable operators with the media companies, where the services like communication, content distribution, and content production are not anymore only in the…
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Suan Hiang Lee, a former senior civil servant in Singapore served as Deputy MD of Economic Development Board and CEO of Standards Productivity and Innovation Board, National Productivity Board, Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research and National Arts Council. He was also Chairman of PSB Corporation; Chairman of Singapore Note & Coin Advisory Committee;…
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On September 21, for the second time Macedonia2025 will host the 2017 Diaspora Investors round table, an event that aims to gather the diaspora investors in Macedonia and provide them with a platform where they can share their investment story, and talk about their main challenges and their positive experiences so far. As an international, independent, nonpartisan and…
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Ivan Skenderoski is a founder and managing partner of Salience, a telecom management consulting and professional services organization. He has been with the company since its launch in 2010 and is based in Dubai, UAE since 2008. Ivan is the Engagement Lead on a number of Salience projects, strategist on National Broadband enablement and lead…
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Viktor Nelepa is a successful Macedonian businessman based in Dubai. He is the founder of both Didea Media and PME International. Didea Media is an innovative marketing, animation, and industrial design firm that is best known for its ‘Smart Palm’ project in Dubai. Smart Palm is a solar-powered recharge, information and wi-fi access point. PME…
DetailsThanks to Macedonia 2025, in July 2017, I was given the opportunity to attend one-week training at the Schulich Executive Education Centre plus one-week job shadowing in the company Summer Fresh in Toronto. The Schulich Executive Education Centre is a strategic business unit of the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto and is ranked among the Top 10 World…
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