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Mihail Matevski is CEO and Partner in the company’s GREENTECH in Serbia and Macedonia, waste plastic recycling and processing industry. GREENTECH is member of GREEN GROUP, the largest waste PET bottle recycler/convertor in Eastern and Central Europe.

Highlights of expertise: packaging waste management, waste plastic processing, business development, sales, international trading, production management and team leadership. Working experience of 23 years: 16 years at position of CEO/General Manager, 2 years in business consultancy and 5 years in sales management.
Co-founder and Board President of the Serbian Association of Packaging Waste Recyclers, co-founder of the Macedonian Solid Waste Association (MASWA),  member of CANSEE – Canadian-Serbian Business Association, member of the working group for recycling and waste minimization within the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), Macedonia2025 diaspora organization Board member.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at State University of Macedonia.

Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management, Advanced Management Program Certification since 2018.

Dr. Jana Marin graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at the “St. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, Macedonia. She attained a Master’s degree in International Healthcare Management, Economics and Policy at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Dr. Marin obtained her first professional experience in healthcare management in the Quality Department of the German unit of Capio Group , Capio Deutsche Klinik GmbH.

She developed an important, formative part of her professional expertise while working at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Macedonia. During her appointment as Advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr. Marin was personally involved in a broad spectrum of issues of concern to National Healthcare Policies and Economic Planning of Public Health in Macedonia.

Her educational background, coupled with the expertise she obtained in the last decade of independent, intensive, daily involvement in decision making processes, paved the way to Dr. Marin being holding key management positions. Due to her proven managerial capability and particularly her innovative approach to problem solving, she had been entrusted with management of key projects. Recently, she led the team, which successfully completed the prominently complex and important Joint Commission International Accreditation process and thus, brought Acibadem Sistina Hospital the title of First JCI Accredited Hospital in Macedonia.

Vanja Josifovski is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kumo, a Forbes AI 50 company in 2024. Before Kumo, Vanja was the CTO of Homes at Airbnb, where he led an organization that included horizontal groups such as Homes Engineering and Homes Data Science, as well as having a GM role for critical business areas such as Marketplace, Relevance and Personalization, and Regulatory Frameworks. Before Airbnb, Vanja was the CTO & VP Eng at Pinterest, responsible for the company’s overall technical vision and strategy, communicating that to leadership and the teams, hiring and developing technical talent, and driving execution to deliver user value and revenue.  Vanja has also served as an advisor and investor for multiple startups and co-founded Kosei, which Pinterest acquired. Before founding ventures and scaling high-growth companies, Vanja spent his time in industrial research at Google, Yahoo, and IBM, developing  AI, search, and database technologies. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist, has published over 100 publications in top-tier technical conferences, and holds 30 patents.

Vladimir has been an IT consultant and a serial entrepreneur in Macedonia, New Zealand and Australia – currently working on a SaaS start-up in Manly NSW in addition to providing architecture and cloud transformation consultancy to the government and the banking sectors.

An electrical engineer (ETF Skopje) with postgraduate in business management (AIM Sydney) and treasury and derivative markets (FINSIA Sydney).

Started his career as a UKIM researcher and published academic papers internationally on automation and control systems predominantly for the IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control).

Blessed with a wonderful family living in a wonderful spot shared with a wonderful community that includes many Macedonians too! Picnics, kids’ soccer tournaments and, of course, that extra shrimp on the barbie… it’s the vibe of it.

Vlad is a passionate sailor and he completed his first Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2017.

Lily Stojanovska is a Professor at the Department Dept of Nutrition and Health, at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. For a number of years, she worked as a professor at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, where she now holds the position of an Emeritus Professor. She is also an Honorary Professor at Universities in Thailand, Hong Kong, Mexico, and North Macedonia. She is actively involved in the areas of nutritional research, and management of chronic diseases through nutritional and complementary modalities. She is teaching and supervising graduate students in the areas of nutrition, immunology, women’s health, and prevention of chronic diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular health.

Professor Stojanovska has over 115 publications in highly ranked international journals, 8 book chapters, and she is a co-author of 4 popular books.

Her list of publications can be accessed following this link: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7186-4461

Since 2010 Professor Stojanovska’s achievements have been listed annually in Who is Who Internationally.  She is also a recipient of many awards including the Australian Honour Roll of Women for her role as an international educator including her active engagement with the Macedonian community in Australia.

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 on the New Operator Launch practice. He is a board member of Salience, management team member and is involved in setting the company’s strategic vision and direction. In addition, he also has a hands on approach in the financial and operational management of the company.

He has over 17 years of dedicated telecom experience across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Prior to Salience, Ivan was working for the UK incumbent operator, British Telecom (BT) on numerous roles – Principal consultant in the Middle East, Specialist technology and service advisor for BT’s bid to acquire telecom license in Singapore, Head of the Asian Innovation Centre in Malaysia as well as the UK based technology roles at the BT Labs in Martlesham. He is also a Board Member of Awasr Oman, the first regional fibre only operator.

Ivan is a recognized thought leader, speaking frequently at Telecom conferences covering broadband strategy. He has contributed to several Salience whitepapers on National Broadband, Next Generations Access Networks and Fibre to the Home. He holds MSc in Telecom Engineering from Macedonia.

Vlado Dimovski is a Professor of Management and organization unit, at the University of Ljubljana. His primary areas of expertise are organizational learning, knowledge management and leadership. Prof Dimovski has published numerous articles in recognized journals and has authored a number of books on leadership.

Prof Dimovski was the State Secretary for Industry in the Government of Slovenia (1995-1997), the president of the Centre for International Competitiveness of Slovenia (1997-2000), and the Minister of Labor, Family and Social Affairs (2000-2004). He was also the consultant to the Prime Minister of Macedonian Government. He has received numerous awards, such as the Beta Gamma Sigma Award (1992) and Harvard Directory of Scholars (1993).

Prof Dimovski is also the Head of the Slovenian national research group dealing with knowledge management and organizational learning in contemporary organizations and is Head of the economic and business department of IFIMES (The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies).

Prof Dimovski has a BA degree in Economics and Philosophy and MA degree in Economics from the University of Ljubljana. He has a PhD in Management and Finance from Cleveland State University.

Prof Slavica Waite, Director of PEC International, and founder and Trustee of the ‘Kiril Trajkovski Foundation’, UK

Prof Slavica Waite is the CEO of PEC International, UK, an energy consultancy that specializes in the Oil and Gas Industry; concentrating mainly on high value capital investment projects. Prof Waite is also the founder and Trustee of the ‘Kiril Trajkovski Foundation’ founded in memory of her late brother who was a renowned Macedonian Archaeologist and patriot.

From the early days of Macedonia’s independence, Prof Waite has been an active lobbyist in the UK and Europe on behalf of Macedonia. In 1992, she was appointed Director of the Macedonian Information Office in the UK. In 2000, Prof Waite was awarded the Order of St. Kliment in recognition of her achievements in promoting Macedonian business and culture in the UK.

Prof Waite graduated from the Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje with a PhD in world literature.

Dr. Vlaho Kostov is an R&D Executive, Head of CEE and Mediterranean region and represents Panasonic in several management boards of industry consortiums and associations. He has more than 20 years of expertise in Consumer Electronics, Telecom, and Automotive industries within the private sector, the public organizations, and academics. Dr. Kostov is deeply involved in R&D, technology management and new business strategy.

Previously he was based in the UK, managing the new business development for Panasonic in Europe and was responsible for industry alliances & collaboration. He spent ten years in Japan, leading the Technology Germination and R&D development including venturing & start-ups in the Silicon Valley (US).  The early career was in the telecom industry, United Nations and T-Mobile.

Dr. Kostov obtained his Ph.D. at the Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. Of Technology, where he also worked as Associate Professor teaching Project Management and Communications (in English and Japanese). He has more than 25 peer-reviewed technical publications and led the design innovation and industry projects while studying at Stanford University. Among his most memorable volunteer activities are serving as President of IAESTE Macedonia (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) and Board Member of the European School Frankfurt (leading international school with >1400 students), responsible for overlooking the after-school activities and Social Fund Committee. He is currently a member of the Education Councils for both Primary and Secondary.

He is a Senior Member of IEEE and received a Gold award of the Lincoln Foundation Graduate Design Competition (Stanford Univ./TMIT for Toyota Corp.)

He has been working, living and communicating in native language in Tokyo, the Silicon Valley, London, Zurich, Milan, Frankfurt, and South East Europe.

Professor Terziovski joined the Swinburne University of Technology in January 2018 as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is the Department Chair of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne Business School and Director of the Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation program in the Australian Graduate School of Business. Professor Terziovski is the Former Dean of the Curtin Graduate School of Business for 4 years, and Professor of Innovation, and Former Head of School, International Graduate School of Business, at the University of South Australia (4 years). He worked at the University of Melbourne as Assoc. Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship for 10 years; and at Monash University as Senior Lecturer for 4 years.

Prior to his academic career, Professor Terziovski held several positions within the Rio Tinto Group. He left Rio after 17 years to do his Ph.D. research studies at the Melbourne Business School. Professor Terziovski’s publications have been featured in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Operations Management (JOM) where he won the best paper award, the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), where he published a single-authored article. He is also the recipient of two best paper awards from the US Academy of Management and was nominated for an all-academy international best paper award.

Igor Ivan Tulevski is Macedonian born cardiologist, living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He finished elementary school and gymnasium in Skopje (place of birth), while earned his medical degree, PhD and cardiology residency at the University of Amsterdam (AMC Hospital). Currently Igor is the CEO of the Cardiology Centers of The Netherlands (CCN) www.cardiologiecentra.nl which he founded in 2006. His sub-specializations are congenital cardiology, imaging (PhD thesis) and sport cardiology, He is elected fellow of the European (FESC) and American (FACC) college of cardiology. Igor also serves as a Chairman of the Supervisory Board of de Sionsberg hospital in Dokkum (acquired in 2015). His mission as disruptive innovator in cardiology and healthcare in combination with research have been predominating his professional career.

His list of publications can be accessed following this link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=tulevski+ii

Entrepreneurship, sports (triathlons, skiing and endurance activities), travelling and his family are the real joy of Igor’s life.

Dejan Krstevski joined Franklin University-Columbus, Ohio in December 2012 as an International Teaching Faculty of Corporate Finance and Management Accounting for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Also, he has been working as a Visiting Professor for Cost Accounting at Modern College of Business and Science – Sultanate of Oman and Associate Professor at State University St. Kliment Ohridski. He is playing a key role in the ongoing development, facilitation, and management of undergraduate and graduate courses within the University’s Master of Business Administration, Corporate Finance and Managerial Accounting programs delivered to students around the globe. Navigate face-to-face and online instructional models, working equally well engaging students in a traditional campus setting or via an internet-based classroom.

Prior to his academic career, Krstevski has been worked for Deutsche Telekom AG on numerous roles: a member of Financial Board of T-Mobile International, Bon, Germany, a member of Executive Management committee of Deutsche Telekom AG, a member of Management Committee of Magyar Telekom, Budapest, Hungary and a CFO of T-Mobile Macedonia. He is a proven business partner to management, effective in working with all departments, linking finance with operations to improve productivity, efficiency, and bottom-line results.

Krstevski holds a Ph.D. in Economics, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), a Bachelor of Economics (BSc) and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng). He also obtained an executive education and specialization from London Business School (LBS) – UK, Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) – Austria and Management Centre Europe (MCE) – Belgium.

Peter is a senior leader of transformation and change with a career spanning over 20 years in industries including manufacturing and financial services. He is currently the co-founder and director of SixEdge, working with some of Australia’s leading organisations to turn ‘strategy talk’ in to execution and leading and delivering high value outcomes to drive improved performance.

Before co-founding SixEdge, Peter spent time leading transformation with specialties including strategic planning and execution, business transformation, operations management, operational excellence, and lean/six sigma implementation. Peter is particularly passionate about bringing together different stakeholder groups in large organisations and leading and delivering high value outcomes across organisational silos. He enjoys developing and leading high performing teams with a focus on taking strategic themes and high-level enterprise objectives and creating a clear path to delivering business results.

Peter holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Deakin University, a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng Hons) from RMIT University and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Peter is a keen traveller and enjoys experiencing different cultures. He enjoys a range of sports and on weekends can typically be found spending time with family and friends and supporting his three children in their various pursuits.

For over 15 years, Branko Trajkovski has been a noteworthy leader in IoT. Driven by the desire to solve complex problems, he created Bransys, an international solution provider of next gen cloud-based technology that combines big data, analytics and security to help businesses get actionable insights and improve their operations in transportation and asset tracking.

An electrical engineering graduate, Branko also holds an MBA. His rigorous business acumen lead the expansion over 3 continents, serving hundreds of customers worldwide.

In addition to his contributions in IoT, Branko is a well-known pioneer in the future of energy and co-founder of a smart energy storage technology company.

A multi-award winning serial entrepreneur, today Branko lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Ambassador Zoran Jolevski has a 35-year track record of diplomatic, managerial and consulting experience within the public and private sectors in the domains of international development, international trade, public-private dialogue, private sector development, foreign affairs and national security. Ambassador Jolevski currently provides advice to a few multinational companies. Ambassador Jolevski has been Fellow at Harvard University in 2021 and the first half of 2022. Dr Jolevski is professor at European University Skopje. He also is lecturing at the prestigious universities, such as the LSE. He is regular speaker to international conferences around the world.

He served as a Minister of Defense from 2014 until 2017. Jolevski was ambassador of Macedonia to the United States from 2007 until 2014. In 2008, he was appointed the Macedonian’s chief negotiator on name differences with Greece. He was the non-resident Ambassador to Mexico and Brazil from 2011.

From 2000 to 2004, Ambassador Jolevski was Chief of Staff to the late Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski and served as the Chief Adviser to the Macedonian Government on Macedonia’s World Trade Organization accession. He has worked in various capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988 until 1999.

He served as a member of the boards of several companies and non-governmental organizations and held several positions in the United Nations bodies in the field of international trade. Ambassador Jolevski is the President of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives and Policies as well as of the Art Colony Debarca. He serves as a Chairman of Advisory Board of Ambassadorial Roundtable, San Diego, US too. Dr. Jolevski was honorary member of the Board of “Macedonia 2025”, as well as founder and the first President of the Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs – “Ohrid”. He served also as the President of “The Boris Trajkovski International Foundation”, as a as a member of the Presidency of Macedonian Euro-Atlantic Club.

Jolevski holds a Ph.D. in International Economy from the School of Economics, University of “Cyril and Metodij”, as well as a Master of Science in International Trade Law from the Law School at the same University. He is teaching at the European University in Skopje. He has authored three books and has been the chief editor of several books. He is the author of more than fifty articles.

Ambassador Zoran Jolevski has a 35-year track record of diplomatic, managerial and consulting experience within the public and private sectors in the domains of international development, international trade, public-private dialogue, private sector development, foreign affairs and national security. Ambassador Jolevski currently provides advice to a few multinational companies. Ambassador Jolevski has been Fellow at Harvard University in 2021 and the first half of 2022. Dr Jolevski is professor at European University Skopje. He also is lecturing at the prestigious universities, such as the LSE. He is regular speaker to international conferences around the world.

He served as a Minister of Defense from 2014 until 2017. Jolevski was ambassador of Macedonia to the United States from 2007 until 2014. In 2008, he was appointed the Macedonian’s chief negotiator on name differences with Greece. He was the non-resident Ambassador to Mexico and Brazil from 2011.

From 2000 to 2004, Ambassador Jolevski was Chief of Staff to the late Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski and served as the Chief Adviser to the Macedonian Government on Macedonia’s World Trade Organization accession. He has worked in various capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988 until 1999.

He served as a member of the boards of several companies and non-governmental organizations and held several positions in the United Nations bodies in the field of international trade. Ambassador Jolevski is the President of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives and Policies as well as of the Art Colony Debarca. He serves as a Chairman of Advisory Board of Ambassadorial Roundtable, San Diego, US too. Dr. Jolevski was honorary member of the Board of “Macedonia 2025”, as well as founder and the first President of the Institute for Economic Strategies and International Affairs – “Ohrid”. He served also as the President of “The Boris Trajkovski International Foundation”, as a as a member of the Presidency of Macedonian Euro-Atlantic Club.

Jolevski holds a Ph.D. in International Economy from the School of Economics, University of “Cyril and Metodij”, as well as a Master of Science in International Trade Law from the Law School at the same University. He is teaching at the European University in Skopje. He has authored three books and has been the chief editor of several books. He is the author of more than fifty articles.

Dr. Dobrin Nedelkov, President, Isoformix Inc. Phoenix AZ

Dr. Nedelkov is a leader in clinical mass spectrometry assays and technology development, with 25+ years scientific and management experience.

Dr. Nedelkov received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Arizona State University in 1997. After a year as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University, Dr. Nedelkov joined Intrinsic Bioprobes where over the span of 15 years he progressed through the ranks to ultimately become Scientific Director and CEO of the company, leading the early commercialization efforts in technology development for targeted proteomics and protein biomarkers. After Thermo Scientific acquired the company, in 2013 Dr. Nedelkov joined the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University as a group leader of the Molecular Biomarkers Unit, focusing on proteoform biomarker discovery, validation, and translation. In 2017 Dr. Nedelkov started Isoformix Inc. with the goal of translating mass spectrometry protein tests into the clinic.

Dr. Nedelkov has authored over 100 peer reviewed scientific articles, presented at more than 60 scientific meetings, has 4 issued patents, and has served as a principal investigator on numerous NIH grants.

Biljana Nikolova is a highly qualified finance professional with more than 15 years’ experience and strong track record in leadership, strategy execution, business transformation, private equity, and advisory. Biljana currently holds the position of General Manager at National Australia Bank (NAB).

Prior to this, Biljama held the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Global Corporate and Institutional Banking at NAB; Executive Director, NAB Corporate Bank; Head of Performance, NAB Group Strategy; Investment Executive, NAB Private Equity; Senior Manager, ANZ Corporate Finance Advisory and other management roles within the Institutional and Corporate divisions of ANZ. She is an Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University at the Masters of Applied Finance Centre.

Biljana holds a Ph.D. in Finance and her academic work has been published in reputable international finance journals and presented at a number of domestic and international finance and economics conferences.

Eliza Prendzov is a distinguished leader and innovator in finance. Eliza serves as Head of Partnerships and Director of Consulting at 17 Asset Management. She has over 15 years Wall Street and government experience. Eliza’s background includes asset management, finance, global financial product management, government, consulting and multilateral relations. She has worked at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley (formerly Smith Barney), the United Nations, and on the Biden Presidential Campaign. Eliza  has a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, has earned her Master in International Affairs (MIA), International Finance and Banking from SIPA, Columbia University, New York, and is a PhD in Economics candidate at American University College Skopje. Eliza’s interests span across geographies and industries, and include collaborative leadership, asset management, sustainable finance, and financial education. Eliza lives in New York City with her family.

Angelka is one of the frontrunners in the area of public relations and communication management in NMacedonia and insists on high level of ethics, professionalism and commitment in her profession and broader field of work.

Professional profile – Extensive experience in the area of corporate, institutional and political communications, working for some of the most successful international and domestic companies, institutions and organizations and designing and implementing political campaigns within the country and the region. She has also a huge political experience.

Political Profile – First generation of politicians developing liberal idea in the country – starting from 1990 until 2006 when she froze her political activities. She was President of Liberal Youth (1992-1997), Vice President of Liberal-Democrats (1997-2006), elected member of Skopje City Council (1996-2000). Member of Parliament (2002- 2006).

Business profile – Professional politician in her early career and later an entrepreneur, co-creating, co-founding, developing and coordinating several successful companies within the country and the region – all of them in the segment of communications, covering: communication management, public relations, media monitoring and analyses, advertising, production, research, below the line communication. She is a visionary in creating new business stories with successful portfolio on the markets.

Academic Profile and Philanthropy – Angelka is a Lecturer of Public Relations at the University American College Skopje, PhD candidate and founder of the Movement for supporting young creatives „Bravo sine!“, which has supported and implemented more than 50 humanitarian projects. She was elected Rotarian of the Year in 2019 for her contribution in the same field.

The most challenging life project are her kids – Vera and Vedran.

She is often invited to speak on various public events, panels and debates.

Jim Nikopoulos is the Founder and CEO of MJ Holdings Corp., an asset management company.  Jim also serves as Founder & CEO of Core Data Centres Inc. (a data centre and connectivity services company), Vice-Chair of Triad Financial Services Inc. (the longest-standing manufactured housing finance company in the U.S.), and Vice-Chair of My Abilities Technologies Inc. (a smart health technology company focused on workplace injury prevention and resolution).

Jim was the former President of ECN Capital Corp. (TSX: ECN), a leading provider of prime credit portfolios to more than 90 US financial institutions, and was formerly the EVP and GC of Element Fleet Management Corp. (TSX: EFN), the world’s largest fleet management company.

Jim also served as Board Chair and SVP at TeraGo Inc. (TSX: TGO), a cloud, collocation and connectivity services provider to Canadian businesses.

Jim began his career as a Partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, a leading business law firm, where he practiced in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and governance.

Mr. Nikopoulos currently serves as a Director on the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation Board.  He also holds positions on numerous other charitable and private boards.

Mr. Nikopoulos earned an Honours BA degree (Economics & Political Science) from the University of Toronto and a Law degree (JD) from Osgoode Hall Law School. Mr. Nikopoulos was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 Lawyers by Lexpert in 2014.

is a Biomedical Data Science & Technology Executive with a strong innovation and strategy track record. She is a passionate scientist and a technologist with a drive to bring cutting edge data science, diagnostic and biopharmaceutical technology to solve problems in human health, clinical and life sciences through digital transformation. She is a PhD in Computer Science, with extensive leadership of cross-functional global teams to initiate solutions, with multiple stakeholders in a complex matrixed organization. Nevenka has over 140 publications, 80 issued patents spanning healthcare, life sciences, and technology.

In her role as a VP of Biomedical Data at GlaxoSmithKline she brought transformational change stepping into first of a kind next gen cloud for pharma R&D. Many first of a kind digital technology implementations for R&D at large in the areas of computational data governance and data staging, new dataflows on Google Cloud, full stack machine learning applications to speed up the biopharma process for R&D.

Previously, as CTO of Oncology Informatics and Genomics in Philips, she took products from conception to market success and open new business opportunities. She has been committed to improve patients’ outcomes, by bringing digital innovations into the world of researchers and practicing clinicians to add precision and clarity – with cloud informatics and machine learning. She was awarded with the Gilles Holst award, the highest peer recognition at Philips. Her expertise is in improving clinical outcomes in oncology, epidemiology, and immunology.

Nevenka feels strongly about giving back to the community and has been involved in many initiatives. Nevenka serves on the Macedonia 2025 to help build initiatives in leadership education as well as high-tech education. She is very passionate about implementation of programs for enhancing digital skills, as well as coding and robotics, among young underserved Macedonian students. She has founded and serves on the board of Seed of Life, an innovative nutrition company in North Macedonia.

She serves on the board of Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Serbia supporting with expertise and networking for the Institute to become a global Center of Excellence in scientific research and technology transfer in Artificial Intelligence for Serbia and the region. Nevenka serves on the Advisory Council of the global Ekagrid Artificial Intelligence in India where she brings expertise in research, education, innovation, road mapping for the institute and its Centers for Excellence in Health and Cyber Security.

is an experienced corporate commercial and securities lawyer. As a partner in Gowlings’ Toronto office, Peter focuses his practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and structured products. Working closely with issuers, underwriters, and other corporate clients, Peter delivers practical, effective advice to help businesses move their transactions forward. He has acted for clients across a range of industries, such as mining, energy and technology. His expertise includes: Public offerings, including initial public offerings (IPOs); Private placements; Reverse takeovers and qualifying transactions; Bought deal financings; Secondary offerings; Share and asset purchase transactions In addition to his work in private practice, Peter is also an experienced in-house lawyer. He spent several years as corporate counsel at a multinational technology company, and completed a secondment at the Ontario Securities Commission in its Market Regulation Group.

has been a General Manager of Tikveš Winery since 2017. His professional background includes working in the business sector for leading domestic companies and for international corporations, as well as in the public sector where he was engaged in a government agency aiming to promote Macedonian export and attract foreign investments. Radoš started his career in Alkaloid AD Skopje where he got his first managerial experience as Head of the Supply Chain in PC Pharmaceuticals in 2003. He further expanded his experience in pharmaceutical business as Area Sales Manager for Serbia, Montenegro & Bosnia and Hercegovina, a position he held until 2008. In the following years, he pivoted in FMCG sector as Operations Manager for Macedonia at the Coca Cola Company and from 2010 until 2013 he was assigned on the position of Head of Marketing and PR at Tikveš Winery, where he later became General Manager. In the period from 2013 to 2017, Radoš was part of Invest Macedonia – Macedonian Government Agency responsible for attracting foreign direct investments and export promotion, as Head of International Office for Bulgaria and Serbia. During his tenure, he was also named First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia to the Republic of Bulgaria.