Victoria Grupa

The Supervisory Board of Victoria Group has appointed Ivica Smolic the new Chief Executive Officer of the Group.

With more than 20 years of professional experience in the Serbian banking market, Smolic was the Chairman of the Executive Board of Komercijalna Banka for 11 years, General Manager of Srpska regionalna banka in the period between 2001 and 2004, and professionaly engaged in Investbanka, Somborska banka and Vojvodjanska banka as well.

Excellent sales results that Victoria Group is achieving on foreign markets are confirmed by its placement among top 15 Serbian exporters. The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia has published this list for the period January – June 2016, according to the Customs Administration data. Victoria Group took the eleventh position with the export value of €73.4 million in the first six months of this year.

The Supervisory Board of Victoria Group has appointed Vladimir Čupić as the new Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Čupić comes to this company from the Atlantic Group, where he held the position of the Director at the Representative Office for Serbia. He gained his extensive experience in the banking sector in AIK Bank and Hypo Alpe Adria Bank, which he led for 12 years as a General Manager.

The second regional agro-business conference “Across the Field to Europe” was held on March 15 within the 83rd holding of the International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad. The central topic was the possibilities of expansion of trade and cooperation in the regional agro-business and using pre-accession IPARD funds.

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia has published a report on the current macroeconomic developments containing a list of the top 15 exporters in the period January – March 2016, according to the Customs Administration data.

Victoria Group took the eleventh position with the export value of €36.1 million in the first quarter of this year. The company is, at the same time, the top exporter in the food sector.

Within the Forum for Social Innovations that was held on April 22 in Belgrade, the previous work of “Academy of Business Skills” for non-profit organizations was presented. As a result of this initiative, there was a gathering of the first community of business professionals from the biggest companies that operate in Serbia, who donate their knowledge and skills, and in this way help organizations which promote goals that are of social benefit.

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia has published a report on the current macroeconomic developments containing a list of the top 15 exporters in the period January – February 2016, according to the Customs Administration data.

On Saturday, March 19, private homes, office buildings, institutions, famous sites around the world will turn off their lights at 20:30 for one hour in the local time zone as a part of the ”Earth Hour” initiative organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Victoria Group will also join the initiative this year encouraging its employees to take part and turn off the lights for one hour.

The 23rd Kopaonik Business Forum was held on Kopaonik Mountain from March 8 to 10. It gathered more than 800 businessmen and women from the country and the region, representatives of the Government of Serbia, economic analysts, and international experts. This year’s gathering, dubbed “Catching up and convergence with leading trends: How to fix up the main fractures of the system”, featured 20 panels on the current economic topics.

The FRA ARENA 2016 6th International Conference of FMCG, Retail and Agribusiness Industry was held in Vienna on February 18 – 19, organized by the Infoarena Group with the support of EBRD. This year’s topic “From Global Challenges to Grand Opportunities” gathered more than 80 experts and entrepreneurs from the region, including the representatives of international institutions and organizations.