As companies and their activities change globally, so does the method of corporate governance, which is no longer centralized and vertical. However, it matters whether one of our managers from the list has grown up in a multinational company adopting international standards and corporate culture or works in a state-owned company, where politics still has the final say, whether it is about inherited family businesses or new ventures. The overview was compiled by Željka Laslavić and Ana Gavranić.
Guarantees: The government issued forced guarantees of 18.8 billion kuna
The latest proposal for a shipbuilding guarantee fund is the second attempt by Martina Dalić, who announced a fund worth one billion kuna back in 2011, which never materialized. Vrdoljak also established a fund for the manufacturing industry in 2013 as a minister, but that too faded away without significant results. Therefore, the government is guaranteeing extensively, reveals Tin Bašić.
Ariana Vela: Croatia has a public administration that does not know how to utilize EU funds
The same journalist spoke with Ariana Vela, one of the most renowned Croatian consultants for the European Union, owner of the company and craft EU projects and the eponymous educational institution. In public appearances, she does not spare the state bureaucracy for its slowness and inefficiency, but equally warns everyone who has received European Union funds that they could lose them if they do not comply with the obligations of the contracts.
Agreement: The government is happy that Russians and Americans are taking over Agrokor
The new model of corporate structure guarantees that in the future, no one will be able to discern who the real owners of Agrokor are. Shares can be purchased by anyone who wants and has enough money: Russian oligarchs, American vulture funds, Split’s Tommy, or, why not, Ivica Todorić. And we in Croatia will only find out if they want to tell us themselves, writes Manuela Tašler.
