Speaker

Metod Podkrižnik

Metod Podkrižnik (born in 1971) is a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Economic Sciences. He started his professional career in 1998 as the Head of Maintenance at Gorenje. Between 1999 and 2006, he was the Head of the Commercial Sector at the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Commodity Reserves. In 2006, he joined Holding Slovenske Elektrarne d.o.o. as the Assistant General Manager, following which he moved to OMV in 2008, initially as the Head of Business Area in Slovenia and later in the entire region. Between 2013 and 2015, he served as the General Manager of OMV Slovakia. Afterwards, he was the Director of Fersped d.o.o. In 2017, he was a Member of the Management Board of Luka Koper d.d. where he was responsible for commerce and operations. In 2023, he took over the management of Bluemarine d.o.o. His term of office as a Member of the Management Board of Petrol, responsible for B2B and B2G sales, natural gas, electricity and operations, started on 1 January 2024.