Zagrebački holding management board member resigns for private sector role
Translated from Croatian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Damir Novinić has resigned as a management board member of Zagrebački holding.
- His departure is due to taking a new position in the private sector, with his last day being June 30.
- The company is launching a public tender to find a replacement for his role overseeing operations and digitalization.
Zagrebački holding, a major municipal utility company, has announced the departure of Damir Novinić from its management board. The company confirmed that Novinić's resignation is by mutual agreement, as he is moving to a new role within the private sector. His official last day at Zagrebački holding will be June 30.
Novinić joined the management board in August 2023, where he was responsible for operational business and digitalization. During his tenure, he led efforts to improve operational efficiency, digitize systems for tracking task execution and public utility service provision, and implement the SAP system. The president of the Zagrebački holding Assembly and Mayor of Zagreb, Tomislav Tomašević, thanked Novinić for his contributions and wished him success in his future career.
During his mandate, Mr. Novinić successfully managed the processes of increasing operational efficiency, digitalization of the system for monitoring the execution of operational tasks and recording the provision of public utility services, as well as the processes of digitalization of business through the introduction of the SAP system.
Simultaneously, the company's Assembly, which includes the mayor and his deputies, has decided to initiate a public tender to fill the vacant management board position. The tender announcement is expected on the Zagrebački holding website in the coming days. Novinić, an economics graduate, previously spent 12 years at the U.S. Embassy in Croatia, holding advisory and management positions related to the economy.
We thank him for his work and wish him success in his future career.
Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.