Management

Sašo Berger (born in 1966) holds a university degree in economics. He started his professional career in 1995 as a Product Manager at Kolinska d.d., following which he joined Tehnoimpex d.d. as the Head of Finance between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, he became the CFO of S&T Slovenija d.d., after which he was a Member of the Management Board from 2000 to 2007 and, in 2008, he was appointed Vice President of the Management Board responsible for Finance, HR, Legal Affairs, Procurement, IT and Sales. In September 2013, he became the President of the Management Board of the company. When S&T Slovenia and Iskratel merged in September 2022, he became the CEO of Kontron d.o.o. and was appointed to the position of the Executive Vice President at Kontron AG Group. Mr Berger took up his office as a Member of the Management Board of Petrol on 15 September 2023. The Supervisory Board of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana appointed him as the President of the Management Board of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana for a five-year term of office, starting on 23 November 2023. He is responsible for Human Resources, Procurement and Trading of Fuels, IT, Strategy, Management Board Cabinet and Compliance, Internal Audit, Corporate Security and Business Control, Sustainable Development, Quality and Safety, Legal Affairs, and Corporate Communications.

Jože Smolič (b. 1967) holds a master’s degree in business administration. He has been building his career in trade, marketing, promotion and sales at Petrol since 1989. Throughout his career so far, he has gained extensive experience in retail management, staff management, project work, the development of new sales networks and markets, and the development of new retail outlet types and concepts. From 2002 to 2011, he led the Ljubljana-Kranj regional unit as Director of Retail. He worked as Director of Retail for the Petrol Group from 2011 to 2014, after which he took over management of the Petrol Oti Kosovo subsidiary, while also serving as Director of the Petrol Group’s Strategic Activities. In 2015, he started managing strategic projects and the development of new business formats in the Retail Outlet Development division, which he then led from 1 July 2020 onward. On 27 August 2020, the Supervisory Board appointed him as the Member of the Management Board, responsible for B2C Sales, Fuels and Petroleum Products, Gastro, Development of Sales Outlets, Merchandise and Services, Marketing and Digital Sales, and Customer Support with Sales and Contact Centre.

Marko Ninčević (born in 1981) holds a university degree in economics and an MBA degree. He started his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers Slovenija as an Auditor and Corporate Adviser in 2004, after which he joined NLB d.d., initially as a Senior Adviser to the CFO from 2007, after which he became a Coordinator and later the Head of the Non-Performing Loan Department. In 2013, he joined Gorenjska banka where he served as the Senior Manager for Risk Management until 2017 when he became the CEO of Lisca d.o.o. Mr Ninčević took up his office as a Member of the Management Board of Petrol, responsible for Strategic and Technical Procurement, Logistics, Demand and Project Management, Energy and Environmental Systems, and Energy Production, Energy Solutions and Mobility, on 1 September 2023.

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, Supply and Trading of Electricity, Supply and Trading of Natural Gas, and Operations, started on 1 January 2024.

Zoran Gračner (born in 1970) has a master's degree in management and organization and a university degree in mechanical engineering. He has been working at Petrol since 2005 in the field of Energy and Environmental Services. He is the director of the Heating Systems sector. From 2013 onwards, he was the President of the Workers' Council of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana for two terms and a member of the Supervisory Board of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana and the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board.

He was appointed for a 5-year term of office from 11 December 2020. In terms of content, he covers the representation of workers' interests in relation to human resource, and social issues and relationships, formal procedures and methods of cooperation between the administration and employees.