She graduated from the University of Montenegro (2000), obtained an MPhil from the University of Cambridge (2002), completed the CORIPE Master’s Programme in Economics (2003), and earned a PhD in Economics (2009).

Governor Radović is a recognised advocate of gender equality and inclusive finance. She authored Montenegro’s first National Agenda for Women’s Economic Empowerment (2022), launched the Women on Boards Programme (2023–2026), and serves as national lead for the global We Finance Code (since 2025). In 2022, she was awarded the Legion of Honour, France’s highest national distinction.

Chris serves as President & CEO of Conair Group Inc., headquartered in Abbotsford, BC, Canada, leading Conair, Conair France and Aero-Flite Inc., the company’s US subsidiary. Chris joined Aero-Flite in 2021 bringing with him 26 years of leadership experience in both civilian and military aerospace organizations. After completing his service in the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat experienced F-18 Instructor Pilot, Landing Signal Officer, and Forward Air Controller, he held various roles in engineering, operations, and aviation safety at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

Danilo Nikolić serves as an Advisor for Relations with International Financial Institutions at Regionalni vodovod Crnogorsko primorje, where he is actively involved in structuring and implementing projects of strategic importance for the development of water infrastructure and the sustainable management of resources. His professional engagement is focused on cooperation with international financial institutions and development partners, with a particular emphasis on projects that contribute to strengthening climate resilience and environmental protection.

He has over eight years of experience in the field of economics, with expertise in financial management, internal control, and auditing. He began his professional career at the hotel group Budvanska rivijera, where, as an Internal Controller, he was responsible for improving internal control systems and enhancing financial efficiency.

He completed his undergraduate and master’s studies at the Belgrade Banking Academy – Faculty of Banking, Insurance and Finance, University Union in Belgrade.

His professional interests include financial management, internal control, auditing, and sustainable development, with a focus on integrating economic and environmental principles into public infrastructure projects.

At the conference, he will present the role of Regionalni vodovod Crnogorsko primorje in the preservation of water resources, as well as approaches to addressing land degradation and the challenges posed by climate change.

Mirjana Kojić is a senior professional with over twenty years of experience in international cultural and business institutions across Montenegro, Serbia, and Italy. She has held a range of leadership positions focused on international cooperation, investment promotion, and strategic project implementation.

Prior to her current role, she served as Head of International Cooperation at the Music Centre of Montenegro, where she played a key role in securing a major cultural donation through the Government of Japan’s programme implemented by JICA. She also served as Secretary General of the Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, contributing to the strengthening of economic relations between Italy and the region.

Ms. Kojić began her career in Italy and has worked on international projects with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, collaboration with multiple Ministries in Montenegro and international associations, as well as with leading organizations including Deloitte Serbia.

She currently leads the Montenegrin Investment Agency, focusing on enhancing the country’s international investment profile and supporting sustainable economic development.

Paul Grossinger is a 27-year-old New York-based entrepreneur, angel investor and syndicator.

He is a founder of Gaingels, the first investment network backing LGBT founders which has led over $15mm of investment into 13 companies and four funds since inception in 2014. Gaingels has over 150 members worldwide, with chapters in NY, LA, DC and London.

He is also co-founder of Blue Jay, the first investment network backing Johns Hopkins alumni. Blue Jay has led or co-led investment of $3m in 7 companies since 2015. Additionally, he has backed over a dozen companies from Hopkins students and alumni as a GP at A-Level Capital. Paul teaches at Johns Hopkins during intersession.

As a private investor he has backed eight funds and 74 start ups. He is a senior advisor to early stage standouts such as Tradeit, Elemental Path and Emocha. As an entrepreneur he co-founded Pervasive Group and L&M Media.

Paul is also a philanthropist, serving as a board member for StartOut and Marriage Equality USA, an advisor for to Out in Tech and as a Trustee Scholarship Advisory Group member for Johns Hopkins.

A regular speaker and panellist, Paul has spoken for a wide range of organizations inlusing at events for Startout, Slush, International CES, Compass Fellowships and CTIA Wireless.

He writes regularly for Inc.com and is a graduate of Cololumbia University’s School of Journalism and the Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Pranvera Kastrati is a seasoned expert in international trade and digital transformation with 30 years of high-level experience in Albania and the broader Western Balkans region. Her professional path reflects a deep engagement in trade negotiations, trade policy formulation and implementation, digital economy, and regional economic integration, with a proven track record in navigating complex institutional environments at both national and regional levels. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Tirana, focusing on the impact of European integration on Albanian trade flows and policymaking.

From 2005 to 2017, Dr. Kastrati played a central role in shaping Albania’s trade policy architecture and institutional capacity for international integration. As Director of Trade Integration Policy and later Director for Economic Development and Cooperation at the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship, she was entrusted with formulating Albania’s trade strategy, leading international trade negotiations, and representing Albania in key multilateral trade processes in the World Trade Organization and regional processes, including CEFTA and other free trade agreements.

She served as Albania’s CEFTA Contact Point for a decade (2007–2017), and led Albania’s negotiations on trade facilitation, trade in services liberalisation, and regulatory alignment under CEFTA 2006. She was also Albania’s lead interlocutor for related activities under the World Trade Organization (WTO), where she managed the engagement across all WTO agreements and led both Albania’s First and Second Trade Policy Reviews in 2010 and 2016 respectively. In this capacity, she chaired the work for the alignment of national legislation with Chapters 3 and 30 of the EU acquis, directly contributing to Albania’s EU integration process.

Since joining the Regional Cooperation Council in 2017, Dr. Kastrati has progressively taken on senior leadership roles, culminating in her appointment as Acting Head of the Programme Department. She led the preparation of the strategic regional initiatives such as the Common Regional Market in 2020 and 2024 and contributed to the implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans and the Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans. Her leadership was instrumental in some key regional achievements, such as the reduction of roaming charges within the Western Balkans and between the EU and the Western Balkans, mobility agreements under the Berlin Process, the Western Balkans Digital Summit, etc.

Her work is distinguished by her strategic foresight, strong analytical judgement, and ability to lead cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder initiatives. As Director of the CEFTA Secretariat, she brings a unique combination of deep policy knowledge, diplomatic skill, and visionary leadership to advance regional cooperation and alignment with the EU Single Market.

Ravik Mima is the CEO of Keiretsu Forum Southeast Europe, where he champions innovation and regional collaboration to cultivate a thriving startup ecosystem across Southeast Europe.

Under his leadership, the region’s first cross-border Angel Investor Network spans nine countries, providing essential alternative financing opportunities for emerging founders, especially in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro where Keiretsu is the only active angel network. As part of Keiretsu Forum, the world’s largest angel investment network with 50+ chapters, over 2,500 investors globally, and more than $1 billion deployed to date, the Southeast Europe chapter is the youngest chapter strategically poised to strengthen private investment in the region, with a particular focus on the Western Balkans.

Ravik holds a PhD in Economics from Peking University and has an extensive academic and advisory background. He serves as a university lecturer at the Western Balkans University, is a research associate at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, and has held advisory roles for Albanian institutions responsible for economic development and regional development.

His expertise in regional studies is reflected in his authorship of significant works on Nearshoring, Green Industrial Policy, and Sustainable Development in the Western Balkans.

Roko Tolić assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer of Airports of Montenegro in July 2024.

He built his career in aviation over more than two decades at Dubrovnik Airport “Ruđer Bošković,” where he spent ten years serving as CEO. During Tolić’s tenure in Dubrovnik, the airport was completely rebuilt, and its route network became one of the most developed in this part of Europe. At Airports of Montenegro, in just one summer season—during 2026—Tolić secured the launch of 21 new routes, 18 at Podgorica Airport and three at Tivat Airport.
Tolić is a member of several international aviation organizations. He serves on the board of the International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE), and previously was part of the Security Committee of the Airports Council International (ACI), as well as an accredited aviation security auditor with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

He holds a degree in economics.

Dušan Živković is an electrical engineer with decades of work experience at managerial positions, as well as in investments, financing, engineering, power systems design, control systems and their implementation at various facilities in Elektroprivreda Srbije.

He began his professional career at «Jugel Inženjering» on the construction of the National Dispatch Center. For two decades, he worked and managed investments, renewable energy sources and the development of production capacities within EPS, and then managed the Sector for Renewable Energy Sources in the distribution network. He actively participated in the preparation of long-term investment and development plans, as well as in numerous equipment revitalization projects in open-pit mines, thermal power plants, hydro power plants, transmission and distribution networks, environmental protection projects, RES development and energy efficiency. He has also dedicated part of his career to the introduction of smart metering at the distribution level, creating conditions for a significant share of RES, but also the introduction of some new technologies in the Serbian energy sector.

During his career, he has also made significant contacts with numerous international companies in the energy sector, achieving successful cooperation and exchange of experience necessary for continuous improvement and development, as well as restructuring processes of Serbian energy companies. Unequivocally supporting the Serbian economy, through the completed projects he created the conditions for their development, as well as the support for them to compete as successfully as possible in markets around the world.

With excellent knowledge of modern information technologies, in addition to English, he speaks Russian and French and has successfully completed several different trainings in the field of management and finance, human resource management and project management.

Branko Zečević has lived and worked in London for over 30 years, where he obtained a degree at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) in the field of Economics, International Trade and Development. He has 30 years of international experience in the field of steel, non-ferrous metals, mining and energy. He is a founder and President of the Metalfer Group. Currently, he holds the position of Chairman of the Association of Serbian Energy Intensive Industry.

Assoc. Prof. Predrag Zenović (b. 1986) is Montenegro’s Chief Negotiator with the EU at the Ministry of European Affairs, and a lecturer and researcher in political science at the Humanities Programme of the University of Donja Gorica in Podgorica. He read Political Science at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, and holds a master’s degree in International Law and Human Rights from the Faculty of Law in Riga. Having completed his doctoral studies in political theory and European studies at LUISS in Italy and the University of Geneva, he was subsequently a postdoctoral fellow at the New Europe College in Bucharest. He was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for 2020/2021 for a research project in feminist political theory at The New School for Social Research in New York.

Zenović is the author of two books in the field of political theory — one focusing on Montenegro and the other on the European Union — as well as over thirty academic papers published in domestic and international journals, covering citizenship, constitutionalism, European studies, identity, gender studies, and other areas of normative political theory. He also teaches at the Faculty of Legal Sciences and the Faculty of Culture and Tourism, on the International Studies in Hospitality and Management – Vatel degree programme.

He serves on several working and expert groups involved in drafting legislation (including the Law on Scientific Research) and strategic documents at both national and local level (the National Cultural Development Programme and the Budva Municipality Cultural Development Programme). He is a member of the Board of Sociology and Political Science of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.

In addition to his native language, he is fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish, proficient in French, and has a working knowledge of Russian and German.

Grzegorz is the Director of EBRD’s Energy Europe team, promoting the Bank’s mandate and supporting green transition through investments and policy advice across the energy sector in Europe. Grzegorz joined EBRD in 1998 from Ernst & Young and became a banker in the Power and Energy Utilities team in 2001. In this role he led a number Bank’s investments in various geographies before later taking on a regional responsibility for the Central Europe. In 2014 Grzegorz became the Country Director for Poland with responsibilities further extended to cover the three Baltic states and later the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. He led the entire business and policy engagement of the EBRD in eight Central European and Baltic states and managed five EBRD offices across the region. In July 2021, Grzegorz joined the Sustainable Infrastructure Group as the Director of the Energy Europe Team. Grzegorz has a Master’s degree in business and economics from the University of Gdansk, Poland, and holds a post-graduate certificate in European Integration from the EC Research Institute. He is also a UK-qualified accountant.

Vladimir Zynchenko is the CEO of GX Superyachts and Greenline Yachts, where he leads the development of innovative, forward-thinking vessels. Originally trained as an engineer, he acquired Greenline Yachts in 2009 and transformed it into a benchmark for modern yacht manufacturing. Under his leadership, the companies have earned recognition for pioneering hybrid yachting, emphasizing efficiency, intelligent design, and advanced technology. Zinchenko has helped position both brands at the forefront of next-generation yachting combining refined luxury with precision engineering and progressive maritime innovation.