He was born in 1962 in Koprivnica. He graduated from the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in 1986.
He also finished several business modules and seminars at IEDC Bled school of management and many expert seminars. During his career he attended several internal seminars organized by Podravka with the purpose of expanding professional knowledge and management skills.
Having graduated, he found his employment at Podravka where he works even today. He performed the tasks of lead technologist at the Yeast factory, then he was the director of the Yeast factory and among other functions within Podravka, he was also the head of joint venture project with Elite International B. V., Holland, in the coffee production business, and head of the yeast business disinvestment project. After that he was the director of Central European Market sector in the period from 2004 to 2005. He was the Production sector director from 2005 to 2008.
Since 2008 until he is appointed member of Podravka Management Board, he is responsible for „business to business" product categories intended for big industrial buyers at Podravka level and for the entire process of tendering, contracting and realization of service production.
He was appointed Podravka Management Board member at the Supervisory Board meeting held on 31 May 2010.