Supervisory Board President (since 14 October 2009)
Mr. Jurčić was born in Ružići, B&H, in 1954. He graduated from the Foreign Trade Faculty in Zagreb in 1981, and received his Master’s degree in 1985 from the Faculty of Economy and Business in Zagreb. From that same Faculty he received his PhD in economic sciences in 1997.
Having graduated, he finds his employment at Tvornica elektrotehničkih proizvoda Zagreb, performing tasks relative to foreign trade (from office clerk to head of the export department). In 1986 he is employed at Progres, a company for research and development services and consulting in Zagreb as the foreign trade adviser. At Tvornica elektrotehničkih proizvoda in 1987 he becomes the foreign trade director.
Since 1986 he is employed at the Faculty of Economy and Business in Zagreb as a part-time assistant, and became full time employee in 1990. He published numerous scientific and expert works, lectured at many expert lectures and is the editor of “Ekonomist” magazine.
He is a member of several professional associations (European Economic Association, International Economics and Finance Society, International Input-Output Association, New York Academy of Sciences, American Management Association).
He was elected to the Supervisory Board of Podravka on 14 October 2009, and became its president on 18 November 2009.