Our advisors – Bosnia and Herzegovina
No matter what your goals are, our expert advisors will work closely with you to help you find the right funding option and lead you to success.
Nenad Marković
Internationalization and Project Advisor
Expert in development, management and implementation of projects in higher education and science. Expert in strategic management and certified advisor/lead auditor in quality management for companies, higher education institutions and research organizations. Organizes business to business meetings, workshops and other project events.
Danijel Mijić
Innovation and Technology Transfer Advisor
Expert in innovation and technology transfer in digital agriculture. Identifies opportunities for optimization of business processes through introduction of digital solutions. Provides advisory services related to the innovation and technology transfer, as well organizes B2B events through Enterprise Europe Network.
Amir Hujić
Access to Finance and EU funding Advisor
Project manager with 15 years of experience in coordination, women entrepreneurship, particularly in organizing multi-sectoral business missions and EU funding.
Mersiha Selmanović
Internationalization and SME Capacity Building Advisor
She has experience in internationalisation of SMEs, establishing business cooperation among Bosnian and foreign companies, everyday correspondence with the Bosnian enterprises and business support organizations. Organizes b2b meetings, seminars, workshops, business events and business missions.
Maja Arslanagić-Kalajdžić
Sustainability and Resilience Advisor
Professor of marketing and a Head of Centre for Research and Development at the University of Sarajevo. As the representative of the University, she is in charge of research and development activities as well as of advising and assessing innovative companies in the country. She has particular research interests in topics related to sustainability. She has further been active in researching the effect on COVID-19 pandemic on SMEs in BiH, analyzing the situation in the companies and also assessing their resilience.
Melika Husić-Mehmedović
Scale-Up and Innovation Capacity Advisor
Husić-Mehmedović has particular experience in project management, as she was involved in many national and international projects. Project manager since 2017, dealing with innovative companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Extensive experience on innovation strategies and consulting in innovation improvement, projects in the green economy and social entrepreneurship.
Selma Kadić-Maglajlić
Innovation Capacity and Technology Transfer Advisor
Kadić-Maglajlić has experience in project management, as she was involved in many national and international projects, dealing with innovative companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dr. Kadić-Maglajlić has extensive experience in coaching and advising innovative startups. She is engaged in various training and mentoring activities as a key trainer for large profit organizations and as an evaluator for innovative business ideas and start-ups.
Goran Janjić, PhD
Technology Transfer, Business Process and Product Improvement Advisor
Provides advisory services related to: Good practices for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of business processes in companies (LEAN, SIX SIGMA). The process of harmonization of products with European Union legislation on product safety (CE marking), Project Management.
Dragana Bajović
Access to Finance Advisor
Dragana is currently running the Business Incubator in the ICBL. She has over five years of professional experience in work with youth, startups, entrepreneurs and SMEs. Actively works on projects related to the improving labor/business skills. Daily, she works with entrepreneurs, helping them to grow up their ideas and businesses, and to reach new international markets.
Bojan Ćudić, PhD
Intellectual Property and Access to Finance Advisor
IP expert with over 14 years of experience on the EU projects such as IPA, Interreg, Horizon 2020, COSME and Erasmus+. Over 14 years of experience working and advising SMEs on access to finance, internationalization, innovation and IPR. Coordinator of EEN RS and European IP Helpdesk Ambassador in BiH. Member of the ICT thematic group within the EEN.
Dragan Milovanović, PhD
Internationalization and Access to Finance Advisor
Expert at strategic restructuring company, management and writing project proposals. Provides advisory services for access to finance, the development of innovative projects to businesses and participates in the implementation of all segments of the Enterprise Europe Network.
Slobodan Dragičević
Innovation and Technology Transfer Advisor
Branch Association Secretary for ICT; Head of IT center and Lider project manager; Digitization and digital transformation in SME Companies; etc.
Vedran Šimunović
Innovation, Internationalization and SME Capacity Building Advisor
CEO of INTERA Technology Park who provides business support, business model innovation, internationalization and capacity building services to SMEs since 2016. Mentoring SMEs in Federal mentoring program and in Proof of Concept project. Organizes b2b meetings, workshops, hackathons and other start-up events. Advises in digitalization, digital transformation and smart city initiatives.
Vedrana Ajanović
Digitalization, Internationalization and SME Capacity Building Advisor
Ajanović works daily with IT companies in BIT Center in their various phases of development, communicating with all BIT Center partners, both national and international.
Alma Bečirović
Internationalization Advisor
Active member of EEN experienced in establishment business cooperation among B&H and foreign companies, assisting and advising SMEs on product conformity, CE marking, in accordance with EU standards and EU legislation in order to allow them to become active in the Single Market and beyond. Manager of LIND Laboratory for product safety testing / an accredited test laboratory within Zenica development Agency ZEDA Ltd.
Robert Martić
Internationalization Advisor
Innovation Capacity support and director has over 20 years of experience in project implementation, business, and entrepreneurship. He was engaged on project development and implementation of formal and operational structure development of innovation infrastructure from business incubator to technology park. He has experience in project management and involved in preparation and implementation in all project that BIT Center implemented.