1. Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information VESNA BAKRAN
Address: 6 Brace Korenika Street, Zagreb – Croatia
Telephone: +385 1 555 0991
Cellular: +385 99 3927670
E-mail: bakran@vbc.hr
Date of birth: December 23rd 1961
Citizenship: Croatian
Working Experience
March 2013 – present Owner / Director
VB Consultoris d.o.o. (Zagreb)
The company is specialized in consulting in the following
business areas: games of chance, the organization development
and management, process management, project management,
customer relation management
July 2012 – February 2013 Advisor to the CEO
Croatian Lottery d.o.o. (Zagreb)
Advising member of the Office of the CEO
Novemb. 2009 – April 2013 Chairman of the Steering Committee
Association of SE European Lotteries - GIZ ALO
June 2007 – June 2009 Member of the Executive Board
Association of the European Lotteries – EL
April 2004 – July 2012 CEO and Chairman of the Management Executive Board
Croatian Lottery d.o.o. (Zagreb)
May 2002 – April 2004 Department Manager
Generalturist d.d. (Zagreb)
Retail, sales agents and outpost department
2. August 1993 – April 2002 Branch Manager
Croatian Lottery d.o.o. (Zagreb)
The Zagreb branch (POS network)
April 1986 – August 1993 Independent Officer for Human Resources
Croatian Lottery d.o.o. (Zagreb)
Education and Training
May 2008 Postgraduate degree in Marketing (MA specialist)
The Zagreb University – The Faculty of Economics
Postgraduate specialist studies in marketing management
July 1985 MA degree in Pedagogy (Graduated pedagogue)
The Zagreb University – The Faculty of Philosophy
Level VII/1 of national classification (Master degree)
Note: Continuous various professional and special studies in Croatia
and abroad in the following fields:
HR management
business management
business skills
Personal Skills
Languages Croatian – native language proficiency
English – active business proficiency (reading and writing)
German – basic proficiency (passive knowledge)
Computer Skills MS Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Driving License B category (personal cars)
Other Skills Developed communication and organization skills; Large
teams leadership, International projects experience; Multi-
functional experience; Obtaining different facts and points of
views in their entirety and creating the relations between them;
Continuous learning
3. Additional Information
Scientific Publication:
Bakran V. – Cuturas A. – Tomsic D. (2011):
Corporate governance challenges in state owned companies in Croatia:
The Croatian Lottery Case
The first international conference of the Faculty of the Economics (The Zagreb University)
Jean Monnet Chair: “Corporate governance – New experiences: Implementation in South
Eastern Europe”