The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Finance Plus, Mr. Budimir Raickovic, has been re-elected as president of the Montenegrin Managers’ Association (AMM). We note that Mr. Raickovic is also the president of the Southeast European Managers’ Association (AMSEE).
Below we publish the full statement from the AMM website.
New four-year term
The delegates of the AMM electoral assembly took the decision to entrust the four-year term of AMM president to Budimir Raickovic.
Assembly leadership
- President of the AMM Assembly: Slavoljub Popadic — Executive Director of the Pljevlja Coal Mine
- Deputy President of AMM: Zoran Savic — Director of Sales at Sava osiguranje
Vice-presidents by area
- Leadership and business women: Marijana Kadic Bojanic — Executive Director of TV Vijesti and Daily press
- International cooperation and project management: Aleksandra Radojevic — Director of the Strategy and Risks Sector at Mtel
- Economy and finance: Dr Vinko Nikic — Chief Executive Officer of Lovcen banka
- Development and entrepreneurship: Radovan Radulovic — founder of Family RIN
Executive Board
Also elected to the composition of the Executive Board:
- Andela Radosavovic — Executive Director of AMM
- Ana Martinovic — PR Manager at Mtel
- Vladan Tabas — General Director of Cikom
- Nemanja Nikolic — General Director of Hotel Hilton
- Arsenije Boljevic — Executive Director of Deponija
Supervisory Board
Jovan Boljevic — Director of Human Resources at Lovcen osiguranje — was elected president of the Supervisory Board.
A new composition of the AMM Management Board was also elected.
Address by Budimir Raickovic
“The environment in which we live and work is, in a word, unhealthy — not only from the health aspect, where we have come to the point of simply noting the numbers of the dead and infected and dreading what measures will be adopted, how and how much all of this will affect our economy — but also from all other aspects, including the political-security one.”
“We cannot speak of economic recovery, let alone economic development — unless we have stability, predictability and security. Perhaps we do not need total lockdown, because that is economically very bad, but rather we should consider finally respecting the measures and being disciplined and non-selective when it comes to penal policy.”
“We appeal to all decision makers and actors on the socio-political scene of Montenegro to be aware of the moment in which we find ourselves, but also of the responsibility that as a society we act in the direction of sobering up and put maximum focus on economic healing. There is no recipe for solving accumulated problems, but there are procedures and standards for acting in crisis situations.”
Addresses of the other elected members
Slavoljub Popadic
“We live in a time of strong divisions and mixed priorities, at the moment of a battle between two fierce fires — the fire of corona and the fire of economic decline. Our first task is to extinguish them, and only then to look for who threw the match. Unfortunately, the state of affairs shows that we are more concerned with the question of who threw the match, while the fires destroy everything before them. The voice of AMM should be a benevolent and apolitical voice of reason.”
Zoran Savic
“I am sure that AMM will in the coming period be a serious partner to all institutions that accept our extended hand, because we have the privilege that the members of the Association are recognised and confirmed managers who, with their knowledge, credibility and previous results, can undoubtedly offer immeasurable help in achieving the goals of the Association.”
Marijana Kadic Bojanic
“A leader is more than a manager. It is a person who has a vision, who knows which way and why they are leading people and processes. Today, in the time of corona, we have new challenges that require leaders to also be innovators, in order to succeed in saving their companies and thereby contributing to society.”
“Montenegro is paying a high price for quasi-leadership that did not produce democratic processes, a developed economy and a society of equal opportunities. Leaders must comply with all laws and norms and be the first to respect the rules. It is time for different leaders — those who work in the public interest, for business women for whom gender is not an obstacle and who bravely break stereotypes.”
Aleksandra Radojevic
“During the pandemic, we all saw how important international cooperation is and how it united the whole world and the region. We showed solidarity when in trouble — and we could use this togetherness for cooperation at the international, and above all regional level.”
“Project management is a topic that is gaining importance — because without good project management, adaptation to new situations and challenges would not be possible. We will strive to — for the benefit of the Association, all members, but also the recovery of the economy — launch a kind of ‘Marshall Plan’ in order to set the locomotive in motion and return to the track we all want.”
Vinko Nikic
“Given the fact that COVID has taken away more than 30 trillion dollars of global GDP, of course our country has not been spared from the recession — especially since our economy is very sensitive to external flows. In the short term, an important task lies ahead of us: how to improve the health situation and prepare the forthcoming tourist season, because the share of tourism is very high in the total share of GDP.”
Radovan Radulovic
“An extremely difficult year is ahead of us, but if we are in business and if we are managers, then we must fight and win — not through spite and conventional thinking, but through innovation and expertise. Managers are expected to be successful even when it seems impossible.”
“We, the older ones, bear witness that back in the 1990s we survived in a war environment, developed during international sanctions, defeated nine-digit inflation and survived the bombing — so there is nothing left for us but, as the late Nebojsa Glogovac said: ‘to go out on the field even when it is most difficult — and win’.”
Source: AMM — Montenegrin Managers’ Association elected new leadership
