Management

Management

A deeper sense and promise of Petrol is to improve the quality of life.

Sašo Berger, President of the Management Board

Sašo Berger (born in 1966) holds a university degree in economics. He started his professional career in 1995 as a Product Manager at Kolinska d.d., following which he joined Tehnoimpex d.d. as the Head of Finance between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, he became the CFO of S&T Slovenija d.d., after which he was a Member of the Management Board from 2000 to 2007 and, in 2008, he was appointed Vice President of the Management Board responsible for Finance, HR, Legal Affairs, Procurement, IT and Sales. In September 2013, he became the President of the Management Board of the company. When S&T Slovenia and Iskratel merged in September 2022, he became the CEO of Kontron d.o.o. and was appointed to the position of the Executive Vice President at Kontron AG Group. Mr Berger took up his office as a Member of the Management Board of Petrol on 15 September 2023. The Supervisory Board of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana appointed him as the President of the Management Board of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana for a five-year term of office, starting on 23 November 2023. He is responsible for Human Resources, Procurement and Trading of Fuels, IT, Strategy, Management Board Cabinet and Compliance, Internal Audit, Corporate Security and Business Control, Sustainable Development, Quality and Safety, Legal Affairs, and Corporate Communications.

Jože Smolič, Member of the Management Board

Jože Smolič (b. 1967) holds a master’s degree in business administration. He has been building his career in trade, marketing, promotion and sales at Petrol since 1989. Over the course of his career, he has gained extensive experience in retail management, staff leadership, project work, the development of new sales networks and retail operations, and the development of new sales service formats and concepts. From 2002 to 2011, he headed the Ljubljana-Kranj regional unit as Director of Retail. Between 2011 and 2014, he served as Director of Retail for the Petrol Group, after which he took over the management of the subsidiary Petrol Oti Kosovo, while also serving as Director of the Petrol Group’s Strategic Activities. In 2015, he started managing strategic projects and the development of new business formats within the Retail Site Development division, which he went on to lead from 1 July 2020 onward. He was appointed Member of the Management Board by the Supervisory Board on 27 August 2020 and reappointed for a new five-year term beginning on 28 August 2025. He is responsible for Marketing and Digital Sales, B2C Sales, Merchandise and Services, Gastro, and Customer Support with Sales and Contact Centre, and Retail Site Development. 

Marko Ninčević, Member of the Management Board

Marko Ninčević (born in 1981) holds a university degree in economics and an MBA degree. He started his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers Slovenija as an Auditor and Corporate Adviser in 2004, after which he joined NLB d.d., initially as a Senior Adviser to the CFO from 2007, after which he became a Coordinator and later the Head of the Non-Performing Loan Department. In 2013, he joined Gorenjska banka where he served as the Senior Manager for Risk Management until 2017 when he became the CEO of Lisca d.o.o. Mr Ninčević took up his office as a Member of the Management Board of Petrol, responsible for Energy and Environmental Systems, Energy Production, Energy Solutions and Mobility, Strategic and Technical Procurement,  Supply and Trading of Electricity and Demand and Project Management, on 1 September 2023.

Metod Podkrižnik, Member of the Management Board

Metod Podkrižnik (born in 1971) is a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Economic Sciences. He started his professional career in 1998 as the Head of Maintenance at Gorenje. Between 1999 and 2006, he was the Head of the Commercial Sector at the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Commodity Reserves. In 2006, he joined Holding Slovenske Elektrarne d.o.o. as the Assistant General Manager, following which he moved to OMV in 2008, initially as the Head of Business Area in Slovenia and later in the entire region. Between 2013 and 2015, he served as the General Manager of OMV Slovakia. Afterwards, he was the Director of Fersped d.o.o. In 2017, he was a Member of the Management Board of Luka Koper d.d. where he was responsible for commerce and operations. In 2023, he took over the management of Bluemarine d.o.o. His term of office as a Member of the Management Board of Petrol, responsible for B2B and B2G Sales, Supply and Trading of Natural Gas, Operations, Logistics and Fuels and Derivates, started on 1 January 2024.

Drago Kavšek, Member of the Management Board

Drago Kavšek (born 1974) holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics. In 1998, he joined Deloitte & Touche as an assistant auditor and then continued in Internal Controlling at Peugeot Slovenia. In 2001, he was hired by Publikum d.d., first as Director of Analytics and later as Project Manager in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions. He then continued his career at Fructal d.d., where he was CFO from 2007 to 2010, and later took on the role of Chairman of the Management Board. In 2012, he assumed the role of Member of the Management Board in charge of Finance, Accounting, Controlling and IT at Mercator d.d. In 2017, he became a Member of the Management Board responsible for the Corporate Business Division at Banka Intesa Sanpaolo d.d. He took on the role of a Member of the Management Board of Petrol, responsible for Controlling, Risk Management, Business Intelligence,  Accounting, Finance, Treasury and Back Office at Petrol on 1 March 2024.
Zoran Gračner, Member of the Management Board, Worker Director

Zoran Gračner (born in 1970) has a master's degree in management and organization and a university degree in mechanical engineering. He has been employed at Petrol since 2005, working in the field of Energy and Environmental Services. He currently serves as Director of the Heating Systems sector. From 2013 onward, he held two consecutive terms as President of the Works Council of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana, and served as an employee representative on the Supervisory Board of Petrol d.d., Ljubljana, and a member of the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board.
He was appointed for a 5-year term of office from 11 December 2020. Upon the proposal of the Works Council, the Supervisory Board reappointed him as Member of the Management Board and Worker Director for a new five-year term beginning on 11 December 2025. As a member of the Management Board, the Worker Director participates in decision-making only on matters referring to the formulation of the HR and socal policies.
 

Zoran Gračner

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