Governing bodies

Manager with a broad experience in establishing new business in different countries including South-Eastern Europe and Turkey. He is managing international structure with over 3000 people operating in 23 countries

Piotr Jeleński is President of the Management Board of Asseco South Eastern Europe S.A. since July 2007. He is managing Asseco South Eastern Europe Group and is responsible for overall strategy as well as daily development of all ASEE Business Units and respective country operations. He is focused on organic growth supported by selective acquisitions. 

Between January 2002 and June 2009 he worked as CFO of Softbank and following Softbank's merger into Asseco Poland, CFO of Asseco Poland and Board Member. His responsibilities included organizing financing, restructuring, managing M&A activities, introduction of new procedures and business processes. Major milestones included management and support in merger processes with three major Polish IT vendors (Softbank, Prokom and ABG). 

Prior to that, since September 1996 till July 2001 Piotr Jeleński worked as Deputy Director for CA IB Financial Advisers and was responsible in the investment bank for project origination and execution in the area of mergers and acquisitions. 

Piotr Jeleński is a graduate of Warsaw University, where he obtained a Master of Economics degree with a specialization in Organization and Management. He is also a graduate of Aston Business School in Birmingham, UK with Master of Business degree. 

Mr. Slavkoski graduated from the university of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia and obtained a diploma in electrical engineering in computer science and automation in May 1997.

Mr. Slavkoski built his professional career as an expert in the field of software development in the companies of the Asseco South Eastern Europe S.A. for over 20 years.

In 2018, he became the President of the Management Board of ASSECO SEE dooel in Macedonia. From 2009 to 2018, Mr. Slavkoski was a member of the management board of ASSECO SEE dooel in Macedonia and managed operations of the unit of Solutions in the banking sector.

Since 2017, he has been a Member of the Management Board at ASSECO SEE eood in Bulgaria.

Previously, he worked as the head of the central banking system unit in Macedonia and Serbia, and as a product manager, consultant and programmer.

Michał Nitka began his career in ASEE Group in August 2010, taking the position of Head of Group Controlling, where he was responsible for coordinating the work of the controlling department of the parent company. Since January 2015, he has been working as Group Controlling Director and he has been responsible for the controlling department in all companies of the capital group. His responsibilities include, above all, the coordination of the work of controlling teams, the development and implementation of new processes and tools for management reporting, and financial support for the operations and sales departments.

In the period from April to August 2010 he worked as a Financial Controller at Sita Polska Sp. z o.o., where he was responsible for the supervision of several companies within the capital group.

In the period from January 2007 to April 2010 Michał Nitka worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young, on the position of Senior Auditor, where he participated in the audit of large clients from the corporate sector, including companies listed on the stock exchange. Previously, he also worked in the audit departments of BDO Polska and Rewit Accountants and Statutory Auditors.

Michał Nitka graduated from the University of Gdańsk (Faculty of Management) with a specialization in Business Economics. Michał Nitka is a certified auditor.

Jozef Klein graduated in Theoretical Cybernetics and Mathematical Informatics from the Mathematics and Physics Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava. He has worked for Asseco Central Europe since 1996, first externally, and later as an internal employee in the position of Product and Project Manager for the field of DWH & BI. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asseco Central Europe in Slovakia since 2002, and also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asseco Central Europe in the Czech Republic since 2009. At the same time, he holds the position of CEO in both companies.

Since July 2017, Jozef Klein has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for  Asseco Enterprise Solutions and since November 2017 also for Asseco International. Jozef Klein also acts as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board in companies of Asseco Solutions Group (developing activities in five countries) and all other subsidiaries of the Asseco Central Europe group. Since October 2009, he has also held an important position of CEO at the whole European group level of the Asseco Group. He won the EY Entrepreneur of the yearTM 2016 of the Slovak Republic.

“Adam Góral is responsible for the development vision and strategy of the Asseco Group, Internal Audit Department and Telecommunications and Media Division.

The Founder and President of the Management Board of Asseco Poland. Since 1991 he has been developing COMP Rzeszów, which, after being listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange as Asseco Poland, became the leader of the Asseco Group’s development in international markets.

The graduate of the Kraków University of Economics (major: cybernetics of economics and computer science) with Ph.D. in economics. In 1979-1990 he worked at a branch of Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Rzeszów, initially as an assistant and then as an assistant professor. In 1991-1993 he was involved in the Polish-American Project of Building Enterprise Institutes in Poland.

In 1999-2006, he served as the Chairman or the Member of the Supervisory Board in the following companies: ABAS and COMP Soft, as well as Softlab, Softlab Trade, WA-PRO, Asseco Romania, Vistula & Wólczanka, ABG (former DRQ) and Asseco Systems.

Currently, he holds the positions of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Asseco International, Asseco Central Europe, Asseco Western Europe, Asseco Data Systems, Asseco Cloud, and Gdynia Basketball Club ARKA, as well as the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Asseco South Eastern Europe and Asseco Business Solutions. He is the member of the Supervisory Board of Asseco Enterprise Solutions and the Podkarpackie Business Club.

He is the Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic and the member of the Supervisory Board in the Podkarpackie Employers' Association.”

“Adam Pawlowicz, a manager with many years of experience in managing companies and capital groups, including listed companies. In the past, he served, among others, as vice president of Work Service SA, president of the Konsalnet Group, president of RUCH SA and president of PAIZ SA. In 2006, he led the completion of the initial public offering of RUCH SA shares, placing the company on the Stock Exchange. He currently holds the position of Vice President, Commercial Director at Lotos Paliwa sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of LOTOS SA.

He has also served on the Supervisory Boards of private and public companies for many years. He has served, among others, as a member of the Supervisory Boards of such companies as Orlen, TVP, PAP, Gdansk Economic Development Agency, Asseco Business Solutions. He is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Black Pearls SA fund.

Adam Pawłowicz is a graduate of the Faculty of Polish Philology at Jagiellonian University, an MBA graduate of the University of Calgary (Canada) and a postgraduate in management at the Warsaw School of Economics. He also completed a course at the prestigious IESE Business School.”

Elma Popovac has been Member of the Management Board of Asseco SEE d.o.o. in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finance Director since March 2017.

Before joining ASEE, Elma worked for 10 years as Head of Financial and Risk Controlling Department at HETA d.o.o. Sarajevo (former Hypo-Alpe-Adria Leasing), where she managed the Finance function and was responsible for liquidity management, risk management, operational risk management and project management.

Previously she worked as an auditor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Sarajevo and a payment transaction officer at ProCredit Bank.

Elma graduated from the University of Sarajevo, School of Economics.

Elma Popovac is Member of the Management Board of Payten in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She also holds the position of Member of the Management Board of Asseco SEE d.o.o. in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finance Director since March 2017.

Before joining ASEE, Elma worked for 10 years as Head of Financial and Risk Controlling Department at HETA d.o.o. Sarajevo (former Hypo-Alpe-Adria Leasing), where she managed the Finance function and was responsible for liquidity management, risk management, operational risk management and project management.

Previously she worked as an auditor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Sarajevo and a payment transaction officer at ProCredit Bank.

Elma graduated from the University of Sarajevo, School of Economics.

As of 1 February 2017 the newly appointed Country Leader and President of the Management Board of Asseco SEE Croatia is Igor Gržalja, a manager with 15 years of experience gained in different positions across the IT sector, including design and software development, project management, team leadership and organisational development as well as business development and sales.

Igor graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb. His career started in Logos. He also worked in Hewlett-Packard.

Igor joined ASEE in 2008 as Business Development Manager. In 2013 he became Group Banking Sales Manager overseeing Business Development and Sales in all ASEE countries for MASS/BSW Business lines.

Marko Simonovic was born on 23.06.1983. in Cetinje, Montenegro. 

Graduated from the University of Podgorica, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, section of Applied Computing and received his B. Sc.(Bachelor of Science).

His carrier started in company Cardinfo Montenegro in May 2006. 

Mr. Marko Simonovic occupied following positions: 

• From 2006 - 2008; ATM Specialist in Cardinfo Montenegro d.o.o
• From 2008 - 2010; Executive Director Cardinfo MOntenegro d.o.o
• From August 2010 - until now; Country Leader, President of the Management Board of ASEE Montenegro (Asseco SEE has acquired Cardinfo Montenegro in 2010) 

Adrian Nastase comes to Asseco SEE with more than 15 years of experience in IT Sales and Business Development, with an extensive background in banking industry.  

Adrian has been with Asseco SEE since 2007. During his professional career in the company, Adrian had several roles in the organization, allowing for a complex business understanding, customer and IT market knowledge: started within Sales organization in System Integration, grew into a Business Developer role, promoting ASEE Group Banking solutions and than moving up as Sales Manager, coordinating sales in Banking Business Unit. As a result of his significant impact on the company’s results, in April 2019 Adrian was nominated to Asseco SEE Romania Management Board and than, starting September 2019, as Country Leader for the company in Romania.

In his current position, he will focus his efforts on strengthening and expanding the business in Romania.

Graduated in Engineer from Telecommunications and Information Technology Faculty from the Politechnica University of Bucharest, Adrian is bringing valuable knowledge to the company, as he played a major role in many important Romanian IT projects over the years.

Aleksandar Marinković has been appointed Country Leader of Asseco SEE Serbia following his successful career with the company for more than 12 years.

He joined Asseco SEE in 2008 as Key Account Manager. Then he was promoted to the Systems Integration Deputy Sales Manager, and later on in 2016 to the Sales Director of Custom Application Services and Infrastructure Services, a unit currently operating within ASEE Dedicated Solutions. Focused on further professional development and contribution to the company’s progress and expansion, Aleksandar joined ASEE Serbia Board at the beginning of 2020.

He owns a degree in Information systems and technologies acquired from the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade.

Miloš Matović has been Finance Director of Asseco SEE Serbia since June 2016.

Before joining Asseco SEE, he pursued his financial career as Managed Services Financial Manager in Atos for SEE. Previously, he built his professional path in Siemens, holding the position of SIS BU Commercial Head among many others.

Miloš holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration, specializing in Finance and Financial Management Services, which he acquired from IFAM Business School in Paris.

Dejan Đokić has been Director of Asseco SEE Serbia since February 2017.

He has been with the company for a long time, starting as a Project Manager in 2005 and developing his professional career as Profit Center Manager for Infrastructure Services. He has managed and participated in numerous projects of vital importance for the company related to the financial and public sector in the region, as well as in significant regional projects in the telco domain.

Before joining Asseco SEE, Dejan held the positions of an engineering associate and a technologist, with Jugoimport and Zepter International, respectively.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade and holds a degree in Industrial Engineering.

Mr. Miljan Mališ graduated from the University of Belgrade, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and was awarded Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.).

Mr. Miljan Mališ has held the following positions: 

• 1996 - 1998 - communications engineer in the IT company IBIS-SYS, Belgrade , Serbia 
• 1999 - 2004 - Deputy Director-General and General Director of IBIS-SYS (a company acquired by Siemens Business Services) 
• March 2007 - 2008 - Managing Director of Pexim Cardinfo d.o.o. 
• July 2008 - January 2018 - Asseco SEE Belgrade Director, Member of Management Board of Asseco South Eastern Europe
• January 2018 - present - General Manager of Payten in Serbia, Member of the Group Board

Miloš Matović has been Finance Director of Payten since January, 2018. He also holds a position of a Director of Asseco SEE Serbia since June 2016.

Before joining Asseco SEE, he pursued his financial career as Managed Services Financial Manager in Atos for SEE. Previously, he built his professional path in Siemens, holding the position of SIS BU Commercial Head among many others.

Miloš holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration, specializing in Finance and Financial Management Services, which he acquired from IFAM Business School in Paris.

Mr. Tomaž Pelicon graduated from the University of Ljubljana, the Faculty of Economics and received his B.Sc. in 1994.

Mr. Tomaž Pelicon occupied following positions: 

• 1994 – 2001; On site Auditor in Banking Supervision Department in Bank of Slovenia, 
• 2002 – 2006; Head of Audit of Financial Services Intermediaries in Ernst & Young Slovenia, 
• 2006 – 2008; CFO in Daimler AC leasing Slovenia, 
• 2009 – 2010; Managing director of TPM Svetovanje, 
• 2010 – 2011; Managing Director of Simt Cardinfo 
• 2011 – 2018; Country Leader, President of the Management Board of ASEE Slovenia
• 2018 - until now; Country Leader, President of the Management Board of Payten Slovenia

Born in 1968 and has BSc degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Yıldız Technical University, Turkey.

Held following positions so far:

• Hatice Ayas is the Country Leader and Member of the Management Board of Asseco SEE in Turkey since 2010. 
• She has also served as Member of the Management Board of Asseco South Eastern Europe between 2010 – 2013. 
• 2008-2010 Managing Director of ITD İletişim Teknoloji Danışmanlık A.Ş. and Member of the Management Board of EST up to the acquisition of both these companies by Asseco SEE in 2010. 
• 2006 - 2008 Vice President of ITD İletişim Teknoloji Danışmanlık A.Ş. responsible for operations of the company’s two business lines: Voice Automation Solutions, and Payment Automation Solutions. 
• 2002 – 2006 Vice President of ITD responsible for New Business Development, responsible for developing new markets (with primary focus on Middle East) and new products to enrich to company’s solution portfolio. 
• 1996 – 2002 Director responsible for Payment Automation Solutions where her task was to develop and deliver the whole portfolio of payment automation solutions. Earlier, as Product Manager, she was engaged in development of the company’s Voice Automation Solutions. 

During her career, she worked very closely with finance and telecommunication organizations, gaining in-depth experience and know-how in payment and voice automation solutions. She played an important role in establishing the companies of ITD, a provider of payment and voice automation solutions, and EST, a provider of secure e-payment solutions and services. EST has been the first and only independent e-payment gateway in Turkey.