WHO IS D.KOVAČEVIĆ ?

The curse of CROMA - whoever receives this award can count on ending up in the black chronicle Dragan Kovacevic, after unsuccessful candidacy for SDP position, will leave party and join HNS Writes: Marko BiočinaPosted: September 17, 2020 7:55 pm Zagreb, 300511. Dragan Kovacevic, leader of the Zagreb HNS. Darko Tomas / Cropix "You can also have a gold mine, but if it is not managed well, it will fail" - with this sentence, a little over five years ago, Janafa leader Dragan Kovacevic responded to criticism that the company is easy to manage due to the monopolistic nature of its business. The reason for the interview was the award for manager of the year in the public enterprise sector, which was awarded to Kovačević by the Croatian Association of Managers and Entrepreneurs (HUM-CROMA). During the first two decades of Croatian capitalism, the CROMA award gained a kind of ominous prophecy status because, in an extremely high percentage, its laureates would appear on the pages of the black chronicle over time. Perhaps with that in mind, Kovačević did not attend the award ceremony, but CROMA's curse still caught up with him. Political sinecures What will be the final epilogue of the qualifications that USKOK investigators charge Kovacevic with is now difficult to predict with certainty, but in any case it will be a new chapter in the rich biography of a man who built his career on the border of politics, entrepreneurship and academia. If asked which of the three influences was the strongest, Kovacevic himself would probably emphasize his scientific career, diploma and doctorate at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, about fifty published professional and scientific papers and positions in the leadership of professional organizations, such as a member of the Croatian Society of Economists. His opponents, of course, would probably characterize Kovacevic as a man shaped and created by politics and who built his professional resume on appointments stemming from political sinecures.