Solarplaza Summit | Balkans

Energy expert with over 15 years of experience and deep expertise in energy system optimization, forecasting, energy market (power, gas, LNG, coal, certificates), PPA, renewable energy, project development, energy storage and transition.​ Previously, spent 10 years on executive positions in two large energy companies in SE region (HEP and Petrol)​.

Teodora Tompea is a seasoned veteran in the television industry, with a record of nearly two decades. Currently, she is one of the main anchors for Digi24 - one of the most important TV news station from Romania, covering a range of topics daily. In addition, she also produces the only climate change TV show in Romania and is a presenter of Focus Europe, as well as is an active entrepreneur, brand ambassador and business owner. She has a PhD in Sociology from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.

Andreas Rörig is the President of the Management Board of E.ON Hrvatska, a leading company in green energy transition on Croatian market, and part of the German E.ON SE Group, one of the largest operators of European power networks and energy infrastructure. During his 16 years at E.ON, Andreas Rörig has held several management positions, including the position of Senior Vice President for Sustainability, Health, Safety and Environment. He joined the Croatian team at the beginning of 2021 and in this period the company, from previous focus on gas and electricity sales mostly from fossil fuels, made a turn towards energy solutions that contribute to the green energy transition. On a personal note, since 2021, Rörig is the honorary consul of the Republic of Croatia in the Federal Republic of Germany, in Cologne supporting the exchange between the two countries

Aljoša in his 20+ years of professional experience, which started in ICT sector on management positions is sales, for last 15 is in renewable energy sector as pioneer especially in solar PV. From development and construction of first large scale PV project in Croatia in 2012, is involved in founding and establishing several Croatian renewable energy association and actively participating in opinion making and creating of RES legal framework. Since 2015 is general manager of Acciona energy Croatia, part of Acciona group, in charge of development, construction and operation of utility scale RES projects in Croatia and region.

Panos has been at Aurora since June 2019. He is leading the research activities of Aurora’s Southeastern Europe Power and Renewables market services, including Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Panos was one of the key people that developed Aurora’s modelling capabilities across Southeastern Europe. In his time at Aurora, he has previously led the analysis of multiple projects modelling net zero scenarios for the UK but also globally. For the past 2 years, he has developed Aurora’s offering in Southeastern Europe.

Goran Majstrović is an Assistant Director and Head of Transmission and Distribution Department in the EIHP, Croatia where he has been working since 1998. EIHP is a research and energy consultancy institution. Field of Goran's interest is RES integration, transmission system planning and analysis as well as electricity market design. He served as a consultant for the World Bank, USAID, European Commission, EBRD, KfW, Energy Community, different governments, regulatory agencies, power companies, TSOs, DSOs etc. As an author he published more than 120 studies and more than 90 papers. Goran holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and serves as a lecturer at post-graduate MBA study Energy Economics at University of Rijeka, Croatia and external colaborator of European University Institute, Robert Schumann Center, Florence School of Regulation, Florence, Italy and Energy Regulatory Regional Association (ERRA), Budapest, Hungary. He is a vice-president of Croatian CIGRE Committee and a Member of the Scientific Council for Energy in the Croatian Academy of Art and Science.

Saša Jovičić heads the Projects, Infrastructure and Energy practice in the Zagreb office of Wolf Theiss. He has been advising a number of prominent international clients and is currently focusing on energy projects in Croatia and the region. He regularly advises clients on market entry and regulation, all stages of project development (including permitting and environmental topics, financing and project acquisition), commercial contracts and, if need be, dispute resolution in the energy sector.

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Margareta Rončević works as a Policy Officer in the European Association for Storage of Energy, where she works on promoting essential provisions for the energy storage sector on the EU level. Her focus lies on thermal energy storage, battery storage and net-zero industry. By engaging with association members, policymakers, and key stakeholders, she facilitates effective communication and collaboration to advance the field of energy storage.

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Vedrana Jelusic Kasic, currently manages the Corporate and Investment Banking Department as the Management Board Member at Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. In addition, she serves as the President of the Supervisory Board of PBZ Leasing since Sept 2022. Previously as the Partner at Deloitte Croatia, she was responsible for all apects of financial advisory services including providing advisory expertise around financial restructurings, debt advisory (raising new loans, working capital, trade finance) and equity funding as well as M&A Transactions. At Deloitte, she also assumed the role of the Private Clients Leader for South Central Europe Cluster and acted as the Corporate Governance Leader for Croatia. She has a BA in Finance from the University of Economics, Zagreb, and a MA in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University, Boston.

Andreea is currently Financial Director within Nofar Energy, part of an international group companies specialized in the field of energy production from renewable sources. Among other projects, Nofar is building the largest solar project in Romania, with a capacity of 154MW. Andreea has over 18 years of experience in important credit institutions in Romania, in project financing and syndication in the energy, industry and real estate sectors.

Martina Vajdić works as a Policy Officer at the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, where she focuses on regulatory cooperation, reporting guidance, and policy activities to support REMIT reporting mandates. With over 9 years of experience as a Market Specialist and Analyst at the Market Operations Department of Croatian Power Exchange, she brings a wealth of knowledge to her current role. She holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, and an MBA, from Cotrugli Business School, providing her with a strong foundation in both technical and management skills. She is experienced in energy market implementation, testing, and operation projects, with a keen interest in data analysis from both technical and economic perspectives. Fluent in Croatian, Slovenian, English, German, and Spanish, she has successfully managed and conducted educational workshops and has been an active participant in various panels and conferences.

Hrvoje Pandžić is a professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. He is the Head of the Department of Energy and Power Systems and the Head of the Demand Response Laboratory. He coauthored a number of scientific publications and technical reports on energy markets, integration of renewable energy and energy storage. He holds a patent determining one-way efficiencies of lithium-ion batteries.

Dražen Lovrić works as a director of a Energy park Korlat Ltd. and as a director of HEP Department of Strategy and Development. His focus is in preparation and realisation of renewable projects, especially solar, wind and hydro projects. After finalisation of Korlat wind farm, he participated in development of solar power plant (SPP) Korlat. Project preparation was enhanced with significant energy potential of location, which was being prepared for the construction of Korlat wind warm at that time. Additionally, the location was characterized by favourable topographic conditions, and there was an option of using the same space and mutual infrastructure (grid connection, access etc.) for both facilities with an aim of optimizing investment and operational costs as well as optimizing the occupation of the location itself.

Rosemary is a senior energy storage analyst at Clean Horizon. Her expertise lies in the profitability assessment of energy storage projects and in the conduction of market analyses on various European countries. She also dimensions energy storage projects by using optimization models to dispatch assets on energy and ancillary services markets in specific geographies. Rosemary graduated with an engineering degree from Institut d’Optique Graduate School and received a Master of Science in physics from Imperial College London.

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Božidar is an independent Attorney at Law in cooperation with Karanovic & Partners, and a senior member of the team active in the industry groups for Energy & Natural Resources and TMT, as well as in the Competition and Banking & Finance practice groups. He has experience in all aspects of corporate and commercial law, and regularly advises on project development and financing, M&As, energy and infrastructure matters.

Ante Krecak is Head of Project Finance, with a focus on financing infrastructure projects and renewables in Croatia and markets in the close region. His previous professional expertise included Corporate financing, Financial restructuring and Commercial Real Estate. He has overseen numerous financing transactions over the local and regional markets including renewables projects such as solar, hydro, wind projects, etc. With his teams, he regularly advises clients on market specifics and the bank's preferred financing conditions, beginning from the early stages of development and continuing through the period of defining offtake structures until financial close and operational stages.