


Currently he is President of the Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation. He was also President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2005. Romano Prodi served twice as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998 and from 2006 to 2008. He was a Coordinator for Serbia and Montenegro of German Deutsche Welle, and Programme Coordinator and Advisor for Political Issues and Communications with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Belgrade. He is an expert on Serbian-German relations and communications, and one of the founders and a Member of the Managing Board of the Serbia-Germany Forum. He finished his schooling in Germany, where he graduated from the Academy for Marketing Communications in Frankfurt, in 2001. In June 2017, the CCIS Assembly entrusted him with a new five-year term of office. He was appointed to the position of the CCIS President for the first time in December 2014, from the position of Vice President in charge of the chamber system modernization. Marko Čadež is President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS) and the President of the Managing Board of the Western Balkan 6 Chamber Investment Forum. Zakonjšek started the role of the first permanent Director of the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat.Ĭhairman of Western Balkans Investment Chamber Zakonjšek was appointed Head of Cabinet of the EU Commissioner Violeta Bulc, while in 2019 he joined EC, DG MOVE, International Unit covering transport relations with WB6. During his carrier, he worked in the private sector in several positions in multi-national companies. He continued his diplomatic carrier at the Embassy of Slovenia in London, UK but at the same time, he was acting as an assistant to the Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the International Maritime Organization. Zakonjšek was assigned as a diplomatic attaché responsible for EU Enlargement at the Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the EU. After completion of his studies in Political Science/International and European Affairs, Mr. Matej Zakonjšek is an international professional with experience in corporate, non-profit, diplomacy, and government sectors. Director, Transport Community, The Permanent Secretariat
