Marko Gašperlin

Marko Gašperlin, as of 26 April 2016 Frontex Management Board Chairman.

Marko Gašperlin earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Sciences in 1987. From then until 1991, he worked as an Adviser in the Neighbouring Countries Section of the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then, until 1994, as a Police Inspector in the Border Police Division of the Uniformed Police Directorate. During that time he also passed a special course on police powers at the Police Academy. From 1995-1998 was Head of the Border Police Division, and since then has been Assistant Director of the Uniformed Police Directorate at the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior. In that capacity he has been responsible for managing strategic and operational police tasks at the national level, including policing the borders. He has also been involved in drafting acts of law, implementing instructions, and coordinating Slovenia's participation in Frontex, EU Home Affairs Funds and various EU projects. He has been the Head of the Slovenian delegation to the Schengen Committee, and a member of the Frontex Management Board since the agency was established in 2005, serving as Deputy Chairman till 2016.