Jože Smolič

Jože Smolič (b. 1967) holds a master’s degree in business administration. He has been building his career in trade, marketing, promotion and sales at Petrol since 1989. Throughout his career so far, he has gained extensive experience in retail management, staff management, project work, the development of new sales networks and markets, and the development of new retail outlet types and concepts. From 2002 to 2011, he led the Ljubljana-Kranj regional unit as Director of Retail. He worked as Director of Retail for the Petrol Group from 2011 to 2014, after which he took over management of the Petrol Oti Kosovo subsidiary, while also serving as Director of the Petrol Group’s Strategic Activities. In 2015, he started managing strategic projects and the development of new business formats in the Retail Outlet Development division, which he then led from 1 July 2020 onward. On 27 August 2020, the Supervisory Board appointed him as the Member of the Management Board in charge of sales.