Mladen Sancanin

Director Innovation, Data Lab & Research at PGGM

Mladen Sancanin has over 30 years of work experience, starting with roles in media and journalism. Mladen began their career as a journalist and talk show host at Omladinski program Radio Sarajevo in 1987. Mladen then worked as a journalist and talk show host at TV Sarajevo from 1989 to 1992. Mladen also served as the deputy editor at BH Dani Sarajevo from 1992 to 1994 and as the correspondent from Sarajevo for Swedish Broadcast in 1993-1994. From 1996 to 2001, they worked as a freelance journalist for Drentse Courant/Groninger Dagblad and Radio 1.

In 1999, Mladen joined OLM Community Marketing as a business developer and research consultant. Mladen then transitioned to SNS Bank in 2001, where they held various roles such as consultant in marketing intelligence, senior developer in marketing intelligence, digital manager, internet strategist, and head of customer value management. At SNS Bank, Mladen also served as the manager of the innovation lab from 2013 to 2017.

In 2016, Mladen started working as a lecturer designing digital roadmap at The Hague Executive Campus and continued in this role until 2019. In 2018, they joined PGGM as the chief product owner in innovation. Mladen later became the manager of the innovation and data lab in 2019 and is currently working as the director of innovation, data services, and research starting from September 2020.

Throughout their career, Mladen has gained extensive experience in innovation, data services, and research, as well as expertise in digital strategy and customer value management.

Mladen Sancanin's education history begins with their enrollment at the University of Sarajevo from 1986 to 1990. However, specific details about their degree or field of study during this period are not provided.

Later, in 1997, they attended Radboud University for three years, until 2000, where their field of study was Communicatiewetenschap. No specific degree name is mentioned for this period.

More recently, in 2018, Mladen Sancanin undertook an Executive Education program at Columbia Business School. The program focused on Digital Business Strategy Leading the Next-Generation Business Enterprise.

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Timeline

  • Director Innovation, Data Lab & Research

    September, 2020 - present

  • Manager Innovation Data Lab

    July, 2019

  • Chief Product Owner Innovation

    January, 2018