Founder and Director of the Institute for Politics and Economy of Southeast Europe
Zoran Korać graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade. He was one of the most prominent youth leaders already at a very early age that led to his appointment as the chief of staff to the president of Genex, the most influential conglomerate in the former Yugoslavia then in charge of all capital investment activities in the country. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Zoran became director at the Merhav company owned by the prominent Israeli businessmen late Yossi Maiman. From 1999-2003 he was a foreign policy advisor (for the US and Europe) and later, a member of the executive board of “Otpor” (Resistance) – a movement that toppled Serbian dictator Slobodan Milošević. At that time, his deep and intense working with the US government, made him one of the key individuals that made this historic change possible for Serbia.
From 2004-2008, Zoran was a pro-bono advisor to Velimir Ilić, a minister for capital investments, also a legendary fighter against Milošević. From 2011, Zoran was advisor to Ansaldo T&D, an Italian company and then director of Toshiba T&D in Belgrade. From 1998 to 2001, he was an advisor to Milorad Dodik, then the prime minister of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2005 till 2012, Zoran was an advisor to Aleksandar Vučić, leader of the then opposition political party SNS. From 2021 till 2023, he was an advisor to Milojko Spajić, before he became the prime minister of Montenegro.
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