President of the Chamber

Marko Gorjup, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Dolenjska and Bela krajina

Marko Gorjup, who has a university degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in entrepreneurship, was born in 1968 in Novo mesto. 

From the very beginning in 1994, he has built his career in TPV Group. Moving up the ladder, he familiarized himself with the business processes within the company and gradually took on managerial roles. In July 2006, he was appointed as a Member of the Board at TPV d. d., and in July 2016, he became Director – President of Management at TPV d. o. o. Today, as the Director of TPV GROUP d. o. o., the controlling company in TPV Group, he is in charge of the strategic development of all the companies in the group.

His four-year term as the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Dolenjska and Bela krajina began on 24 April 2021, when he replaced the long-standing President of the Chamber Jože Colarič, Krka, d. d., Novo mesto.

Jože Colarič, President of The Chamber of Commerce of Dolenjska and Bela krajina 2007 - 2021

Born in 1955 in Brežice. Completed his studies at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana in 1979.

He has been a member of Krka's staff since 1982, where he performed various executive duties. In 1997 he was appointed as member of the Management Board. In the following year, he was nominated by Krka's Supervisory Board as Deputy to the President of the Management Board, and in the year 2002 was verified as a future president of the management board and as a mandator for preparation of the proposal for the new management.

At its meeting held on 12 July 2004, the Supervisory Board appointed him for the future President of the Management Board and Chief Executive with a five year mandate starting on 1 January 2005. At its meeting held on 21 January 2009, the Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Colarič to act as President also for the next six-year mandate starting on 1 January 2010.

At the founding assembly of the first independent regional chamber in Slovenia - the Chamber of Commerce of Dolenjska and Bela krajina - on 23 April 2007, he was appointed as the president of the Chamber of the period of two years. After the lapse of this period on the 3rd assembly of the Chamber the members have entrusted him to lead the Chamber for the next 4 years, on the 7th assembly of the Chamber for the next 4 years and on the 11th assembly of the Chamber for the next 4 years - till year 2021.