Tomaž Berločnik

Tomaž Berločnik
Tomaž Berločnik
Born	1968 (age 55–56)
Nationality	Slovenian
Education	University of Ljubljana
Occupations	business executive basketball administrator mechanical engineer

Tomaž Berločnik (born 1968) is a Slovenian business executive, mechanical engineer, and basketball administrator, mainly known as a former CEO of the Slovenian company Petrol Group.^[1] Also, he is the president of the men's basketball club Cedevita Olimpija and former president of the basketball club Olimpija Ljubljana.

Early life and education

Berločnik earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Ljubljana.^[2] At the same university, he earned his master's degree in business administration in 1997.^[3]

Business career

After graduation, Berločnik continued his career as a project manager in the companies recovery department of the Slovenian Development Fund.

During the 2000s, Berločnik was a general manager for Slovenian companies Donit Tesnit and Berli. In February 2010, he became the chief executive officer for Istrabenz.^[2] He left Instabenz after one year.

On 1 February 2011, Berločnik became the chief executive officer and president of the management board for Petrol Group, the largest Slovenian oil distributing company.^[4] In February 2015, he is re-appointed for his second five-year term as the CEO of the company.^[1][2]

Berločnik was a member of the supervisory board for Slovenian companies Elan, Slovenske železnice, Telekom Slovenije, and Petrol.^[2]

Basketball administrator career

In July 2017, Berločnik became the president of men's basketball team Olimpija Ljubljana.^[5] On 4 June 2019, Berločnik and Croatian businessman Emil Tedeschi announced that Croatian club Cedevita and Olimpija had planned to merge and form a new men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana.^[6][7][8] During his tenure as the club's president, Olimpija won the 2017–18 Slovenian League championship.

On 8 July 2019, Berločnik was named the president of newly formed professional basketball club Cedevita Olimpija.^[9][10]

References

1. "Vodstvo Petrol Group". petrol.eu. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
2. "Berločnik Tomaž - Alumni". uni-lj.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 July 2019.
3. "Zgodba: mag. Tomaž Berločnik, predsednik Uprave družbe Petrol, d. d." efnet.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 July 2019.
4. "Pod žarometom: Tomaž Berločnik". delo.si. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
5. "Olimpija z novim šefom". siol.net. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
6. R. K.; Tilen Jamnik (14 July 2019). "Cedevita Olimpija – slovenski klub Eurocup oz. Evroligo in vrh Lige ABA" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
7. "VIDEO: SADA JE I SLUŽBENO: ODRŽAN POVIJESNI SASTANAK U LJUBLJANI! SPAJAJU SE CEDEVITA I KK OLIMPIJA 'Ovo nikada nitko nije napravio u nijednom sportu'". sportske.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
8. "Pionirski projekt v Evropi: novoustanovljena Cedevita Olimpija piše športno zgodovino". 24ur.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
9. R. K. (8 July 2019). "Rimac trener Cedevite Olimpije, prva okrepitev Edo Murić" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
10. "Assemblies confirmed new club BC Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana". kkcedevita.hr. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

External links

• Tomaž Berločnik at LinkedIn
• Tomaž Berločnik at eurobasket.com