Management Board and Supervisory Board

In his second term, HPB advanced into the Top 5 banks in Croatia by asset size as of year-end 2023. Mr. Badurina continues to oversee corporate banking and public sector operations, financial markets, internal audit, compliance, the Office of the Management Board, strategic development and business transformation, human resources, and legal affairs. He is also responsible for representing the Bank in its engagements with shareholders, the Supervisory Board, regulatory authorities, and the public, and for the strategic leadership of the Bank, including presiding over sessions of the Management Board. Until the successful merger, he also served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nova hrvatska banka d.d

Mr. Badurina graduated in Finance from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb in 2005, and completed a postgraduate specialization in Finance and Banking in 2012.

Further strengthening his leadership credentials, he earned an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT Sloan Executive Education and completed the Global CEO Program, a collaborative initiative between IESE Business School and MIT Sloan.

He began his career in the Treasury Department of Volksbank d.d., continued in the Financial Markets Division of Sberbank d.d., and later served as Advisor to the Management Board of Sberbank d.d.

He graduated in 1999 from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb, where he earned a degree in Economics.

Before joining HPB, Mr. Mihaljević cultivated more than 22 years of experience in the financial services industry, primarily within the UniCredit Group. His professional track record includes a series of senior leadership roles at Zagrebačka banka, in addition to key executive positions at UniCredit Leasing and Allianz Zagreb.

Mr. Soldo holds a Master’s degree in Economics, having graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb in 2005.

Mr. Soldo began his career at KPMG Croatia in 2005. In 2011, he joined Raiffeisen Bank International in Vienna, where he served as Executive Director in charge of risk management for financial institutions and sovereign entities. He has been part of HPB’s executive leadership since 2019.

He earned his degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics in Osijek in 1996. He went on to complete a postgraduate scientific program at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb in 2001 and was awarded a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Economics in Osijek in 2010.

Over the span of his career, Mr. Vrdoljak has held distinguished leadership roles within the banking sector. As a Member of the Management Board at both Slavonska banka and Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank, he played a key role in steering institutional strategy, later extending his expertise to executive positions in retail and agribusiness domains. He rejoined the banking sector in 2018 as a Member of the Management Board of Croatia banka. In April 2022, he was appointed President of the Management Board of Nova hrvatska banka, leading the institution through to its successful integration into HPB in July 2023.

He holds a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb (2008), and completed postgraduate studies in Financial Institutions and Markets in 2012 at the same institution. In 2023, he graduated from the prestigious EMBA Global Americas & Europe program, jointly delivered by Columbia Business School in New York and London Business School, earning MBA degrees from both.

Mr. Majher built a significant portion of his career at Croatia osiguranje, Croatia’s largest insurance provider, where he served from 2009 to 2020. In this role, he led initiatives in sales strategy implementation, market expansion, and the development of integrated sales systems. Before joining HPB, he served as Special Advisor at the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy. He was responsible for legislative improvements related to pension fund operations, business process optimization, and strategic project leadership. During this tenure, he also played a key role as the Ministry’s coordinator for Croatia’s accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), representing the country in several OECD committees.