Jovan Protić
Digital Business in CEE: so near and yet so far – what we can learn from our neighbours in Eastern Europe
Focus
Serbia can find inspiration for rapid digital transformation in its more immediate surroundings. We often turn to America and the Far East for inspiration, even though incredible progress in digital transformation is going on right outside our door in the CEE region. Retail, the media, public transport, digital advertising, the digital state, digital banking and payments – all these are topics that Jovan will be touching on during his talk.
About
Jovan Protić is the Chief Operating Officer and the Member of the Management Board of Ringier Axel Springer Polska and Ringier Axel Springer Media AG. In this role, he serves as the board member and running operations in one of the largest digital media companies in CEE region, operating in 8 countries, running over 60 digital media, eCommerce and digital marketplaces entities, employing over 3000 people.
He is working for the company since 2005 consistently implementing the digital marketing and e-commerce strategy. He started his career in Serbia building the largest internet portal in Serbia, „blic.rs“. Since 2012 he was one of the leaders of the digital transformation process of Ringier Axel Springer Media AG group in Central-Eastern Europe. Since 2015, he is also COO of Ringier Axel Springer Polska and a member of the Executive Board.
First years of involvement in Poland his focus area were digital vertical businesses and eCommerce where he succesefully brought Business Insider to the Polish market, launched NOIZZ from Poland to 6 other markets, and introduced eCommerce affiliate business.
February 2016, he was appointed a member of the Ringier Axel Springer Leadership Team, where he is responsible for the digital media business in Central-Eastern Europe. From 2020, he is co-managing Onet.pl portal and other digital portfolio of Ringier Axel Springer Polska.
Jovan Protić graduated from the University of Belgrade and did his Exec MBA at the University of Sheffield. In private live he is big passionate of beach volleyball. He lives in Warsaw.