NLB Banka Banja Luka

Goran Babić is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. He began his career at the Ministry of Finance of Republika Srpska, where he passed the state exam, and a few years later he passed the bar exam at the Ministry of Justice of Republika Srpska.  In 2002, he got employed at Kristal banka as an associate for legal affairs, and a year later he became the Director of the Legal Affairs Department at Hypo Alpe-Adria a.d. Banja Luka. From 2012 to 2016, he was the Director and Advisor to the Management Board of Hypo Alpe-Adria a.d. Banja Luka. In 2021, he became a member of the Management Board of NLB Banka a.d. Banja Luka and was responsible for Asset Management, Investments, Procurement, Security, General Affairs, Compliance, Secretariat, Legal Affairs and Human Resources departments. On 1 July 2021, he took over the position of President of the Management Board of NLB Banka a.d. Banja Luka.

Ljiljana Krsman is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Sarajevo. She started her career as a financial analyst at FAMOS. In 2005, she joined Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank as the director of the Pale branch and was quickly promoted to the position of sales director for the entire region of East Sarajevo, and later to the position of director of sales management at the level of the entire bank. As Director of the Operations Department at Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank Banja Luka, she successfully implemented important projects in the field of organisation and optimisation of processes and established herself as one of the best experts in the field of finance and banking in the country. In 2022, she first became an advisor to the Management Board of NLB Banka a.d. Banja Luka, and later a member of the Management Board, responsible for retail and SME operations.

Martin Mavrič began his rich international career at Hypo International AG and continued it at Deutsche Bank and Barclays in London. He has been involved in managing projects and changes in financial services, as well as building new organisational units to support banking infrastructure innovation. He joined NLB d.d. in 2019 as a coordinator for IT processes and operational activities in six regional banks of the NLB network. In 2021, he was a member of the Management Board of Komercijalna Banka Banja Luka during the process of buying and taking over Komercijalna Banka. He became a member of the Management Board of NLB Banka a.d. Banja Luka in 2023.

Živko Šiftar is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana. He began his banking career at UniCredit Bank Slovenia, where he gained professional skills and experience in several management positions for 14 years. As the director of Privatinvest d.o.o., a real estate management company, he prepared the bank in Banja Luka for integration and takeover by the NLB Group. He became a member of the Management Board of NLB Banka a.d. Banja Luka in 2024. He is responsible for risk management, credit analysis, recovery and non-performing asset management, as well as monitoring the bank's compliance.