Born in Split in 1978. After finishing law at University of Zagreb worked in as lawyer in Notary office,
Addiko bank d.d. and was partner in law firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko, Šarolić d.o.o..
In 2013 Marijana incorporated her own law office and has been since then providing support to
startup and technology companies in daily operations, investment, labour and regulatory
framework.
For the last 10 years Marijana has been startup mentor in ZIP today ALGEBRA LAB and has actively
participated as founder of CroAI (Croatian Artificial Intelligence Association) HOME | CroAI and
founder and vice president of CRO STARTUP CroStartup – Croatian Startup Ecosystem.
Marijana graduated from Cotrugli Business School in 2014 as member of EMBA X generation.
Since 2017 she has been active member of Croatian and regional Data Science and AI ecosystem
giving lectures, panel participation and public appearances on AI regulatory framework and AI Ethics
related issues and event gave a TEDx Zagreb talk on AI.
In 2016 Marijana cofounded PWMN CROATIA /PWN ZAGREB pwn.hr NGO that promotes gender
balanced leadership in professional environment and she has been president of the organisation
since then. In addition she has been active member of MBA Croatia and for the moment she serves
her second mandate as Supervisory Board member.
Panel: AI & Regulatory landscape