As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Podravka chairman Marin Pucar, who was a well known face of the Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP) and was also one of the most prominent Croatian entrepreneurs, has died following a battle with a serious illness at the Koprivnica General Hospital, Vecernji list has learned.
Podravka Chairman Marin Pucar was born in the coastal Dalmatian city of Zadar. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb, where he completed his studies in “Marketing Theory and Policy”, and after that he obtained a degree in Retail Management at Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. After graduating, he got a job at Croatia’s famous Gavrilovic, quickly advancing to the position of product manager, and then even further to brand manager. In 2001, he began working at Podravka as the sales director for the Danica meat industry, after which he was promoted to the position of sales, marketing and development director. In 2003, he became the director of the company’s meat programme sales, and not only for Croatia, but for all of Southeastern Europe.
At the end of 2003, he took over the position of market director for the Republic of Croatia, which he held until he was appointed a member of the Management Board in 2008. In 2012, he moved from Podravka to Zvecevo to work as the President of the Management Board, where he worked until September the 1st, 2016, after which he agreed with the company’s owners to terminate his contract by mutual agreement in order for him to be able to complete his doctoral studies in Osijek. In 2017, he was appointed President of the Management Board of Podravka at the proposal of the Minister of State Property Goran Maric.
Marin Pucar leaves behind two daughters with his first wife Tihana, as well as his second wife, Renata.
