Darko is HR professional, executive business consultant, lecturer and an entrepreneur with an extensive experience in business and in people management for more than 25 years. He is founder of the Talent Business Incubator STEP-UP and partner in Dynamic Consulting LLC. He took part in number of projects as a business and management consultant in different fields such as business and organizational development, management systems, HR projects, OHS etc. He served as well as a lead auditor for various management systems ISO standards. He served for more than eight years in one of the biggest employers EVN Macedonia (company for electricity supply and distribution, part of EVN AG) as Head of the Human Resources and Organization department. Prior to that, he was in charge of the Austrian Economic Chamber representative office in Macedonia.
Darko is one of the founders and the current President of the Macedonian Human Resources Association, previously also holding different positions such as a board member and a Vice President, a President of the Supervisory Board and a Secretary General. He is also a member of the Committee for Standardization in Human Resources with the Macedonian Institute for Standardization. Throughout his career he was socially engaged in different organizations and functions as for ex. a VP and board member in the Employers Organization of Macedonia, a member of the National Economic Social Council, a President of the Local Economic Social Council of the city of Skopje, a member of the Macedonian National Council for Competitiveness, President of the board of trustees at the Economic Faculty of the University of Ss. Cyril and Method in Skopje and of the University of Tourism and Management and a board of trustees member the University American College in Skopje.
Darko holds Master of Science and MBA degrees from the Economic Faculty of Ljubljana with a master thesis in the Talent Management and a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Mechanical Faculty in Skopje. Currently he works on his PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management at the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. He is author of several scientific and research papers and takes participation at many conferences and events as speaker, panelist and moderator.