
Goran Radman
Chairman,
Microsoft South-East Europe
Goran joined Microsoft Corp. in 1996 as general manager of Microsoft Croatia. In 2000 his responsibilities expanded to encompass the newly formed Adriatic region. In his current role as chairman of Microsoft South-East Europe, he works with institutional and political communities to build strategic relationships and business within EU and enterprise and public-sector organisations in the region.
Goran began his professional career as an international relations advisor to the president of Croatia, continued as general manager of Television Zagreb, a public broadcaster in Croatia, and moved on to manage MicroLAB, a private Croatian computer engineering and consultancy company.
Goran completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in international relations at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb. In the 1970s and early 1980s he was a student leader, journalist, editor and editor-in-chief of newspapers, magazines and other publications. During his this time he was also the author and co-author of articles and books in the field of international relations, IT and media.
Besides his role at Microsoft, Goran is an active member of the National Competitiveness Council, a business advisory group to the Croatian Government. He is also a regular guest lecturer at the to undergraduate and post-graduate students at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, as well as frequent speaker at a number of national, regional and international business conferences.