The CEMBA is an opportunity for executives/company owners to recharge their batteries and enhance their strategic and leadership skills. Focusing on impact, CEMBA challenges business leaders both personally and professionally. The program is offered in a flexible format, allowing participants to balance their professional and private obligations.
Program structure
customized curriculum
Participants profile
C-level management, company owners
Location
Zagreb and Belgrade
Unique ‘create-your-own’ program
personally designed curriculum based on your development needs
Flexibility to control your rate of progress
with completion between 1 and 3 years
Premium networking potential
study with up to 6 MBA generations from SE Europe
Admissions criteria
There is no single formula for a successful candidate. Therefore, we prefer the individual approach in order to look into candidate’s strengths, achievements and potential.
Basic requirements to apply for CEMBA program:

University degree

Fluency in English
8 years of professional experience in a leadership position
Application process
Applications are received all year round.
Once you decide you would like to start the enrollment process, these are the requirements:
- Latest version of CV
- Admissions interview – once all application documents have been reviewed, you will be invited for an interview
The admissions committee will inform you of the program admittance once all of these steps have been completed.
Tuition fee and payment
Tuition includes entry leadership assessment, creation of development plan, individual project mentoring support, mandatory teaching materials, business development support via alumni network, and complimentary participation at all additional educational and networking events organized by the School.
28.000
EUR + VAT
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Get inspired by our alumni
Our Alumni come from a variety of professional backgrounds. COTRUGLI Executive MBA participants are managers, IT experts, engineers, doctors, consultants and bankers, all acting in unison to provide a stimulating and challenging environment, inspire motivation, and learn new skills and tools that are applicable immediately at work.
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Giorgia Bordusanu
METAMINDS / Chief Operations OfficerGabriela Moisescu
HP / Global Anticorruption Programs, Legal and Regulatory Compliance ManagerDumitru Cristian Zăbavă
Logistics Manager / Donalam AFV Beltrame GroupBogdan Florișteanu
HR Director / Kellogg CompanyCOTRUGLI EMBA has opened my horizons in different areas of business and made me more confident that I can succeed in a fast-changing business environment. Being enrolled at COTRUGLI gave me the chance to meet exquisite leaders from the region.
Bogdan Surdea-Blaga
Chief Digital Experience Officer / RebelDot
RomaniaThe EMBA program at COTRUGLI gave me the opportunity to improve my business knowledge and develop new skills and, most importantly, learn from my colleagues. An experience that showed me that there are many more opportunities and that you can see everything differently from a new perspective - all you have to do is to apply what you have learned.
Claudia Ionescu
Regional Manager HR Global Service Center EMEA / PAREXEL
RomaniaI would recommend COTRUGLI for authenticity and flexibility. It was an amazing journey at each stop. I added value to myself through knowledge and experience shared by great faculty and colleagues with different backgrounds and coming from different cultures.
Mariana Rucăreanu
Business Consultant
RomaniaThe high standards of the COTRUGLI EMBA program gave me a better and broader perspective on the global business environment. Most of it is due to the direct interaction we had throughout all the modules covering a wide array of industries and cultures.
Dragos Cotrus
IT Program Manager / Veoneer
RomaniaEvery module, every lecturer and colleague reminded me about unlimited creative potential of us to be used for our communities, partners, family and friends.
Diana Maietec
Training & Development Manager / Flex
RomaniaI recommend the COTRUGLI Executive MBA program to those who are ready to release their potential. The ocean of information and emotions we swam into, transformed me deeply - both professionally and personally.
Catalina Dutu
Trainer of Time Master, Leadership, Budget Master / EAGLE CONSULT & SERVICES
RomaniaThe Executive MBA has been a fun, challenging and amazing regional experience which has made me confident that cultural, professional or personality differences bring fresh perspectives that overcome barriers and make the best of contrasts.
Anca Bodolan
Total Rewards Manager / Accenture
RomaniaI believe the program is a catalyst for professional change. The EMBA experience was very useful. I was excited about my classmates and my professors who bring a tremendous diversity of expertise and experiences to the program which immensely shaped my personal and professional development.
Alina Pop
Steering Committee Member | Operations and Site Quality Director / Sitel GroupRomaniaThe EMBA challenged me to stretch my "learning muscles" and provided a worthwhile return on investment. My goal was to learn something new about myself and my business — to be able to do old things in new ways and expand my vision of my company’s growth potential.
Adrian Aanei
General Manager / RH Electronics Technologies SRLRomaniaI will remember the last 2 years as time when I pushed myself outside the comfort zone, gained plenty of knowledge that improves my professional engagements, and overall as time of self-improvement and raising self-confidence.
Ira Babić
CEO / Brand Union
North MacedoniaIt is not only about the title, it is about the personal growth and the support I have experienced within the program. I made lifelong friendships and some of the best memories of my life. I am so glad I had the courage to think bigger and braver.
Olivera Gvozdenov
Director / Klett DUAL
SerbiaI believe the program is a catalyst for professional change. COTRUGLI experience was beyond useful! I was excited about my classmates and my professors, who brought tremendous diversity of expertise and experience to the program, which immensely shaped my personal and professional development.
Alina Pop
Operations Director / Sitel Group
RomaniaThose two years have been helping me to manage at three positions in three different countries and have also met me with people that will remain part of my life.
Denitsa Stoyanova
HR Lead Balkans Cluster @ AstraZeneca
BulgariaThe education process itself at COTRUGLI has been adapted to today’s busy and rushed way of life, but, in its practicality, it has still managed to retain the element of quality which, in the end, is how the relevant audience perceives it.
Rade Ljumović
Director / Henley & Partners
MontenegroMBA has helped me to see the bigger picture. Some modules have changed my perception of the business world and some have further developed my knowledge in areas I previously knew very little about.
Nina Strajnar
CEO / Fliqa
SloveniaI moved to a new, better job with significantly better income, and this all happened during the first year of my studies. Nevertheless, there are many other things I feel I gained – knowledge, networking and some really great moments.
Kenan Kekić
CEO/founder / T MedIT
BiHWhile enrolling in an Executive MBA program at COTRUGLI, my expectations referred to new business skills development and network expansion. I gained a lot more! Not only have I developed as a professional, but also as an individual. Not only have I expanded my business network, but made friends as well.
Hrvoje Špalj
Director/Privredna banka Zagreb
CroatiaTop-class professors in an efficient and high-quality way, tailored to fit our business schedule, delivered a considerable amount of knowledge and insight into the latest business trends.
Ružica Petričec Fabijanec
CFO and Management Board member / RASCO
Croatia“With new skills, I have transformed from an expert matter professional to a all around player who can actively participate in the business discussions which do not only relate to legal and compliance.”
Ivan Koen
Director Legal and Compliance, Merck & Co/MSD"Every single phase during the E/MBA journey exceeded my expectations and gave me strong support in making some crucial decisions about my future career.”
Djordje Vuksanović
Senior Transformation Director, Vip mobile & A1 Slovenia"Benefits are divided in to two categories: structural knowledge and exchange of experience with 50 professionals, whom you can call friends by the end of the program.”
Vasil Gocevski
Managing Director / Seavus AB"It is a powerful package that can be translated into sizeable opportunity for personal intellectual, social, financial and career success, and I only regret why I didn’t have it ten years ago.”
Kristina Bukilić
Finance & Accounting Divison Director / Erste Bank AD Podgorica"EMBA program turns to be life changing journey shared with people from different personal and professional background. It simply deepens your knowledge, widens your perspectives.”
Stanko Milushev
Head of Sales / Russia, India, Africa, South America at Bang & Olufsen"I have to admit that my expectations have been fully met – I moved to a new, better job with significantly better income, and this all happened during the first year of my studies.”
Kenan Kekić
CEO and Founder, Smart Business Solutions doo“I would classify COTRUGLI MBA program as innovative and refreshing comparing to conservative approach I have experienced during my study at university.”
Angelika Brnada
Director of Sustainable development, health, safety, environment / INA group“Our growth and learning didn’t finish after our graduation. COTRUGLI showed me the way how to continue this lifetime process, opened a new perspective end encouraged me to aim higher in my business career.”
Igor Vlahović
President Of The Board / PRESS GLASS d.o.o.“I realized that I wanted to test myself as independent service provider and I have successfully started business of my own and due to skills and lessons I have received during my EMBA course”
Marijana Šarolić Robić
Attorney / Law Marijana Šarolić Robić“EMBA program gave me a possibility for sharpening skills from my economical education background and for coping with daily challenges in transport as well as being prepared for strategic decisions”
Nataša Rozić
Regional Sales Director / Ralu logistika“Being surrounded by ambitious professionals means not only will you be more driven to do your best, but you could be meeting your next business partner.”
Sanja Rossi
Brand activation consultant / Motorsports, Spain founder and owner / ROSSI CONSULTING“I believe I can successfully work in this totally different cultural and business environment, due to knowledge and experiences obtained during the COTRUGLI EMBA program.”
Sebastjan Lipovšek
Asia Operations Director / Iskratel d.o.o.“To get to the next level, rapid growth in this regional environment was needed and COTRUGLI became my catalyst towards excellence.”
Stephanie E.Trpkov
Energy Sector Consultant / World Bank Group“It is not just networking… we are a community of so many interesting and positive individuals.”
Uroš Mlakar
Export Sales Director / BLAŽIČ d.o.o.“Open minded discussions during and hanging up around after classes kept me clear-headed and approachable to new ideas and business possibilities.”
Zvonimir Zdunić
Chief Executive Officer / Agricultural Institute Osijek“Two most valuable takeaways from COTRUGLI Business School are: learning never stops, and leadership is all about humility and helping your people grow. If you follow these rules, results will come.”
Zoean Turković
COO & Board Member / 24sata“My personal development has grown to a new level. I discovered whole new world of new ideas, business tactics and views of the business world."
Braslav Jadrešić
CEO IABI d.o.o.“The investment in COTRUGLI program was more than successful with an increase since then in revenues or salary but more than that with a life changing connections, strong friendships and an unforgettable experience”
David Labinjan
Head of Corporate / Banka Kovanica d.d.“Whether you are trying to change your workplace, salary, industry or start your own business, this experience is a motivation that I would recommend to everyone as the best boost to fulfill your wishes!”
Ivana Kovačić
Country Head of HR/ Wiener osiguranje Vienna Insurance Group d.d.“MBA enabled me to grow on the personal level. So, when an opportunity to change my role came across, I grabbed it because I was confident enough that I can own it.”
Maša Pocrnić
Strategic Deals Business Development Director CEE region / Oracle Hrvatska d.o.o.It is only at COTRUGLI that you can use couple of hundred brains to develop your own business for free.
Damir Kovačević
Founder / Absence Management InstituteYou need a program that will broaden your knowledge across every discipline of business and management, sharpen your analytical skills and boost your confidence. And I experienced all that at COTRUGLI Business School.
Ana Hajnal
Head of Global Medical Affairs Finance (PDMA Finance) / F.Hoffmann-La RocheI learn how to work diligently through problems. How to multitask and prioritize. How to think in a structured way, and to efficiently communicate ideas. I learned things on Sunday, and I successfully applied them on Monday. After attending COTRUGLI Business School I started to grow faster than ever.
Nino Štambuk
Head of Business Strategy / RTL HrvatskaThis was the best professor in integrating knowledge, personal attitude to students, managing the flow and the mood and at the end inspiring speaker!
Daniela Yordanova
Group Brand Manager NESCAFE Pure Soluble Coffee SE Market / NestleThe professor is one of the most charismatic and engaging lecturers, he managed to keep our attention throughout the whole module and to sustain high level of energy and participation.
Denitsa Stoyanova
Head of HR CEE Corporate, Investment and Private banking / UniCreditI am very impressed by professor for his broad knowledge and the way he interacted with the students.
Alexandra Losseva
Head of Deposit Business Line / BNP ParibasCommunication with the students was a real and useful conversation. Listening and responding of the professor on individual level was highly appreciated.
Milena Ribarova
Senior Manager Global BPM / Ingram MicroProfessor had a lot of business examples he shared during the course which helped me to get the ideas more quickly and efficiently.
Vida Hictaler
Channel Manager SEE / Veeam SoftwareWhether you are trying to change your workplace, salary, industry or start your own business, this experience is a motivation that I would recommend to everyone as the best boost to fulfill your wishes!
Ivana Kovačić
Country Head of HR / Wiener osiguranje Vienna Insurance GroupOur growth and learning didn’t finish after our graduation. COTRUGLI showed me the way how to continue this lifetime process, opened a new perspective end encouraged me to aim higher in my business career.
Igor Vlahović
President of the Board / PressGlassHis lectures were engaging, inviting for all to contribute, relevant and applicable.
Maja Ljubičić
Manager Reduced Risk Product / Philip Morris InternationalThrough my academic and professional development and career I was "exposed" to many and various types of lectures. Prof Kfuri outperforms if not all of them, then the vast majority.
Miljan Šuković
Internal Communication / Erste banka Crna GoraCOTRUGLI gave me a unique opportunity to meet many interesting people from different regions, with various educations, and coming from most different business environment. Today, after all, I can say that the acquired knowledge and skills, as well as the exchange of experience between colleagues has opened to me new prospects in the perception of business.
Flavio Gregorović
Technical Director, ValamarWorking in Finance demands significant understanding of today’s fast changing business. COTRUGLI EMBA Program was an outstanding way of getting the tools and knowledge because of its combination of dedicated professors and colleagues with different experience. I have found this program to be one of the most beneficial educational experiences of my life.
Sanja Pavić Marić
Head of Controlling, Atlantic GrupaThe power of COTRUGLI Business School is in the network of people who are very different in experience and knowledge, but very similar in the energy they invest in their work, in their motivation to achieve business and personal goals, in effort they put to solve certain tasks.
Ante Sabljić
Factoring DPT - Floor Plan (Peugeot Citroën) Coordinator, Societe GeneraleDuring the program there were hard periods as the combination of busy weeks in the office and busy weekends at COTRUGLI was very challenging, but after each module there was a feeling of new accomplishment that kept me going.
Admira Klepač
Wholesale Marketing Director, Hrvatski TelekomToday all graduated COTRUGLI students deserve a medal. This medal has two sides: One is dedicated to our private life, to the great journey we had, to the emotions and great people that we met, and the second side is dedicated to the knowledge and experience that we have received and that we will use for the coming challenges in our business lives.
Enor Ćerimagić
Lead Customer Operations Europe&Canada, Takeda PharmaceuticalWe all knew investing in education in general was a good idea but it wasn’t so clear, at least for me, which exact field is the best one. And this is where COTRUGLI Business School appeared to be the best fit, equipping me with general business knowledge, concepts and terminology, but also with relations to colleagues and friends that can specifically support me. With this full package I can permanently orientate myself, no matter is it about my current field/position or any other that I may choose in future. It opened my eyes in many ways and gave me tools to be up to date with business mainstream. With knowledge growth and through comparison and collaboration with colleagues, I became more confident. This confidence already resulted with smart and potential moves in my career.
Filip Bermanec
HR Manager, Hilding AndersI recommend COTRUGLI Executive MBA program to those ready to release their potential. The ocean of information and emotions we swam into, transformed me deeply. Professional and personal. Without geographic and mental limits, I keep in my life the thirst of knowledge and a lot of valuable people. Now I know how to manage the business opportunities from all ideas that will cross my path.
Catalina Stefania Dutu Pirvu
Executive Manager, Today AdvertisingCOTRUGLI Executive MBA has opened me a new approach of ‘’out of the box’’ thinking, supported with great networking experience and redefined personal perception of challenging business situations surrounding me every day.
Matjaž Žižmond
Research & Development Director, DOK-INGCOTRUGLI is broadening your boundaries in acquiring knowledge, turning ideas into real business plans. I got important business contacts and friends for life! A great journey with lifetime friends and positive energy.
Ana Pajović
Head of Consumer Health Care Adriatic, Boehringer Ingelheim SerbiaCOTRUGLI is the best mixture of the world-class education and the spirit of the Balkans. We are learning while we are having fun! I find it highly adrenalizing! I learn from the team work about my strengths and weaknesses and I feel motivated to improve.
Iliana Stoykova
Head of Legal Department, First Investment Bank ADNowadays we need not only to excel in our main field of expertise, but also to be learning agile professionals with excellent communication skills and profound business awareness – COTRUGLI helps you in this – through its network of great professors, well selected students and the program’s structure itself. Moreover being a student at COTRUGLI does not mean sacrificing your job or personal life – I started the program soon after I came back from maternity on a full time managerial position and continued attending the modules even after moving abroad with my daughter. I am happy that a year and a half ago I decided to enroll in COTRUGLI EMBA – it gave me insights and friendships that will for sure last after the end of the program.
Denitsa Zhecheva
Human Resources Business Partner, UniCreditPursuing my MBA has allowed me to see the bigger picture. I manage to understand more about myself, identified my strengths and weaknesses and learn how to be more adaptable. It helped me to have better perspective of my company but even more important, to have better understanding of my clients.
Robert Mehle
Sales Director, IN2 GroupBeing part of the COTRUGLI Alumni is an outstanding experience that broadens many business and personal aspects of one’s development. Besides the received knowledge, I truly appreciate the practical insights and ideas that I learn, as well as the possibility to spread my business network around the region.
Irina Stefanov Babić
Co-owner / CEO, Digital Marketing Agency Brand UnionThrough this journey I had a chance to meet some very interesting people with different views and approaches to business and life in general. In one word, it was a great networking opportunity. This was also a great opportunity to develop some new and to improve existing skills, to learn new things and to see the business world through different perspective. This experience helped me to understand business processes better and to implement gained knowledge more efficiently in my daily work.
Domagoj Brlošić
Director of Research and Development, RASCOBy attending the COTRUGLI Business School I have gained a better understanding of how to leverage my strengths as a manager of myself and my team. Not only have I learned how to implement the global best practices in leadership and management, but also gained the critical-thinking skills and self-confidence needed to apply this knowledge to workplace challenges. While attending the COTRUGLI Business School I became a more effective leader in a business program that enhanced my expertise, insight, and self-awareness both in business and life while expanding my network of colleagues and expert associates. The fact that both me and my company jointly reached a higher capacity to hold a competitive edge in today’s rapidly changing economy is the true success story of the COTRUGLI MBA program.
Vanja Pajić
Project Lead, Croatian Health Insurance FundI would recommend COTRUGLI because you can update and improve your knowledge and skills on quality way, without leaving your every day job. Beside lectures and exams, School provides other activities and seminars. I would recommend COTRUGLI for networking in Balkan region. School is well organized, with great stuff supporting all the process. It is a great opportunity to learn from experiences of your colleagues. Besides learning, there is a big chance to meet, not just colleagues and class mates but also friends for a life.
Nikola Marković
Area Sales Representative, KaindlI enriched my understanding of business; I learned from my colleagues’ thinking and experience; and I practiced how to perform in such a multi-cultural environment.
Berislav Sokač
Senior Sales Director Europe, Logic Information SystemGreat people, diverse experience, discussions and friendships. People that I have met during the program are definitely the most valuable asset of COTRUGLI MBA program.
Vladimir Mijailović
Customer Development Team Leader Bulgaria, Colgate-PalmoliveCOTRUGLI Executive MBA offers a unique opportunity to focus on yourself and on your own developing.
Danilo Mijušković
Key Account Manager for Montenegro, SevierExchange of experiences with colleagues from other countries in the region, as well as from various industries, helped to me to analyze my own performance from a new perspective, and to successfully cope with new business challenges.
Davor Lučić
Commercial Manager, PORR AGCOTRUGLI EMBA strengthened my management skills and knowledge, helped me to improve my leadership capability, making better decisions and inspiring others to do the same. One of the immediate benefits for myself and my employer: By working and studying at the same time, I was able to bring what I have learned in the classroom directly to the organization. I also had the privilege of working with and learning from other dedicated professionals who are from diverse industries. This type of learning environment is vital for expanding general business knowledge as well as for building a more robust professional network.
Jahonoro Veselinova
Director of Operations and General Manager Bulgaria, AndromedaIn my daily business life, it is usually me who is trying to teach someone. By constantly repeating already acquired knowledge, there is a risk of becoming a boring echo. COTRUGLI gave me a great opportunity to absorb new knowledge from excellent worldwide professors and to share knowledge with my fellow students.
Igor Panin
General Manager, Quality Austria CenterEMBA was a life-changing experience for me, a journey during which I got to discover my weaknesses and my strengths, a place where I got equipped for everyday managerial challenges, a family where I found real friends.
Dragos Badulescu
General Manager, Samuel MobilierIt has been fun, challenging, amazing regional experience which has made me confident that cultural, professional or personality differences bring fresh perspectives that overcome barriers and make the best of contrasts.
Anca Bodolan
C&B Manager, PRO TVEMBA program allowed me to link my practical experience with the most up-to-date theoretical framework, increased my understanding of strategy and how to optimize the business on so many levels, as well as forced me to think about problem solving from different perspectives. It offers ideal base for networking and I find the contact with my peers to be one of the most useful aspects and long-term gains of the EMBA program.
Orce Gocevski
Regional Business Manager, Alite InternationalBy broadening my horizons and gaining new knowledge through the Executive MBA program, I am now in a position to help others develop professionally and entrepreneurially.
Ante Livić
Director of Corporate Banking, Banka KovanicaCOTRUGLI MBA – there is absolutely something here for everybody. With every new case and group assignment – our perceptions and responses to complex situations have been changing. It gave us the enthusiasm and the confidence to go out there and say “What’s next?”.
Mariyana Raeva
Project Management Analyst, QuintilesAs a marketing consultant, getting an MBA degree helped me improve my business know-how and also gain credibility with my new clients.
Corina Buzatu
Owner, MKOR ConsultingCOTRUGLI EMBA program taught me how to implement change and how to develop the right mindset required to manage change effectively.
Martin Georgiev Markov
Sales & Marketing Manager, Kittner Anlagen und MaschinenbauBack in school, I have always dreamed about being independent, growing my own business – being my own boss. In real life – I have embarked and advanced in the corporate world over the past 9 years. COTRUGLI experience has revived my dream, and I have started seriously working on ideas for future ventures. I feel it’s the result of the confidence I have seen in my professors, as well as the success stories of my fellow peers. This confidence is growing inside me, and it started shaking me out of my corporate bubble like a strong driving force. It feels great!
Nikola Trifunović
Sales Director, BG ReklamWith COTRUGLI EMBA program I have received a structured framework for my further professional development and a great network of colleagues and friends with very rich and diverse professional backgrounds.
Mirjana Stojanović
Head of IT & Cloud Macedonia, Montenegro & Serbia, EricssonWith unique COTRUGLI mix of participants, hard work and great parties, you get both powerful connections and great friends. It is then really easy to get ahead in so many ways.
Nenad Paunović
CEO, EdgeOne thing I definitely learned at COTRUGLI Business School is in order to improve yourself and improve your surrounding, you have to understand yourself first.
Uroš Ignjačević
CEO, Prima Media AgencyEMBA helped me to reveal my potential and undertake an amazing 2-years journey with the brightest minds in the Balkans. As a result I succeeded to move up from heading a business unit to becoming an entrepreneur and be part of a solid network of professionals.
Trifon Vasilev
General Manager, NitrogenmuvekWhat is COTRUGLI? It is passion, knowledge and friends who become your partners. It is everything you would like to get from people, knowledge and society. You just need to courage to jump and get it!
Danail Kroumov
Software Development Manager, Soft2RunI recommend COTRUGLI to anyone who wants to acquire full understanding of how to start, develop and grow successful business. Or to someone who wants to know how to be more successful at what she or he is doing by knowing more about all the aspects of the environment that surrounds her/him. The other major reason to be part of COTRUGLI is the opportunity to build good network of friends from various business domains across the whole Balkan region. Last but not least is the fun we are having during this journey and we have tons of pictures to prove that.COTRUGLI so far has surprised me, made me read a lot more, made me think about new and different stuff, gave me useful tools and knowledge about starting a new business. I didn’t know finance management can be so much fun or that marketing can inspire me to read on the subject for about 1 month. Most importantly, almost every module required me to think about the various aspects of my company and almost obliged me to apply my knowledge at work.
Georgi Georgiev
Lead Consultant, Technology, eCommeraCOTRUGLI is a worthy partner and a School that makes us ready for the challenges to come, both in business and in life. The process of exchanging knowledge and experiences during their school between students and professors, but also students between each other is amazing. New knowledge and ways to use them in everyday operations are invaluable.
Saša Tešanović
Sales Manager, PlivaThe past two years at COTRUGLI EMBA program is not only a priceless life and professional experience for me, but also a confirmation of the need for a lifelong learning and education. Newly acquired knowledge, especially in the areas I was not so familiar with before, certainly raised my self-confidence and improved the professional performance at my new position of the CEO.
Zrinko Kamber
CEO, Medora Hotels & ResortsI would recommend COTRUGLI for authenticity and flexibility. Amazing journey where on each stop I added value to myselfthrough knowledge and experience shared by great teachers and colleagues with different backgrounds and coming from different cultures.
Mariana Rucăreanu
Financial Manager, Stratum EnclosuresDuring COTRUGLI EMBA program I had a chance to listen and learn from international lecturers how to think “out of box”and to improve my business knowledge. It is special value which I will use for the rest of my life. Great journey!
Danijel Zadjelović
General Manager, Lipik GlasStudying at COTRUGLI makes you a part of a huge network of like-minded, creative people that you can associate with and learn from for the rest of your career. I made new friendships that last for lifetime, with people coming from various backgrounds, bringing very different but invariably useful experiences, the same energy and motivation to achieve their business and personal goals. Looking backward, I am happy that I chose COTRUGLI because I got the best.
Azer Viđen
Project Manager, Schneider ElectricMBA has helped me to see the bigger picture. Some modules have changed the way I see the world and some have further developed my knowledge in areas I previously knew very little about. As well, I have met an awesome group of classmates whom I now consider friends.
Nina Strajnar
Team Manager, Telekom SlovenijeFirst of all, I’ve met wonderful people and made new friends and colleagues! Strengthen my business skills and improve existing knowledge, especially through financial and marketing modules. This was a very interesting, useful, and sometimes difficult journey that I would love to repeat again. Thanks to a whole generation and COTRUGLI employees, we will remain in touch and I am looking forward to our next meeting!
Maja Lapić Dusper
Regional Head of Sales and Marketing, Styria SportExecutive MBA program schedule perfectly suited my calendar and provided me with great potential for networking outside my home country.
Alden Bajgorić
Freelance ConsultantCOTRUGLI is the right choice for a busy professional who is curious and strives for personal development. The specific benefit of COTRUGLI is the opportunity to explore the regional specifics of Balkans in terms of business, culture and people. Some of the greatest professors I have ever met, were part of COTRUGLI Executive MBA program. Demanding and guiding with critical thinking. A lot of practical tools to apply in everyday work.
Daniela Yordanova
Senior Engineer, Mobiltel EADResponsible for personal improvement, knowledge, visibility in the business world with the doze of fun and experience, COTRUGLI Business School is the goal that must be present in life of everyone who wants more.
Maja Majkić
Marketing Officer, UniCredit Bank SerbiaCOTRUGLI offers a lot if you work hard to seize all of that. But it is worthwhile as the results are obvious quickly and you really grow. Very important is the orientation to the school program, which includes the knowledge and skills that are immediately applicable in practice. Most of the classes are intense and demanding, as you need to prepare, do pre-work assignments, followed by in-class exercises and the final exam. In the same time, you meet a lot your peers, have a lot of fun and make some valuable contacts. You also get to travel and change venues which makes it more interesting.
Vladan Jocić
Director, REUR Management and Consultancy in business operationsCOTRUGLI Business School is a place where you won’t only get knowledge of actual best business practice, but you can also learn the best ways how to implement them while working in a team. As teams are made of professionals from different countries and industries it makes this a unique experience which really helps in accelerating your career. COTRUGLI Business School experience is a great blend of obtaining new business knowledge, interaction with professors and class colleagues. It is great to see how much passion is shared on every project.
Marko Živanović
International C&B EMEA, NutanixCOTRUGLI school is the best thing that happened to me in my life! COTRUGLI brought countless positive things for less than a year: I learned a lot, met a lot of people, and networking is great. Everything is designed so well that the only final outcome is SUCCESS.
Anđa Vukčević
Owner, Etno selo ŠljemeIn COTRUGLI I met many intelligent and successful people with similar interests. COTRUGLI helped me complement, summarize and expand the knowledge and skills acquired over the years and to chart the way to my future as successful manager. I recommend COTRUGLI as the only worthwhile option for quality European education in Eastern Europe in the field of business management.
Dimitar Belinov
Head of Business Unit, EOS BulgariaFor every learned lesson and for every colleague that I met, a new horizon in my business and personal life I got.
Dejan Koleška
Country Manager, Scania BHCOTRUGLI is a great learning experience, I really enjoyed going through all modules and interacting with experienced professors from all over the world, but not only that. It was inspiring to work with such a group of students, stunning individuals and brilliant persons. It is my privilege to say that some of them are my friends today.
Tomislav Peričić
Supply Chain Director, TDR - BAT HRVATSKACOTRUGLI MBA curriculum was challenging and exciting at the same time. I have enjoyed in very open interaction with both colleagues and professors. During the program, I gained a lot of useful skills and information, but the biggest advantage of the program is networking – I’ve met a lot of interesting people coming from all over the region and made new friendships.
Nina Gomboc
Financing Sales Leader for Slovenia and Croatia, IBM SloveniaCOTRUGLI Executive program boosted my professional career, sharped my skills, increased my entrepreneur’s confidence and totally changed my mindset. But the most important, I became a proud member of huge COTRUGLI family.
Hrvoje Merki
General Manager, EURCO INC.COTRUGLI EMBA modules have covered different business skills that I was already partly familiar with, but the knowledge and experience shared by the professors and among all other students gave me the chance to look at the business problems from several different perspectives.
Radisav Osmjalić
Country Director, Willis Towers WatsonI decided to pursue an EMBA because, coming from an engineering background, I knew I wanted to do something more to improve my managerial skills. By coming to COTRUGLI, I had an opportunity to reflect on what I’m doing and how I’m doing my job. I believe the program is a catalyst for professional change, whether originally intended or not. COTRUGLI EMBA experience is one very useful and I was excited about my classmates and my professors, who bring a tremendous diversity of expertise and experiences to the program, which will immensely shape my personal and professional development.
Alina Pop
CEO, Electrogroup SACOTRUGLI gives you wings, it is your choice how high you will fly, but keep in mind that with COTRUGLI boundaries do not exist.
Mina Mićanović
General Manager, Poslovna InteligencijaCOTRUGLI Business School is the School of Life, a genuine round table of knowledge, a continuous challenge for my personal and professional development.
Simona Lungu
Project Manager, BancpostThrough the EMBA program I had a unique opportunity to share knowledge and experience with talented managers from different industries in the region, to gain better understanding of different business functions and to recognize their future needs.
Nadezhda Chausheva
Strategic Planning and Total Workforce Management Expert, Makedonski Telekom ADEMBA program helped me to develop managerial and gain practical knowledge in all business aspects as well as an opportunity to enlarge my social networking with valuable business contacts and referrals.
Vladimir Djidjishev
General Manager, Ziross JSCThe most valuable change that EMBA experience at COTRUGLI brought is a growth: both professional and personal. It brings you out of your comfort zone and opens all new perspectives and opportunities, then is on each of us to recognize and enhance them.
Milena Rajić
HR Manager, JTI M&S BelgradeExpanding your Network expands your Universe. Then you can boldly go where you’ve never dared to go before, plus travelling in company is always more fun.
Vojin Vojvodić
Managing Director of Service Provisioning Department, Telekom SrbijaI feel much more confident in my business environment. As an entrepreneur, the biggest advantage is a large network of new friends and new business possibilities.
Nikola Mikavica
Owner, GoldcutI have started COTRUGLI as one the directors in Telenor. COTRUGLI helped me a lot with this achievement and I believe that it will help me even more in the future.
Branko Mitrović
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, TelenorEMBA program turns to be life changing journey shared with people from different personal and professional background. It simply deepens your knowledge, widens your perspectives.
Stanko Milushev
Sales Manager Hungary/Romania/Bulgaria, Schaeffler Automotive AftermarketI would recommend this two-year experience to everyone who would like to advance, build network in the Balkan region and share a lot of fun and useful moments.
Boriana Velikova
Senior Brand Manager Still Beverages Adria & Bulgaria, The Coca-Cola CompanyDuring EMBA program I’ve found new ways of thinking regarding business issues, how to see things in new perspective and what tools to use in specific business segments. And not to forget, I’ve met great people and colleagues with whom I shared unforgettable moments during EMBA and those colleagues also help me to build myself, in personal and professional way.
Melita Bunić
Category Director, PodravkaThe world is suddenly a completely different place, instead of difficulties I see only opportunities, where fear lived, curiosity moved in. My new friends are my greatest gain.
Hrvoje Marcelić
Head of Sales and Marketing Department, HPB STAMBENA ŠTEDIONICACOTRUGLI Business School changed my view on business in general and especially on business that I work in. I see a lot more opportunities around me. MBA also gave me strength and courage to do any job in the world.
Nikola Horvat
Owner / Operations Manager, Nick Horvat Tennis Management Agency / Linea SnellaTrust is a crucial element for me as a business advisor and to be perceived as a trusted advisor, I need to constantly demonstrate excellence in everything I do. COTRUGLI Business School, with best in class continuing education platform, helps me to improve my skill set, both in hard and soft skills area, keeping me always ready for new business challenges.
Marko Mandić
Managing Partner, Certius TeamOver past two years at COTURGLI, getting to know new colleagues was the most valuable part for me as HR professional and people oriented person, today they are my friends. During EMBA I widened existing way of thinking, at the same time shared many new ideas and thoughts that will help me in all future professional, as well as private challenges, which I might face.
Gordana Fabris
HR Director, ValamarEnhanced communication and people management skills helped me in gaining the confidence. I am able to self assess my own strengths and weaknesses.
Matej Pregarc
Finance Director, Pro PlusPractical, although profound knowledge that can be used in day to day business activities, unlocking synergies I never realized could be created. All this is offered in a multicultural environment that enriches both our professional and personal “DNA”.
Adrian Constantin Stanese
Human Resources Director, MedLifeEMBA program at COTRUGLI gave me a new perspective view for my future. It empowered me with knowledge and courage to accept much more challenging opportunities. It helped me to maintain better balance between my professional and personal life. Cotrugli EMBA program gave me a great chance to meet fantastic people and to create new friendships.
Biserka Ivanenko
Purchase Manager, Cefin BulgariaDuring the assessment process my opening statement was “I am here to win”. And by joining COTRUGLI I did win: I got out of my comfort zone, my knowledge horizon grew immensely, I met great people and made friendships I’d cherish for life. COTRUGLI is a great school in the academic sense – brilliant professors, well designed educational program, professional program managers. But COTRUGLI is also a school in the personal sense where one learns how to speak up, to defend and idea, to become team player. COTRUGLI is one of my best decisions so far because this experience taught me to be brave, to pursue my dreams, to be a better professional and a better version of myself.
Lilia Ilieva
Chief Operation Officer, Havas MediaWhether you are stuck in your career, or simply looking to enhance your business skills and open up new horizons, COTRUGLI Business School is the right place for you. You will not only learn about the most current trends in the global business environment, but you will also meet top notch professionals and build a valuable network of peers in the region. Aside from gaining critical knowledge and developing skills that I deem necessary in my everyday decision making process, I firmly believe that attending COTRUGLI EMBA has made me a better leader as well. Learning about most up-to-date business trends has helped me transform my overall thinking and overcome certain boundaries imposed by my previous educational background. Ultimately, learning from the experience of my colleagues and discussing my own business challenges and how they would address them, is the most valuable part of COTRUGLI EMBA program in my opinion.
Damjan Đokić
Commercial Director, MARSO GUMECOTRUGLI attracted me with very well structured topics and convenient organization of the modules. The program is strongly oriented to you and supports your strive for perfection. But the best part is the networking – you don’t make contacts, you make friends. I’ve started the EMBA program to learn something new and to meet new people. What followed exceeded my expectations. It is an adventure rather than education, inspiring journey that leads you beyond the borders you think you have.
Ivan Ivanov
Director Branch Network, Allianz Bank BulgariaCotrugli EMBA program has provided me with an opportunity to obtain new, applicable skills and broader business knowledge, as well as a holistic approach to understanding and solving business problems. Through this program, I’ve acquired an insight into different managerial and leadership methodologies, but also into different business practices. The mix of knowledgeable professors and experienced classmates, has helped me gain a different perspective on the world, which is helping me navigate more successfully through today’s global business arena.
Jelena Porej
Global HR Director, GroundLink BeogradEMBA empowered me with knowledge and tools I will use to grow and develop my family’s business and gave me courage to start my own company.
Petra Mesarić Horvat
Business Development Manager, IM-COMPI worked 18 years before starting EMBA, attended many different educations and had successful career but EMBA definitely enriched me at professional and personal level. The opportunity to expand my knowledge through official and non-official interactions with professors and colleagues, and to take a look on the same problem but from multiple perspectives accepting and respecting differences, is just priceless. I would recommend MBA to every manager, and invite companies to support their employees in educating them, as my company did for me and is doing for other employees.
Renata Bešenić
Business Unit Director, MEDiLABWhile chasing “outside the box” solutions, in COTRUGLI I found the greatest value in developing skills to consistently, on demand, urgently deliver “inside the box” brilliant solutions, by motivating teams of equals on numerous projects simultaneously, all that while balancing pile of ASAP business emails and personal life.
Vanja Runje
Client Service Director (Board Member), IMAGO ADVERTISING AGENCY“COTRUGLI is cooperating with us in increasing readiness of our emerging leaders for fast changing business environment. We have designed together a unique modular learning path with top-notch content enhancing the knowledge of participants on digital transformation. Professors Tse, Kfuri and Coto provided valuable insights to our participants from 11 countries, challenged them and helped them to immediately apply what they have learned in their business projects. Focus of COTRUGLI on understanding our needs and excellent delivery ensured highly positive feedback from our participants.”
Laura Orlic Bendekovic
Head of HR – Central & Eastern Europe Division“It was real pleasure cooperating with experienced and professional COTRUGLI assessors, who both successfully managed and delivered assessment plrocess for Atlantic’s Adventure program. They were extremly professional and reliable in all assessment phases, starting from the testing of English knowledge, over conducting competency based interviews, evaluating case study analyses and delivering final assessment workshop.”
Mojca Domiter
Group HR Executive Driector“For the design and delivery of the Emerging Global Leaders stream of our LEAD Program we collaborated with the outstanding regional business school, COTRUGLI Business School. As a proof of the fruitful relationship, LEAD Program has won two leadership awards in 2014: Leadership Excellence Award by HR.com and Asia Training & Development Excellence Award.”
Zdravka Demeter Bubalo
Group Human Resources Vice PresidentMBA has helped me to see the bigger picture. Some modules have changed the way I see the world and some have further developed my knowledge in areas I previously knew very little about. As well, I have met an awesome group of classmates whom I now consider friends.
Nina Strajnar
Team Manager, Telekom SlovenijePursuing my MBA has allowed me to see the bigger picture. I manage to understand more about myself, identified my strengths and weaknesses and learn how to be more adaptable. It helped me to have better perspective of my company but even more important, to have better understanding of my clients.
Robert Mehle
Sales Director, IN2 GroupCOTRUGLI is the best mixture of the world-class education and the spirit of the Balkans. We are learning while we are having fun! I find it highly adrenalizing! I learn from the team work about my strengths and weaknesses and I feel motivated to improve.
Iliana Stoykova
Head of Legal Department, First Investment Bank ADBeing part of the COTRUGLI Alumni is an outstanding experience that broadens many business and personal aspects of one’s development. Besides the received knowledge, I truly appreciate the practical insights and ideas that I learn, as well as the possibility to spread my business network around the region.
Irina Stefanov Babić
Co-owner / CEO, Digital Marketing Agency Brand UnionWith every module behind me I just hardly wait with full enthusiasm and excitement to use what I learned and improve my business.
Zejid Šoto
General Manager, PZU New Life SarajevoThe people I met during EMBA are positive, well-meaning and they know more than me, and this combination, to me personally, is gratifying.
Rade Ljumović
Owner, RLC MontenegroRunning a business involves certain tasks and COTRUGLI MBA program provides skills and relevant knowledge that can be instantly applied. One of the best benefits that COTRUGLI MBA program provides is the network because you’ll meet a lot of people who are business-oriented, creative and intelligent.
Ana-Maria Vasilescu
Product Sales, SalesBenefits are divided in to two categories: structural knowledge and exchange of experiences with 50-60 professionals whom you can call friends by the end of the program.
Vasil Gocevski
Managing Director & VP of Sales, Seavus ABAlready during the first module, you realize you are surrounded by people who are eager to learn and advance. Expect the impossible throughout the program.
Dejana Jeremić
Project Specialist, Mercator SI am a mechanical engineer. MBA has opened my eyes to other aspects of business. It gave me an opportunity to work with different facets of the business in multidisciplinary teams and the challenge to learn how to work across the interfaces.
Igor Vlahović
Plant Manager, Press GlassCOTRUGLI gave me a unique opportunity to meet many interesting people from different regions, with various educations, and coming from most different business environment. Today, after all, I can say that the acquired knowledge and skills, as well as the exchange of experience between colleagues has opened to me new prospects in the perception of business.
Flavio Gregorović
Technical Director, Valamar