Petra Čadež is Marketing Director SBU Savoury spreads at Atlantic Group and Slovenian Marketing Association representative. Petra has over 25 years of international experience in the fields of strategy, marketing, brand management, communication, and advertising. She started her career in advertising at Formitas BBDO in Slovenia. In 2000, she has joined a telco operator Si.mobil as Marketing Communications Director. She spent the next 16 years in Telekom Austria Group, one of the biggest Telco corporations in CEE, working in top management positions in local markets of Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia; including a position as Group Brand Director, overseeing brand strategies and operations on 7 European markets. In 2017 she has joined Atlantic Group, one of the leading Food and Distribution companies in the CEE region, as a Marketing Director SBU Savoury spreads, responsible for brands such as Argeta, Bakina Tajna, Montana. Petra is very active 

in the field of professional development as a lecturer at various events and conferences and as a jury member; she is President of the supervisory board of the Slovenian Marketing Association and a past member of the supervisory board of the Slovenian Advertising Chamber. In her career, Petra has, with her teams, received numerous awards at the national and international level, among them IABC Gold Quill Award and many Effie Awards.