Boris Novak

Boris Novak is a Slovenian manager. He was the CEO of The Post of Slovenia between 2012 and 2021.

Education and career He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and received his master's degree from the Faculty of Governmental and European Studies. Between 1983 and 2006, he worked as an undersecretary in the Ministry of the Interior, as an assistant director of the Criminal Police Headquarters, and in other positions in the police and the ministry. According to Večer, he convinced supervisors and owners "that he could take The Post into digitalisation and business waters, with which the managers of state property would be satisfied." He also became the Chairman of the BAMC Board of Directors in June 2020.

Among Novak's successes, the media consider also the takeover of the logistics company Intereuropa in May 2019, which Večer described as a "victory", beating the British logistics company Xpediator. Announcing the takeover in 2018, Novak expressed the view that "domestic capital should retain strategic banking, transport and logistics investments so as not to witness such and other partial interests, and I do not mean only political ones." When the Post of Slovenia bought 72 percent of Intereuropa, Večer wrote that Novak is "so to speak the head of the largest Slovenian logistic corporation." Novak was the chairman of the supervisory board of Večer, Dravske elektrarne, a member of the supervisory board of the Sports Lottery, a member of the expert council for a friendly and efficient public sector at the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration, According to media reports, in 2016 the Post entered into a partnership with Deutsche Post and in 2019 the Post introduced the most advanced equipment for routing packages. He participated in international and domestic management meetings. Novak was the Post's CEO until March 2021 when Tomaž Kokot was appointed the interim CEO.

Personal As of 2021, Novak is married, has run the Berlin Marathon and the New York City Marathon. Novak told the Slovenian newspaper Finance that he earned his first money working in the construction industry for a summer job, which still benefits him today for minor house maintenance work.