BAT Appoints Zora Ilic as Head of Legal and External Affairs for Adria Cluster

British American Tobacco has appointed Zora Ilic as its Head of Legal and External Affairs for Adria Cluster.

Ilic first joined the company as a Legal Manager in Serbia in 2012. In 2014, she was appointed to Head of Legal Serbia and Montenegro, and, in 2017, she became the Head of Legal and External Affairs Serbia and Montenegro. In 2018, she relocated to Zagreb when she was appointed to Head of Legal Adria Cluster.

Before joining BAT, she was a Special Adviser to the Minister with the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of the Republic of Serbia between 2010 and 2012. Before that, she was an Executive Director of the Privatization Agency of the Republic of Serbia. Earlier still, she was the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Finance, Treasury Department.

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