Krešimir Macan is respected Croatian business consultant specialized in crisis management, strategic communication and social media. He is the owner of a successful private management consultancy – Manjgura, which he established already in 1997. as one of the first Croatian agencies specialized in PR and later on crisis communications and elections management.
From January to August 2018. he was appointed as special advisor for strategic communications of the Prime Minister of Croatia. Before that he managed his agency Manjgura as its general manager for nearly 10 years since 2008.
He has been involved with public relations since 1991. when during the Homeland war in Croatia he was positioned as the chief of staff of the Ministry of Information and later Head of Information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia in 1995.
In 1998 he was hired by the most influential media house in Croatia at the time – Croatian Radio Television as their first Head of Corporate Communications.
In 2003. he was appointed as Communication Advisor to Prime Minister of Croatia, with the aim of improving Government’s communications.
From 2004 till 2008 he was Executive Manager of Madison Consulting, Croatian public relations agency successfully developing its operations.
He is recognized international election consultant and lecturer in media relations, crisis management and political communication.
He graduated Computer Sciences at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, speaks fluently five languages. Member of Croatian PR Association (HUOJ) Chartered Institute of Public Relations (MCIPR) and European Association of Political Communicators (EAPC).
Always looking for new professional challenges…
Specialties: management consultancy, foreign investments in Croatia, crisis communications, political communications, media relations, PR education, social media
