Victoria Grupa

Victoria Group traditionally supports the popular festival Gospojina in Novi Bečej, organized for the 20th time this year from 22 to 27 August. The event gathers a large number of visitors from all around Serbia, giving them the opportunity to taste fish soup on cooking contest, watch the horse carriage show or enjoy the tamburitza music. Many famous musicians from the Balkans region will be performing this year as well. Over 200,000 visitors are expected this year.

Victoria Group employees have participated in a major volunteer action called “Our Belgrade”, which took place in Kalemegdan on 1 June organised by the Business Leaders Forum.

Victoria Group has received the “My Choice” recognition for social responsibility, traditionally presented by the My Serbia association and the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade. The recognition in the category of “Support for humanitarian projects” comes as a result of the cooperation established with as many as 130 organisations over the last year, through which the company supported a large number of activities aimed at assisting vulnerable population groups, supporting agricultural development and rural communities, and protecting the environment.

Victoria Group together with Sojaprotein, a member company of the Group, is pleased to inform the public about the change in Sojaprotein senior management.

As of 1 May 2013 Mr. James P. King will be appointed as the General Manager of Sojaprotein, while Mrs. Branislava Pavlović, who has been leading the company successfully for the last eight years, will join the senior management team of the Victoria Group as a Director of Legal Affairs.

Victoria Group was awarded Corporate Superbrands Award 2012-2013, in the election of the best corporate brands in Serbia. The companies awarded with Superbrands status were elected based on public opinion research and votes of the Expert Council comprised of distinguished members of the Serbian business community.

The laureates received recognition for the company reputation, original values, reliability and consistency of the brand, and socially responsible activities.

Victoriaoil and the CEO of Sojaprotein Branislava Pavlović are the laureates of the Vojvodina Chamber of Commerce award for significant economic achievements in Vojvodina in 2012. The award that was presented this year to Victoriaoil, a member of the Victoria Group, and Branislava Pavlović, the CEO of Sojaprotein, also a member company in the Victoria Group, is traditionally presented for economic achievements to companies and individuals that have accomplished noteworthy business results.

As a long standing partner of the International Forum on Renewable Energy, the Embassy of Italy organised a meeting between Victoria Group representatives and the official delegation of the Italian Business Association of Industrials – Confindustria Italia. The Delegation included CEOs of more than 60 renowned companies, some of which were very interested in establishing cooperation in the areas of the renewable energy and electric power industry.

As a partner in the project, the Victoria Group supported the organisation of the second seminar of students of Belgrade University’s Faculty of Agriculture, entitled the Perspectives and Development of Serbian Agriculture in the Coming Decade, which took place on Zlatibor Mountain from 10 to 14 April 2013. The seminar gathered around 400 student representatives with the aim of providing guidance to young experts, encouraging cooperation between agricultural faculties and colleges, and promoting agriculture as one of the most profitable industries.