CANDIDACY OUTLINE My Dear Friends and APG Colleagues, I wish to offer my candidacy for the forthcoming Board Elections. I represent the big APG family in a small, neutral country and I offer the wealth of experience in the airline and travel industry, knowledge, energy and ambitions for new challenges. I strongly believe that I can contribute with "swissness" in the Board and the entire APG. This means that I will bring excellence, integrity, strengthen our business and organization, as well as dedicate my time to the overall success of APG. I want to emphasize the fact that my spouse Marinella and I feel very happy in the big APG family and have gained many new friends. In this relatively short period since I took over APG Switzerland, a lot has happened on my market and I feel that we are all living faster and richer somehow. I will do the utmost to keep up this pace and contribute to the best of my ability to promote and increase the APG business to the benefit of our Group and its members. Dear Colleagues, I am grateful for your support that I have enjoyed so far, hoping to enhance the fruitful cooperation and friendship in the future – all this while bearing in mind the overall success of APG because “Recognition is the greatest motivator”. Thank you, yours Zvone Petek, General Manager and co-owner APG Switzerland, Zurich-Airport
CAREER BACKGROUND I began as a TV journalist, specialized in tourism, shipping and aviation. I was the GM of the Congress Center in Portoroz, Director of the Yugoslav National Tourist OďŹƒce in Zurich and at the same time President of AONTES (Association of National Tourist OďŹƒces in Switzerland). I have lived half of my life in Zurich and I love this city. I worked as Sales Manager for the leading Travel Trade Magazine TRAVEL INSIDE, and was Adria Airways Country Manager in Switzerland for 20 years, member of BAR Executive Board for 10 years and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia in Zurich for the last 7 years. Finally, APG Switzerland is a small but important member of our organization with a bright future. We are GSSA for 15 airlines and still have some new projects in the pipeline. It should be noted that I speak several languages, such as English, German, Italian, Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian. I believe in a multicultural and a multilingual environment which runs strong in our big family. Despite all the activities, I also had time for the family and children, as well as for my hobbies: music, sailing, cooking, photography, oldtimers... Zvone Petek APG Switzerland