User:KlemenP

Klemen Podjed
His vision is that people will once hold values and lead a lifestyle which will represent the new cornerstone of human existence on this beautiful, unique planet Earth. He feels his mission is to help preparing the ground for such values and lifestyle to thrive on.

Klemen Podjed believes that the key to making this vision a reality lies in determination and innovative ideas, which can help us tackle the most burning environmental issues, as well as improve the quality of life for all

Educational background

Klemen Podjed (born in 1968) has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Economics, as well as his M.Sc. degree in Management and Organizational Sciences from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana. He graduated from the Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Maribor, and finished the Upper Secondary School of Electrical Engineering.

Work experience

One of the most responsible positions that Klemen Podjed held in his early career was the position of the director of ELEKTRO-SLOVENIJA's power trading subsidiary TRGEL. In 2001, he decided to turn a new page; he founded ELECTRAS d.o.o., and has soon gained the reputation as the leading Slovene strategic management consultant in the energy sector. His company ELECTRAS NOVA pioneered the Slovene corporate social responsibility consulting.

As a social entrepreneur he established People for Earth, an UK based organisation, where he is the Managing Director. The mission of People for Earth is to inspire and empower people from around the world to adopt an eco-friendly and a more fulfilling lifestyle.

Occasionally he is a tutor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, a lecturer at the Educational Centre of Power System of Slovenia (ICES) and the author of a number of articles, that have been published in several professional journals and newspapers.

Voluntary service activity'''

In his free time, Klemen Podjed, is making an effort to ensure a better future for all as the director of the Slovene Institute for Strengthening of Human Values. The Institute is a part of one of the largest volunteer-based organizations in the world, the Art of Living Foundation, and its sister organisation International Association for Human Values, a non-profit educational & humanitarian NGO.