Marko Čižmek graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb and is also qualified as a Broker and Investment Ad­visor. Mr. Čižmek started his career in 1996 at the Croatian National Bank, followed by cor­porate finance at Investment Bank Austria and ICF. From 2001 to 2004, he was a Man­agement Board Member at EURO Invest, an investment fund management company.

Marko Čižmek held numerous executive po­sitions at Valamar Group companies that have since been merged into Valamar Riviera, including Management Board Member at Rabac d.d. (2004-2011), Dubrovnik Babin Kuk d.d. (2009-2013), and Valamar Adria Holding d.d. (2008-2013), General Manager at Epima d.o.o. (2008-2014), and Supervisory Board Member at Zlatni Otok d.d. (2002-2011) and Rabac d.d. (2000-2004).

Mr. Čižmek has held the position of Management Board Member at Val­amar Riviera since 2011 and is responsible for Finance, Accounting, Treas­ury, Capital Markets, Investor Relations, and Information Technology.

He also serves as a Management Board Member at the Croatian Associa­tion of Corporate Treasurers and, since 2019, as Supervisory Board Depu­ty Chairman and Audit Board Chairman at Helios Faros d.d.