Marko Hauptman, Executive Director - Workers' Representative and Member of the Country Leadership Team Slovenia

Marko Hauptman graduated from the veterinary technician program at the agri-food secondary school in Ljubljana in 1989. In 2002, while working full time, he also earned a bachelor’s degree in production technologies at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Maribor.

He joined Lek in 1989 as an intern. After having finished the compulsory military service, he returned to Lek in Ljubljana, where he worked as a technician, shift lead, unit lead and finally as a technologist in the packaging unit.

In 2007, he joined the newly-established team of the Lendava Packaging Center, where he first assumed the position of Head of Technology. Later, he became the Head of Manufacturing Sciences and Technology, where he to this day remains responsible for the management and transfer of products, validation, compliance, and introduction of new technologies. As a project leader, he was responsible for the transformation of the Novartis portfolio and oversaw the transfer of the first innovative molecules and equipment to Lendava, between 2018 and 2020.

He was a member of the Workers council since 2013 and served as its vice-president in his last mandate. He is also a member of the Sandoz Euroforum.

He was appointed the Workers’ Director on March 12, 2024 and a member of the Lek d.d. Management Board and Country Leadership Team Slovenia.

On September 3, 2024 Marko Hauptman was appointed as a Executive Director - Workers’ Representative in the Board of Directors of Lek d.d.