Our People
Aretera’s on-ground teams bring decades of international agency experience, establishing the company to address the traditional lack of focus on emerging markets by global players.
Executive Leadership
Chris Dobson
Founder & Managing Partner
Aneta Jóźwicka
Country Director, Poland
Philip Merrell
Head of Emerging Markets
Lilyana Zagorcheva
Regional Director, Southeast Europe
Pavel Melnikov
Regional Director, Central Asia
Regional Leadership
Seval Demir
Country Director, Türkiye
Jan Havlík
Director - EU Affairs, Czechia & CEE
Zsuzsanna Mátrai
Principal Advisor, Hungary, CEE & EU Affairs
Ondrej Hynek
Country Director, Czechia
Áron Varga
Country Director, Hungary
Iulia Bidică
Country Lead, Romania
Romena Butanska
Country Director, Bulgaria
Lana Avakumović
Regional Director, Adria & Western Balkans
Rok Hodej
Country Lead, Slovenia
Dagmar Radin
Healthcare Lead, Croatia & CEE
Dominik Istrate
Research Director, CEE
Dominika Dobrovičová
Country Director, Slovakia
Roman Sukhyy
Country Director, Ukraine & Moldova
Azad Garibov
Executive Counsel, Türkiye, MENA & South Caucusus
Nikhil Bandlish
Director, Crisis & Reputation Management
Liutauras Ulevičius
Regional Lead, Baltic States
Leposava Ognjanoska
Country Lead, North Macedonia
Ted Lelekas
Country Director, Greece & Cyprus
