Branko Žibret is a partner in Kearney’s Government and Economic Development Practice and former managing partner of the firm’s Eastern European unit. He has extensive experience serving public- and private-sector clients in a wide range of industries across emerging European markets. Branko is based in Kearney’s Vienna office.
Notable client engagements include:
- Large organizational and transformational change
- Corporate and business unit strategies
- Post-merger integrations
- Restructuring for leading industrial and financial groups and public institutions
Branko has authored numerous articles and reports on city management and public sector administration improvements as well as reforms to support economic growth.
Before joining Kearney, he held leadership positions in a variety of industries, including CEO of a beverage company, CEO of an investment fund company, and executive director of a marketing agency. Branko earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Ljubljana along with a master’s degree in management and an MBA from the IEDC Bled School of Management.