Through the implementation of new business models, organic growth, acquisitions and exploitation of mutual synergies, he built leading players in their sectors, which were afterwards successfully divested.

Shortly after the start of his career, he joined investment company Publikum, where he quickly advanced, became Director of Finance and Accounting and assumed the position of a Procurator. At this time, he laid the foundation for latter establishment of the largest Slovene non-banking financial institution, as he quickly realized the company needed to build its private banking and asset management business and at the same time enhance its market share by acquiring complementary companies. This strategy ensured Publikum’s entry in the field of asset management. After the merger of 3 leading financial groups in ALTA Group, Škerlak became its CEO. Under his management the group secured the leading position in the field of brokerage, issuance of debt and equity, asset management and M&A. Afterwards, Škerlak successfully sold both group’s primary activities to strategic partners, and both divestments are still considered to be the largest transactions in the industry to date.

Simultaneously as the divestment of ALTA Group, Škerlak co-founded Adventura Investments, became its co-owner and CEO. As the companies CEO he led one of the most complex mergers in Slovenia. Through takeover and merger of 10+ independent tourism and transport companies Nomago was established and since 2022 the company is co-owned by Slovenian Railways.

Škerlak also led the acquisition of the largest Slovenian electronic goods retailer Big Bang and Croatian retail company Sancta Domenica. Big Bang Group is now the leading retailer of consumer electronics and one of the largest e-commerce retailers in the region and is actively expanding its operation to other countries. In Big Bang and Big Partner, to which the wholesale and distribution business was allocated, Aleš Škerlak is the chairman of the advisory board.

Škerlak is writing a similar story at Margis, that was established by the merger of two successful IT companies and is today the leading Slovenian company for business digitalization. Since 2018 Škerlak serves as the company’s president of the advisory board and in this time the company saw its revenue increase by more than 140 %.

Under Škerlak’s management in just eight years Adventura Investments became one of the largest and most successful Slovenian business groups, with companies in Adventura Investments Group generating EUR 400m+ annual revenue and having almost 2000 employees.

Z implementacijo novih poslovnih modelov, organsko rastjo podjetij, prevzemi in izkoriščanjem medsebojnih sinergij je zgradil vodilne igralcev v svojih panogah, ki so bili v zadnjem koraku tudi uspešno prodani strateškim vlagateljem.

Kmalu po začetku svoje kariere se je pridružil investicijski družbi Publikum, kjer je hitro napredoval in po le enem letu postal direktor za finance in računovodstvo ter prevzel funkcijo prokurista. Že v tem času je postavil temelje za izgradnjo največje slovenske nebančne skupine, saj je hitro uvidel, da mora v skupini na eni strani na novo razviti dejavnost privatnega bančništva in upravljanja premoženja, na drugi strani pa s prevzemi sorodnih podjetij okrepiti prisotnost in tržno moč podjetja. Prav ta strategija je Publikumu zagotovila vstop na področje upravljanja investicijskih skladov. Po združitvi treh vodilnih finančnih skupin v ALTA Skupino je Škerlak postal njen glavni izvršni direktor, pod njegovim vodstvom pa je skupina osvojila vodilni položaj na področju borznega posredništva, izdaje lastniških in dolžniških vrednostnih papirjev, upravljanja premoženja in prevzemnih aktivnosti. V zadnji fazi razvoja ALTE je Škerlak uspešno izpeljal tudi prodajo obeh dejavnosti skupine strateškima partnerjema, obe prodaji pa še danes veljata za eni izmed največjih transakcij v dejavnosti.

Sočasno s prodajo ALTA Skupine je Škerlak soustanovil Adventuro Investments in postal njen solastnik ter glavni izvršni direktor. V okviru Adventure Investments je vodil eno izmed najbolj kompleksnih združitev v Sloveniji, s prevzemom in združitvijo prek deset samostojnih turistično-prevozniških podjetij pa je bila ustanovljena Skupina Nomago, v katero so leta 2022 vstopile tudi Slovenske železnice.

Škerlak je vodil tudi prevzem največjega slovenskega trgovca z zabavno in uporabno elektroniko Big Bang in hrvaške trgovske družbe Sancta Domenica. Big Bang je danes vodilni trgovec s potrošniško elektroniko v regiji in eden izmed največjih igralcev na področju spletne prodaje, svoje delovanje pa aktivno širi tudi v druge države v regiji. V Big Bang in Big Partner, na katerega so bili oddeljeni veleprodajni in distributerski posli, je Škerlak predsednik svetovalnega odbora.

Podobno zgodbo Škerlak ustvarja tudi v družbi Margis, v katero sta se združili 2 uspešni IT podjetji in ki je danes vodilno slovensko IT podjetje za digitalizacijo poslovanja. Škerlak že od leta 2018 opravlja funkcijo predsednika svetovalnega odbora družbe Margis, v tem času pa se je obseg poslovanja podjetja povečal za več kot 140 odstotkov.

V zgolj osmih letih je Adventura Investments pod njegovim vodstvom postala ena izmed največjih in najuspešnejših slovenskih poslovnih skupin, podjetja v skupini Adventura Investments pa imajo skupno skoraj 2000 zaposlenih in ustvarijo prek 400 milijonov evrov prihodkov.