STANKOVIĆ Ivan
CEO and Owner, Communis
Ivan Stankovic is the founder and President of the advertising agency Communis. As one of the pioneers of modern advertising in former Yugoslavia, for the last 40 years he has been working with and building numerous local and global brands. Together with his partner he founded the first multinational advertising agency in the region, Saatchi and Saatchi, and in 2002 he started a regional, independent agency Communis, one of the most creative and leading agencies in Serbia.
Ivan was a Professor at the Faculty for Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, he is a book author and a regular speaker at various conferences in the region. A few years ago, he realized that his biggest talent lies in creating brands, which he himself became through his TV talk show “Perception vs Reality” (Šta sam tebi, ko sam sebi). The show has more than 14.5 million views on YouTube. After four seasons and ninety-eight episodes, Ivan devised a new successful author based TV show called “Long live labour“ (Da nam živi, živi rad) that celebrates people that came to success in the old-fashioned, long-forgotten way – thorough hard work and persistence.