Duško Knežević
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Dr Duško Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Кнежевић) is the founder and president of the board of directors of Atlas Group Corporation (AGC), a financial group based in Montenegro consisting of companies with interests in banks in Serbia, Cyprus and Great Britain.
Duško Knežević Душко Кнежевић | |
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President of board of directors of Mediterranean University | |
Assumed office 30 May 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1959-05-30) 30 May 1959 (age 64) Titograd, FPR Yugoslavia |
Citizenship | Montenegrin, Serbian, British, Cypriot |
Nationality | Montenegrin |
Alma mater | Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade (B.Sc., M.Sc.) Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade (Ph.D.) |
Occupation | Economist |
Website | Official website |
Last five years Dr Duško Knežević has been living in London UK.
In addition to his business interests,[1] he is the founder and president of the board of two business-oriented universities, in Montenegro and in Serbia. In April 2010, Knežević became a member of Clinton Global Initiative.[2]
Knežević founded the Atlas Foundation Archived 2016-03-28 at the Wayback Machine in 2010. The mission of the Foundation is to support the creation of new societal values and economic empowerment of citizens through enhancement of business environment and corporate social responsible practices. Improving regional cooperation is one of the key goals of the Atlas Foundation. Knežević organised the Inaugural Conference “Balkan Networking for Social Empowerment of South-Eastern Europe”[3] that was held in Budva in May 2011, under the auspices of the Government of Montenegro and Atlas Foundation, and in partnership with Clinton Global Initiative. The main objective of this event was to address pressing challenges facing South-Eastern Europe through developing cross-border and new models of cross-sector cooperation.