Mr. Jakovac brings more than 30 years of experience in corporate and government sectors, with expertise spanning real estate, project and asset management, finance and negotiations, as well as operations and staff leadership across the United States and Southeast Europe.
He founded Triple-J Consulting in September 2024, a firm specializing in property operations, financial structuring, investment analysis, market advisory, and strategic portfolio management, which he currently manages from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
From 2015 to 2024, Mr. Jakovac served as Director of Group Real Estate Management at NLB Bank. During this period, he was also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NLB Serbia and Member of the Supervisory Board of NLB Montenegro. In addition, he was Director of S-REAM, a real estate company based in Ljubljana. Notably, in 2019–2020, he played an instrumental role in the successful acquisition of Komercijalna Banka in Serbia.
Previously, as Managing Director of Colliers International Serbia (2005–2010), Mr. Jakovac oversaw operations, finance, and staff management. In 2007, he was recognized as Colliers International SEE Manager of the Year. He participated in all major regional transactions and introduced new business services to the Serbian and Slovenian real estate markets. He frequently represented the SEE region as a panellist at leading international conferences such as Expo Real (Munich), MIPIM (Cannes), and Real Vienna, as well as numerous events in Serbia and Slovenia.
In 2010, he founded Solidity Real Estate, which he led until the end of 2014. Between 2013 and 2015, prior to relocating to Ljubljana, he served as Board Member of Trustees and Steering Committee Member of a €400 million Project Implementation Unit in Serbia.
Mr. Jakovac earned his academic foundation in Political Science and Political Economy at Temple University (Philadelphia, USA) and further specialized in Real Estate Valuation and Financing at SDA Bocconi (Milan, Italy).