Vesna Prodanović

Deputy project manager, Jadar - Bechtel M&M

Vesna Prodanovic is a Deputy Project manager in Bechtel M&M on Jadar Lithium project developed by Rio Tinto. She joined Bechtel in October 2018, after spending 25 years with the biggest engineering and construction company in Serbia, Energoprojekt, where she became Chief operating officer.

During her time in Energoprojekt, Vesna worked on design, construction and project implementation as an engineer, coordinator, site and project manager and project director on developments in Serbia, Russia, Nigeria and Belorussia.

She earned master’s degree from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade and master’s degree in PM from the University “George Washington“. Also, she is a certified Project manager– PMP - Project Management Professional.

Vesna is a member of PMI and President of ACES - Serbian association of consulting engineers that acts as authorized FIDIC representative for Serbia. She speaks English, Russian and German language.