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Milan Koricanac
Content Writer
Public and Government Affairs Professional
SUMMARY
Resourceful and versatile regulatory affairs professional specialized in EU affairs, with a strong emphasis
on understanding both visible/official and underlying aspects of stakeholder relationship and how they
may affect the project/policy at hand. Recently acquired skills: gambling content writing and compiling
SEO – friendly content.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Analytic Approach
Public Advocacy
Government Affairs
Legislative Relations
Content writing
Policy and Project Proposals
Stakeholder Relations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Meridianbet, Belgrade, Serbia
April 2020 - present
А betting and gaming operator active in 36 jurisdictions of Europe, LATAM and Africa, delivering B2C and B2B services.
GROUP CONTENT WRITER
Newly-added role: developing and coordinating the distribution of paid PR content for acquiring customers
via different portals for.
In three-month time, the content has converted into 500+ newly registered players in one national
market only.
Passed general SEO training for content writing in order to be Google-friendly (operating at Ahrefs and
Moz Academy)
Developed promotional PR announcements as well as humanitarian ones.
Meridianbet, Belgrade, Serbia
August 2017 - present
GROUP CORPORATE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MANAGER
Lead efforts in developing official letters and public policy proposals to state authorities, regulators, and key
business stakeholders. Conduct market research, create national regulatory reports and overviews of
gambling taxation policies; analyses of national parliamentary sessions/work committees in charge of
regulating gambling. Report directly to the Head of Group Corporate Affairs Department.
Propose and comment on amendments to gambling laws to national and EU legislators;
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Draft comprehensive industry policy proposals for the optimal regulatory environment in emerging and
newly-opened markets, analyses of overall economic impacts of legalized and regulated sports betting
markets for tax authorities and finance ministries of countries considering market liberalization;
Supervise the Group’s responsible gambling portfolio (policies and procedures, player newsletters) and
report on suspicious betting patterns to national FAs, UEFA and FIFA;
Analyze transfer pricing and R&D software tax incentives applicable to the betting and gaming sector;
Analyze national and EU acquis on gaming and competition law: file requests to initiate the examination
of the abuse of dominant market position to one national competition authority and the official letter to
DG COMPETITION.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Managed Group’s IPO regulatory due diligence processes – compiled Group accounting policies, monthly
management reports, preparing information and drafting the Long Form and Financial Positions and
Prospects Procedure (FPPP) text from the corporate and regulatory line of work;
Public tendering: led conclusion of consortium agreement with a US-based company, detailed market
research for presenting the potential consortium partners the regulatory context, drafting policies and
procedures, gathering statutory documentation and preparing the bid;
VAT case study – research and overview of (non)applicability of Valued Added Tax in gambling services –
continuous research and facts provided for external auditors’ management inquiries – comparative
overview of the intersection of national and EU legislation and case law on the issue;
Resolved the VAT case and helped remove the 77k EUR VAT liability non-applicable to the sector;
Designed and implemented policies to achieve AML (anti-money laundering) and regulatory compliance;
Compiled terms and conditions on two group websites;
WordPress administrator and author of Industry-related articles at web portal on gambling regulatory
policy in EU – www.eogl.eu.
Centre for Educational Development and Strategic Planning (CERS)
Sep 2016 - present
An NGO providing educational programs and project proposals to clients from CSOs, public institutions, and businesses.
PROJECT PROPOSALS & GRANT WRITER
Manage the complete process of project conceptualization, from identifying the client needs, problemmapping, and conceptualizing the logical framework, through targeting the disposable funds, setting out key
objectives and implementation phases.
Grant writing for projects supported by embassies of Czech Republic, Japan, Switzerland, Norway,
Turkey, Germany, and Australia;
ERASMUS+ School Exchange Partnerships;
HORIZON 2020 SME Instrument (Phase 1 Proposal);
IPA CBC and IPARD II Public tendering process;
Sustainable development strategies and SWAT analyses.
HIGHLIGHTS
Helped clients raise over €500,000.
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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Intern, Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Belgrade
2016 – 2017
External Associate, Institute for Balkan Studies – Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2013 – 2014
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
MA in International Relations, Peace Studies – Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
BA in International Relations – Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) – Scholarship holder and student of the educational program
Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Serbia – The Anti-corruptive Skills course (10 weeks)
Belgrade Open School, Advanced Post-Graduate Studies of Good Governance and European
Integration
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: English – fluent, Greek – fluent, Albanian – intermediate, French – basic, Serbian – native
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