Andrea Volenik

She was born in Sweden, in Gothenburg by Slovene parents and lived there until 1991. She studied Hotel and Restaurant management at Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law where she completed her degree BSc in Economics. Her first abroad job-experience was in 1991 at a hotel in Switzerland. In 1992 She moved to Ljubljana, where she worked at IKEA trading office as Head of Logistics and Operational Manager for 5 years. In 1997 She started as a franchisee by McDonald’s Slovenia and completed training both locally as at McDonald’s head quarter in Oak Brook, Illinois, close to Chicago. Today her company operates McDonald’s Celovška in Ljubljana, Domžale and from March on a new one in Shopping mall Spar Aleja in Ljubljana. Volenik d.o.o. currently employs 150 co-workers. To motivate and engage the entire team is a true challenge and one of the highlights of her position. To inspire and get inspired to reach common goals. Connecting and sharing thoughts and ideas. To be a good employer, developing people, to manage the organisation. To always have the possibility to change and make the conditions better. A story that never ends and is an ongoing process.