Olgica Spevec obtained her LL.M. Degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb. From 2003 to 2013 she was president of the Competition Council of the Croatian Competition Agency. At the same time, from 2005 she was a member of the Croatian Negotiating Team for the Accession of Croatia to the EU, responsible for the 8th chapter Competition Policy and 20th chapter Enterprise and Industrial Policy. Since October 2013 and the founding of AS Consult, she has been engaged in business consulting. Also, she was Assistant Minister of the Economy responsible for international economic relations, trade policy and consumer protection. While working at the Ministry of the Economy she was a member of the Croatian negotiating delegation for the Croatian membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), chief negotiator in multi- and bilateral free trade agreements (CEFTA, EFTA, Turkey and others) and chair of the committees for bilateral cooperation with a number of foreign countries. She was an assistant to the main negotiator at the conclusion of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Croatia and the EU. She has been a participant in many related projects in Croatia and abroad, a visiting lecturer at various graduate and postgraduate studies and author of many articles on trade policy, competition and State aid policy published in Croatia and abroad.
