The Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation is goverened by the board of directors and is responsible for the management and direction of the Foundation. The Foundation's certificate of registration, bylaws, policy and procedures manual and operations manual together with all applicable laws of non for profit organisations in Bosnia & Herzegovina govern the Bosnia and Herzegovina Futures Foundation.
The role of the Foundation Board includes:
- policy formulation
- fundraising and administrative oversight
- advocating the goals & objectives of the foundation
- ensuring prudent and proper use of Foundation financial assets.
Board of Directors
Edhem (Eddie) Custovic (Chair)
Edhem (Eddie) Custovic is the founder and director of the Bosnia & herzegovina futures foundation. He is an academic and industry project coordinator at la trobe university, Australia and is the director of the La Trobe innovation & entrepreneurship foundry. Eddie serves on several global leadership boards including the ieee pspb, industry engagement and innovation committees.
vildana bijedic
Vildana Bijedic is a london school of economics alumna with 10+ years experience cross functional, multi-industry experience in business consulting and conflict resolution. Vildana is a Lecturer, speaker, and influential multilingual team leader with an affinity for new technologies combined with an enthusiasm for organizational development and education.
Aleksandar mastilovic
aleksandar mastilovic is marie curie fellow at the university of novi sad, serbia. aleksandar is a big advocate of new technologies and is regularly engaged with academia, industry and government in bosnia & herzegovina, the former yugoslavia and other EU countries. Aleksandar is an expert of smart cities and internet of things. Aleksandar is an active member of the friedrich naumman foundation and serves on the ieee internet of things steering committee.
Resad (Ricky) Custovic
Resad custovic is a co-founder of the Bosnia & Herzergovina Futures foundation. Resad associate director of vert engineering, an Australian civil & structural engineering consultancy. Resad has worked on some of the largest australian and international projects in the construction industry.
Maja Hadziselimovic
Maja Hadziselimovic holds a Master of Mechatronics from the University of Novi Sad. Currently, she is working at MRK SYSTEME as a robotic software developer in Augsburg, Germany. Maja actively shares her robotics & automation experience and motivates young people in the BiH & Serbia to take up robotics and IT. she is involved in several volunteering programs for children and charity organizations.
Staff and Volunteers
Belma Telalovic Marketing & Communications
Selma zoljic-beglerovic Volunteer lead, Austria
almedin kavaz Young professional engagement
Interested in volunteering with our foundation?
There are many ways you can assist the Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation in our mission of supporting young people in public education and technology access. Your support, in whatever form, can change a student’s life and help them realise their full potential. While, we are grateful to our donors, we also acknowledge the hard work put in by volunteers in helping us raise funds, promote the foundation values, assess student scholarship applications, organise public events, run meetings and so much more.
Please contact info @ bhfuturesfoundation.org
