Slovenia

SPEM Communication Group
SPEM, established in 1986, specialises in strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, market research and education in the South Eastern Europe region. Headquartered in Maribor, Slovenia, it has regional offices in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Croatia (Zagreb), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) and Brussels. It has a wide network of partnership organizations in the whole region.

SPEM provides a broad range of services: strategic communication, public relations, public affairs, crisis communication, investor relations, media relations, lobbying, market research and PR education. The agency is also a co-founder in the region of the internationally recognized London School of Public Relations.

SPEM’s key advantages are its experienced experts, integral communication services, fast and efficient adapting to clients’ demands, interdisciplinary qualifications, permanent education and membership of international organizations. In over 20 years SPEM has had more than 1,000 clients in different sectors as well as in government, on a local and international level. SPEM has been offering communication support to important financial companies, energy companies, health organizations and many more. SPEM has won national and international awards for excellence in communication, such as the Prizma award by the Public Relations Society of Slovenia for the communication support to the Initial Public Offering in Slovenia, an Award for the best PA project “Establishing the medical faculty in Maribor”, a UN Award for the communication project “Heal the wounds of earth and soul” for its client, International Trust fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance, and the “FrontLine 21 Award” of the International Public Relations Association IPRA.

Mateja Pelkič Toplak studied Communications and Marketing at the University of Ljubljana. She plans and executes communication projects, mostly in the fields of public relations and public affairs. She writes articles and is editor of different organizational media.  Mateja worked with different international corporations, NGOs, state institutions and domestic companies and important health organizations. She is fluent in English, German, Croatian and French.

Petra Božič Blagajac studied business economics,with marketing and communication as a focus and followed advanced training in social media, international project management, reputation management, CSR, public affairs and media relations. For the last 13 years she has managed communication strategies and their implementation in the area of eco PR, internal and crisis communication, web communication, event management and marketing PR. She was also a speaker in the London School for Public Relations and in the Faculty of Business Economics. She co-authored a book on Crisis Communication and Issue Management.