O'KEY Group S.A. announced the appointment of Ivan Dropuljic as commercial operations director for the hypermarket and supermarket business. Ivan Dropuljic has a long track record in the food retail industry. Since 2012, he has been Purchasing and Marketing Director and Member of the Board of Kaufland Croatia, one of the leading hypermarket chains in Europe, where during the last two years he was responsible for diverse international projects. In the role of Commercial Operations Director, Mr. Dropuljic will combine under his management the Commercial Department of the hypermarket and supermarket business, Marketing, Space Management and Quality Control. Mr. Dropuljic is expected to commence his work upon receipt of all the necessary work permission documents. In his new role, he will be primarily focused on strategic and trade marketing, standardization and optimization of portfolio assortment and quality control, to support O'KEY's strategic transition towards the compact hypermarket format.