CEO Dejan Paravan leaving Slovenian state-owned GEN energija – report

Chief Executive Officer of GEN energija Dejan Paravan has resigned, leaving the Slovenian state-owned energy utility to join NGEN, according to a news report. There is still no comment from the two companies.

GEN energija, which is developing a project for Slovenia’s second nuclear power plant, is about to appoint a new CEO, the necenzurirano.si news website learned, without revealing its sources. Dejan Paravan, the current head of the government-controlled energy company, has resigned to assume a position in privately owned NGEN, according to the article. He will reportedly inform the supervisory board of his decision at today’s meeting.

There are still no official statements either from GEN energija or NGEN.

Paravan has been a close associate of Prime Minister Robert Golob for two decades. The government appointed him as CEO in late 2022.

GEN energija holds the Slovenian half of the Krško nuclear power plant (NEK or, in Slovenian, JEK), and owns hydropower plant operators Savske elektrarne Ljubljana (SEL) and Hidroelektrarne na Spodnji Savi (HESS), and the Brestanica gas-fired power plant.

GEN-I, which was co-founded by Prime Minister Golob, is also part of GEN Group. He was the firm’s CEO until 2021.

As GEN energija’s chief, Paravan is responsible for the NEK 2 (JEK 2) project, for another nuclear power plant. The investment is valued at between EUR 9 billion and EUR 16 billion.

A referendum was scheduled about the proposal, but the National Assembly canceled the vote a year ago.

NGEN builds and operates battery energy storage systems (BESS), and develops software and hardware for running decentralized systems, cybersecurity and access to all segments of the energy market.

Of note, both Dejan Paravan and Co-Founder and CEO of NGEN Group Roman Bernard spoke at this year’s Belgrade Energy Forum (BEF 2025), organized by Balkan Green Energy News.