Nikola Banovic

Mr. Nikola Banovic is the Marina Manager of Portonovi Marina.

Nikola Banovic
Manager of Portonovi Marina

Mr. Nikola Banovic is the Marina Manager of Portonovi Marina.

Mr. Banovic is Certified Marina Manager (CMM) with maritime schooling background, followed by Master & Chief Officer STCW IMO accreditation. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, with a special focus on Finance and Banking. He is appointed as Maritime Safety Inspector on behalf of the A&B registry flag. He is fluent in English and Russian. 

Mr. Banovic started his maritime carrier back in the 90s, at the age of 18, by joining prestigious Japanese and German shipping companies and passing various deck officer ranks through the next 10 years. He continued his further career inshore maritime sector by becoming the pioneer of the yachting industry in Montenegro; from 2007 to 2014, he was employed in Porto Montenegro, and from 2014 to 2016, he was in Dukley Marina Budva. In 2016, he joined Portonovi as a second project in his career, following marina construction and development from scratch to finish.    

Mr. Banovic joined Portonovi in 2016 as a consultant during the marina construction and development phase, while in 2018, he took the role of Marina Manager in the process of operationally preparing the marina for the opening in 2019.