Jelena is an experienced stakeholder management professional with strong background in public and corporate affairs. She leads metals sectors decarbonization efforts for the First Movers Coalition under the Centre for Nature and Climate at the World Economic Forum. Before joining the Forum in early 2023 Jelena hold various positions in the mining and metals sector spanning from general management to government relations and public affairs. Prior to turning to a corporate career, she was a statutory employee of the European Commission for a decade and served as a UNDP capacity building advisor to the finance minister and the Government of Serbia in early 2000. Jelena holds MA and PhD degrees in the Economics of the EU from the University of Exeter and University of Greenwich from the UK, respectively. She holds the FCO Chevening Scholarship Award and is alumna of the REM-HSG program of the HSG Institute for Economy and the Environment of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.