Mandy Fransz is the founder of Make the Leap Digital and an Online Business Consultant, LinkedIn Expert, and Remote Work Advocate. She helps clients worldwide through (digital) courses, consulting, keynote speaking, and interactive workshops while sharing valuable tips and inspiration with her online community of +25K social media followers and +75K group members on LinkedIn. In 2022, Mandy was named as one out of 10 must-follow thought leaders in US LinkedIn Top Voices: Remote Work and she has been featured in (inter)national media including Thrive Global, LINDA & Total Croatia News.

See Mandy’s interview for Total Croatia News.

Aaron McEwan is a behavioral scientist, psychologist and futurist and was recently named a Top 100 Global HR Influencer and one of 5 HR Leaders to Follow in 2022. As VP, Research & Advisory for Gartner’s HR Practice, Aaron provides strategic advice to the world’s leading companies on the future of work and talent and helps leaders manage their most critical relationships across the c-suite and board. Alongside his current role, Aaron is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute, serves on the national committee for the Australian Psychological Society’s Interest Group in Coaching Psychology and is an Associate of Macquarie University’s Centre for Workforce Futures. He has lectured at Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, University of NSW, University of Queensland, Griffith University and the Australian College of Applied Psychology and was a member of Innovation Nation, a cross-industry initiative sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister to elevate Australia’s reputation for entrepreneurship and innovation.

See Aaron’s interview for Total Croatia News.

Sarah Hawley is the CEO and Founder of Growmotely, the world’s first end-to-end platform that facilitates conscious companies in hiring equally-conscious remote professionals – of all nationalities – into long-term remote jobs. Driven by her passion for the freedom that remote work provides professionals and companies alike, she is trailblazing the space – as a thought leader and creator – where remote work, conscious leadership, and personal and professional growth intersect. Shoestring recognized her as one of the Top Female Entrepreneurs under 40; before Growmotely, she started and successfully sold multiple companies for seven-figure sums. Mother to 1-year-old Luka, and author of the book ‘Conscious Leadership: a Journey from Ego to Heart’, Sarah is revolutionizing the world of work.

See Sarah’s interview for Total Croatia News.

Rowena is a renowned expert and influencer in Remote Work; she is based in Zaragoza, Spain, with her location-independent family. A lecturer at Technological University in Dublin, her passion for the socioeconomic, organisational and personal benefits afforded by Remote Work led her, in 2018, to found RoRemote: a consultancy focused on training and advisory services needed to transition effectively and seamlessly to any type of remote work operations model. “Remote work has allowed me to live in many countries, travel extensively and find work-life balance. I relish being an advocate and a leader on the education and skills needed for effective remote work practices”.

See Rowena’s interview for Total Croatia News.

Martinique Lewis is an award-winning diversity in travel consultant, influencer manager for NYCgo, President of the Black Travel Alliance and Creator of The ABC Travel Network and Cheyenne and the ABC Travel greenbook. The number one resources connecting travelers to the African Diaspora Globally. Trusted amongst her peers as a ‘’connector’’ she is always connecting the dots to ensure the travel industry is mindful of diversity, not just as a ‘Buzz word’’ but an action that produces results. As a Digital Disruptor whose immensely in love with all things travel, daily I strive to change the narrative by advocating for travelers that represent different demographics across multiple platforms. Working directly with tourism boards and travel brands I create content that is exciting and influential. My mission is to change the face of tourism forever, so that we all feel represented and see ourselves reflected!

Nadia is the VP of People at Remote, where she works on all things people and continues to enable Remote as a great place to work. She is exceptionally passionate about a remote-first working environment, leading with values and creating a self-enabled culture to ensure everyone is set up for success. She came from GitLab, leading People Operations and Experience, People Engineering, and International Expansion and helped scale GitLab from 75 to 1300 employees. Reach Nadia on Twitter @nadiavat or LinkedIn.

Jakob is Co-Founder & CEO of Butter, which is a full workflow tool for facilitating online collaborative sessions. Butter has a fully remote team of 17 people spread across 10 countries. Before that, Jakob founded StreamCrux, a game streaming startup that was also built as a remote company. Previously built and scaled one of South East Asia’s largest digital agencies as Managing Director for the Indonesian office and subsequently regional Group Director. Part of an exit in late 2016. Prior to this spent several years at Bain & Co.

John is the co-founder of the Work From Anywhere team, a global tax marketplace to help companies with remote workers make work from anywhere a reality. He is a Chartered Accountant who speaks 6 languages and previously co-founded CultureMee, an intercultural awareness platform which won “Best Travel Technology Product” at the Global Youth Travel Awards in 2018. Prior to CultureMee, he was the senior finance leader of a €4 billion division of CRH Plc, a FTSE-listed company. John and his family are passionate about travelling and his eldest daughter, Rosa, is only 5 years old but has already travelled to 24 different countries.

Matthias is a location independent entrepreneur with a passion for community and ecosystem development. He is growing Bansko, a mountain resort in Bulgaria, into one of the premier destinations for digital nomads. At Coworking Bansko he is turning nomads into residents since 2016. At the moment he is constructing Coliving Bansko, a 42 unit purpose built coliving space, together with investors from the community. He regularly speaks and mentors at various tech, coworking and startup events. Once a year he organizes Bansko Nomad Fest, a week-long celebration of the location independent lifestyle. His academic background is in computer science and he holds a MBA from Santa Clara University and well as an diploma in engineering from the Polytechnical University of Salzburg.

Yvette Pelgrom, raised trilingual across Europe, Africa and Asia, is a globally
accredited High Performance & Leadership Coach, Trainer and Psychotherapist –
by which she empowers individuals and groups worldwide to heal, transform and
redesign their lives. With her business and consulting background combined, she has built and scaled million dollar business programs and teams across EdTech companies like LinkedIn, TEDx and Mindvalley.

She founded Kynd in 2019 by which she facilitates coachings, interactive
workshops, hosts deepdive holistic retreats, leads as meditation & movement
teacher and has given keynote talks for audiences up to 1.1K people.

Cherry on top, while she lives a nomadic life, Yvette is Director of Lifebook Leaders
in which she runs strategic program development and certifies top-notch Leaders
to positively impact millions of lives globally.

Connect with Yvette on LinkedIn and Instagram or view more here.

See Yvette’s interview for Total Croatia News.

Dean is an ambassador to the digital nomad lifestyle. He’s been working remotely since 2014, and is an advocate for this way of living. He’s traveled to more than 100 countries since, speaking on stages around the world. He passionately experiences the digital nomad lifestyle, meeting thousands of new faces monthly encouraging a positive mindset shift. Dean has dedicated his time and energy helping individuals, businesses and governments to adopt and adapt to the future of work.

Matthew writes about corporate travel and the future of work at Skift, with his eye on the intersections of procurement, technology and culture. He was previously editor of Buying Business Travel, overseeing its transition to BTN Europe before becoming a Skifter. He lives in London with his young family, but as a self-confessed Francophile loves to hop across the channel for a taste of the good life.

Jan de Jong moved to Croatia in 2006 at age 22 when he founded M+ Group. Today, M+ Group has a listing on the Zagreb Stock Exchange and employs over 8.000 people across the region. He then founded Webpower Adria – the first company in the region specialising in email marketing automation.

He has since become a father of 4, and a household name – championing the digital nomad permit in Croatia, to make this one of the most attractive places on the planet to live the remote work lifestyle.

Jan is president and co-founder of the Digital Nomad Association (DNA) Croatia, a non-profit organisation formed to unite and serve digital nomads, working with the private and public sector. Jan’s efforts have gained the support of thousands of people online, and prominent Croatian businesses, individuals and members of government.