About Us

Born in Wiltshire in 1954 to émigré Serbian parents, Olga completed a history degree and teacher training at the University of Warwick. Soon afterwards, she joined the British Council, where she was Director of Education in Schools at the time of her early retirement in 2010. For her outstanding achievements in developing relations with Africa and Eastern Europe and in the field of education, she was awarded an MBE in 2001. She is trustee of a number of charities and organizations including the Father Nikolich’s Settlement Trust, the Ladies Guild of the Serbian Orthodox Church, The British Serbian Benevolent Fund, The Thames Festival and is a non-executive director of the Big Ideas Company. She has led the Council’s work on the Serbian language, represented the SCGB on the Round Table Working Group, filled the post of Secretary over a number of years and been Chair since 2015. Olga is a founder member of the SCGB.

Born 1968. A member of the SCGB from its launch. A member of the SCGB Management Committee for over 10 years during which worked in different roles, including Treasurer and Chair.
Working as a partner in the privately owned business consultancy Tokos Solutions. Active member of the Serbian community in the Yorkshire region. A parishioner of and the Treasurer for the Management Committee of the Serbian Orthodox parish of Sv Jovan Krstitelj in Halifax.

At the crossroads of Serbian heritage, European science, and international pharmaceutical leadership, Dejan Brkic has built a career shaped by curiosity, public service, and a commitment to connecting communities.
Born in Serbia and Belgian by nationality, Dejan’s academic journey began at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Belgrade and continued in Italy, where he completed a PhD and postdoctoral training, both in Pharmaceutical Sciences, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and the University of Trieste, respectively.
His early career brought together research, education, and public health. He worked with leading academic and scientific institutions in Serbia, Italy, and Belgium, including the Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection in Serbia, the Institute for Medicinal Plant Research “Dr Josif Pančić” in Belgrade, the University of Trieste, and UCLouvain.
A later chapter took him into the European regulatory sphere, where he served as an expert in pharmaceutical legislation on a European Commission project delivered through the European Agency for Reconstruction. In that role, he supported EU candidate countries, including Serbia, in aligning pharmaceutical legislation with European Union standards.
Over the years, Dejan has built an international career at the intersection of science, medicines regulation, and pharmaceutical innovation. He has held senior regional and global regulatory affairs leadership roles across several international pharmaceutical companies, including Janssen, Servier, Abbott Laboratories, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Takeda/Shire, and Nerviano Medical Sciences. He currently works at PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Since making the United Kingdom his home in 2012, Dejan has remained deeply connected to the Serbian community. As a Board Member of the Serbian Council of Great Britain, he is particularly committed to promoting Serbian history, heritage, language, culture, and science, while supporting initiatives that strengthen the community’s visibility, contribution, and voice within British society.

Serbian-born photographer Nenad Obradović is based in Notting Hill, London. His passion for photography began in secondary school when he received his first digital camera, quickly discovering his natural talent for portraiture and storytelling through images. In 2001 he opened his first photographic studio in Serbia, building a strong reputation for portrait and event photography before relocating to the UK in 2007.Since then, Nenad has worked as a freelance photographer covering prestigious events including presidential and royal visits, diplomatic and religious ceremonies, gala dinners, concerts, theatre productions, and major cultural festivals. He regularly works with the Serbian Royal Family, photographed the Serbian Olympic team during the London 2012 Olympics, and collaborates with designers, models, and creatives from London Fashion Week. Nenad also worked closely with Cerys Matthews on promotional material for The Good Life Experience Festival in Wales, serving as its official photographer for six years. His work has been featured by BBC, Songlines, Metro, Wales Online, Radio Television Serbia, Blic, Tanjug, Novosti, the Serbian Royal Family, the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. Alongside photography, Nenad runs a successful property renovation business, bringing the same precision and attention to detail to every project.
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Born in 1959 in Skopje, Macedonia Žika went to school and medical school in Belgrade. After completing medical school Žika worked as a specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade from 1986-89 and then in a similar capacity at the Institute for Digestive Diseases, University Clinical Centre, Belgrade from 1989-93. Žika then moved to Malta in 1993 where he worked as a specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care until 1996 after which he moved to Britain and took up the post of Registrar in Anaesthetics, East Kent Hospitals Trust, UK from 1996-2002 and then Anaesthetic rotation, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London from 2002-07. His final post before retiring from the NHS in 2020 was as a Consultant Anaesthetist, Medway NHS Trust, 2007-2020. Žika  was  President of the British Serbian Medical Association from 2015-25. He continues to practice medicine on ad hoc basis.

Born in 1958 in Osijek, where she graduated in Literature at the Pedagogical Faculty, Zvezdana continued her postgraduate studies at the Philosophical University in Zagreb. She worked as a teacher of literature for twelve years in Osijek.
In 1992 she arrived, with her baby, as refugees to London and stayed.
In 2007 she completed her MA in Museums and Galleries in Education at Institute of Education, London. From then on, Zvezdana has been researching the roles of women in the Great War, particularly those in medical missions. As a direct result of her passionate interest and research, we are organising annual memorials for the heroines of foreign medical missions who risked their lives in Serbia during the Great War.
Zvezdana has been working in Kensington and Chelsea libraries since 2009.

Svetislav Savić, born in 1975 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, moved from Serbia to the United Kingdom in 2013, bringing with him extensive experience in the IT and digital sectors. After establishing his UK career as a project manager in the private sector, he transitioned to the public sector in 2020. He currently serves as a Lead Delivery Manager for the Cabinet Office, where he directs the delivery of large-scale digital projects and programmes. His professional trajectory is defined by a career-long dedication to digital transformations and a proven ability to navigate the complexities of high-stakes digital initiatives.
Parallel to his leadership in technology, Svetislav is driven by a deep-seated passion for human potential and creative expression. This focus on people led him to qualify as a transformational coach and establish his own coaching practice, where he supports individuals through personal and professional evolution. 
His artistic side is equally prominent; a member of the Serbian Writers Society, he has published three books of poetry. In recent years, he has swapped the pen for the camera lens to develop his work in artistic photography (artography), which is gaining more and more attention. Alongside this, he explores street and documentary photography, capturing everyday life, human emotion, and the subtle narratives of urban life.