Luka Lugaric
About Luka

Comfortable in the detail.
Focused on the whole.

I’m an independent PMO, project, and programme management consultant. I help organisations establish the structures, decisions, and working relationships that complex delivery depends on.

My background combines electrical engineering, management, and sustainability leadership. It has taken me from robotics and energy systems to multinational operations and SAP transformation.

That breadth shapes how I work: understand the technical reality, listen to the people delivering, and connect both with the business objective. I’m comfortable building the plan, examining the data, coordinating the workstreams, and preparing the decision.

Through Lumaras, I support multinational clients on consulting assignments. My recent engagements involved streamlining CCEP’s regional PMO and establishing PMOs across two assignments at Umicore. I introduced practical planning and tracking models, with data intake, dashboards, and reporting designed to improve agility and team velocity while keeping administrative friction low.

CV · PDF · Updated October 2026

Portrait of Luka Lugaric
Experience

An international perspective,
built through delivery.

2023–present

Independent consultant · Lumaras

PMO, programme delivery, operational improvement, and sustainability assignments, including CCEP, Umicore, Pyxera Global and 3M, Trocellen, and EU-funded initiatives.

2022–2023

Senior Project Manager · Agoda / Booking Holdings

Cross-functional operational and digital transformation across Agoda, Booking.com, and Priceline. Based in Thailand.

2015–2022

Senior Manager · Dubai Supreme Council of Energy

Strategic coordination, programme delivery, and stakeholder alignment across energy, utilities, infrastructure, and industrial decarbonisation.

2013–2015

Project Manager · DOK-ING

Robotics R&D and manufacturing delivery across mechanical, electronics, and software engineering.

2012–2013

Project Specialist · Center for Energy Sector Investments

Renewable-energy policy, investment facilitation, and infrastructure development in Croatia.

2009–2012

Programme Manager · UNDP

Municipal energy project pipelines, technical assistance, and cross-border donor and government coordination.

2007–2012

Research Scientist · University of Zagreb

Energy systems research, NATO project development, published research, and graduate teaching and supervision.

Education

Engineering, management,
and sustainability.

  • University of Cambridge
    Master’s degree in Sustainability Leadership · 2020
  • University of Zagreb
    Postgraduate management qualification, mini-MBA · 2008
  • University of Zagreb
    Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems · 2007
Professional foundation

Delivery methods.
Analytical capability.

  • PMP · PRINCE2 Foundation
  • Lean Management and Manufacturing Expert
  • MS Project · Jira · Confluence · SharePoint
  • Advanced Excel · Power BI · Tableau · SQL
  • English: near-native · Croatian: native

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