At the XENA – Woman of the Year in Energy 2025 award ceremony, held under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, more than 200 guests gathered to recognize women whose work, knowledge, and leadership are driving the energy transition.
The title Woman of the Year in Energy 2025 was awarded to Martina Tuschl, Director of the Geothermal Energy Sector at the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency. Maja Pokrovac (Renewable Energy Sources Croatia) won second place, while Ana Mandić (KONČAR – Distribution and Special Transformers) took third place.
Special recognitions were also awarded for projects led by Marina Šaravanja (TTKabeli) and Sanja Vinter (Dalekovod Projekt).
We congratulate all finalists and nominated candidates, and thank our partners, sponsors, and everyone who supported this initiative and helped make this evening a special recognition of the women shaping the future of energy.
The XENA award will go to a strong, courageous and persistent woman who is capable of achieving the greatest achievements and results and who can be a role model for girls and women at the beginning of their careers.
It is our great pleasure to announce the opening of the competition for the selection of the woman of the year in energy for 2024!
In order to promote the role and visibility of women, at the end of each year, XEnergy will select five successful and inspiring women in the field of energy transition who have made a significant contribution to the sustainable development of energy, but are still not sufficiently recognized by the wider professional and general public.
Read more about the applications received, voting results and see the photo gallery from the award ceremony held on March 7, 2025 here
By giving attention to creative and hard-working women, we create an atmosphere in the public that will be more sensitized to issues of gender equality and different, subtle or less subtle barriers that women face on their professional path.
We invite companies and institutions that deal with sustainable energy and related industries and services to register their colleagues who have successfully implemented projects and ideas and significantly contributed to business success, and thus to the green transition of the Republic of Croatia.
