Dubravko Lovrenović

Dubravko Lovrenović, (1956 – 2017, Jajce). Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History, in Sarajevo, where he gained his doctorate in 1999. He gained his master's degree in Belgrade in 1985. He is employed at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo as a lecturer in the general history of the middle ages. He has been deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport in the Government of the Federation of BiH, and is head of the Centre for the Study of History of the International Forum Bosnia in Sarajevo. From January to May 2002 he was visiting professor at Yale University. He has published several dozen scholarly papers.

Amra Hadžimuhamedović

Amra Hadžimuhamedović, (1961, Stolac). Gained her masters' degree at the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo. She has been employed as chief republican town planning and building inspector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, assistant Minister of Regional Planning and the Environment of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, assistant Minister of Regional Planning and the Environment of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal coordinator of the project of Staff and Institutional capacity building financed by the EC, head of the Department of Documentation in the Ministry of Regional Planning and the Environment. Works as an associate at the Faculty of Architecture on the development of architecture and the revitalization of the architectural heritage. As part of her work, has taken part in the drafting of numerous architectural projects, regulatory plans and town plans, and led the preparations for drafting the Regional Plan of Brčko Municipality. She was coordinator for the drafting of the Final National Report and National Action Plan HABITAT II, and deputy leader of the experts team to draft the Regional Planning Strategy of the Federation of BiH. She is the author of a separate study on the Architectural Heritage of FBiH. She has so far published about 50 papers in professional journals, magazines, and the collected papers of symposia and international conferences. She has lectured on the protection of the architectural heritage at many universities and institutions abroad (ICROM, Yale, University of Trieste, Haverford College, Brandeis University, Hebrew College Boston, Swathermore, Pennsylvania University, Villanova University, etc.) .

Ljiljana Ševo

Ljiljana Ševo (1962, Banja Luka). Completed her post-graduate studies in Belgrade at the Faculty of Philosophy, chair of history of the arts of the Yugoslav peoples in the middle ages, in 1995. Defended her doctoral dissertation at the same faculty in 2001. She was employed in the Institute for the Protection of Cultural and Historic Monuments and the Natural Heritage of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka. She teaches at the Academy of Arts and the Faculty of Architecture in Banja Luka as a lecturer. She has published several books and several dozen papers of criticism and reviews on contempoary art.

Tina Wik / Commissioner until June 2008

TINA WIK (Helsinki, Finland, 1955), architect and conservator. Studied mathematics, sociology, statistics and human geography at the universities of Stockholm and Helsinki. Obtained her degree as an architect and restorer at the Royal Technical University of Stockholm. Specialized in restoration in Cairo, Egypt. Works as a lecturer on architecture in wood at the Royal Technical University in Stockholm and as consultant and conservator on many projects of new wooden buildings and the conservation of the architectural heritage in Sweden and elsewhere. As part of the organization Cultural Heritage without Borders she works as director of the projects run by that organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the National Museum in Sarajevo, the interior of the konak in Maglaj, the Despić House in Sarajevo, Kujundžilik in Mostar, the Orthodox church in Zavala, the Dizdar mosque in Jajce, etc.) and in Kosovo and Tibet. She has received many awards for her achievements in the fields of architecture and restoration.

Zeynep Ahunbay

Zeynep Ahunbay Gained her doctorate in 1976 on the subject of seventeenth century Ottoman architecture. Works as a professor of the history of architecture and architectural preservation at the Faculty of Architecture in Istanbul, where she also teaches courses on the history of preservation and practical conservation to graduates and post-graduates. She has led many projects as an expert in Ottoman architecture and preservation. She is currently working on the restoration of the Zeyrek mosque and the conservation of Aya Sophia. In Bosnia and Herzegovina she led the projects to rehabilitate the Nezira-aga and Sevri hadži Hasan mosques in Mostar. She has worked on the documentation for the project to restore and reconstruct the mosque and kapetan’s house in Počitelje, the hammam in Mostar, and the Tabačica mosque in Mostar. She has published numerous books and professional and academic papers.

Martin Cherry

Martin Cherry is a visiting professor at the Department of Architecture and Construction of the University of Bath (UK). He taught medieval history at the University of Exeter, St Andrews and Leicester before he took over a position as research director in the English Heritage organization. He published many work papers in the field of medieval history and architecture, the architecture of the 19th century, the practice and policy of conservation etc. He is a member of UK Antiques Society. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.