Gordana Pipan graduated from the University of Ljubljana with a degree in business and later acquired the professional title of Master of Law from the Faculty of Law in Maribor. She began her professional career in 1991 as a journalist in the business section of the Delo newspaper. Since 2000, when she first joined the Ministry of Finance as a public relations advisor, she has also worked as a public relations advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister and as an advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Slovenia. During her three mandates, she was also head of the Prime Minister’s Office in various ministries, including the Government Office for Development and European Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology.