CV

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Education:

• 2/2026: Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate
• 5/2022: seminar “Introduction of euro as a currency”, Zagreb Stock Exchange
• 9/2020: seminar “Market risk management, with focus on price risks”, Zagreb Stock Exchange
• 4-7/2020: Lifelong Learning Program “Applied Statistics” held by Department of Mathematics, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
• 11/2018.”Valuation of derivatives” course by Zagreb Stock Exchange
• 9/2016. Academic Teaching Excellence (English as the Medium of Instruction) course, delivered by the British Council
• 3/2015. certified by Ministry of Justice for the position of Insolvency office holder
• 2013. Derivatives Workshop, organized by Deutsche Boerse, Eurex, Intercapital LTD, and Zagreb Stock Exchange
• 06/2008, 06/2009, 06/2013, 06/2017, 06/2018: Applied Econometrics Course, Faculty of Economics in Zagreb
• 2008. PhD in Economics, University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Faculty of Economics. Dissertation: „Economic Aspects of Bankruptcy and Restructuring in Bankruptcy“
• 2005. Master of Science in Economics, Master thesis: “Early prediction of bank failure in the Republic of Croatia”
• 12/2003 – 1/2004 Zagrebačka Bank, Business center ‘Slavonija’ in Osijek, volunteer at the Corporate department
• 2002. Bachelor of Science in Economics, specialization in Finance Management Graduation thesis:”Globalisation and Economy of Communion”
• Microsoft Solutions Framework, official course certificate

Professional activity:

•  Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Croatia:
  • 9/2003 – Teaching and research assistant
  • 3/2009 – Senior teaching and research assistant
  • 11/2010 – Assistant Professor
  • 11/2015 – Associate Professor
  • 4/2019 – Full Professor
  • 6/2024 – Full Professor with tenure
• Member of the Parent committee for the field of social sciences, field of economics, from April 26th, 2021.
• Chair of the Department for Finance and Accounting (10/2020 – 10/2022)
• Director of the Postgraduate specialist study Finance and banking (since 30. 9. 2019.)
• Expert Assistant of the Croatian Language Department at European Commission in Luxembourg and Bruxelles
• 11/2003 – 09/2019: secretary of postgraduate study ‘Finance and banking’ at Faculty of Economics in Osijek
• Associate of the editorial board of Prilika, monthly magazine published by Glas Koncila

Rewards:

•   December 2006, DAAD scholarship, Pforzheim (Germany), research for dissertation
•   scholarship of Ministry of Science and Technology, during pregraduate studies

Memberships:

• ZDE, INSOL Europe Academic Forum, UBIK, Economy of Communion

Projects:

• 2022: European Cooperation in Science & Technology, Horizon 2020, CA19130 Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance – Towards a transparent financial industry (FinAI), https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19130/
• 2017: MERIDA research associate, project financed by Croatian Science Foundation, http://www.efos.unios.hr/merida/
• 2015: “Comparative Analysis of Pre-insolvency Procedures in European Union”, project leader, financed by the University of J. J.  Strossmayer in Osijek
• 2013 – 2014: “Processing bankruptcy cases at National Archive in Osijek”, project leader, financed by the University of J. J.  Strossmayer in Osijek
• 2006 – 2013: “Corporate restructuring in business difficulties”, project assistant, financed by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, project leader prof.dr.sc. Branko Novak
• 2003 – 2006:  “Strategies of changing business and crisis management” project assistant, financed by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, project leader prof. dr. sc. Branko Novak

Research interests: financial markets, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, bankruptcy

Published papers: https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/25176?lang=en

Languages: English, Italian, German, Croatian

Hobbies: running, guitar, photography