PhD Candidate in Economics at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

(completion date July-2022)

MSc in Financial Risk Management, ICMA Centre, University of Reading (180 UK credits, 90 ECTS)

Graduated with distinction

Awarded Eurekahedge Prize for the graduation research project on Hedge Fund Risk

Awarded PRMIA Institute Academic Grant, due to excellent performance on the MSc Course

British Council FCO Chevening Scholarship award for talented young professionals, British Council, United Kingdom, 2006-2007

BA in Economics, (2001), major in Business Administration (240 ECTS)

Faculty of Economics, University ”Ss.Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje, Macedonia

Certificates:

· 2007 - Fixed Income Certificate, ICMA, Reading University, UK

· 2005 - Certificate on Political and Administrative System in France, ENA Paris, France

· 2004 - Certificate on Financial Markets and New Financial Instruments, JVI, Vienna, Austria

· 2003 - Certificate on Forecasting Models for Macroeconomic Policy, Hague, The Netherlands

· 2002 - Certificate on Budget Execution, Center of Excellence in Finance, Ljubljana, Slovenia

MOOC certificates:

· 2015 - Macroeconomic forecasting – IMF

· 2014 - Social and economic networks: models and analysis – Stanford University

· 2013 - Data Analysis –Johns Hopkins University

· 2013 - Introduction to Data Science - University of Washington

· 2013 - Financial Engineering and Risk Management – Columbia University

· 2013 - Computing for Data Analysis – Johns Hopkins University

· 2013 - Python Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code – University of Toronto

· 2012 - Machine Learning – Stanford University

Academic Courses:

· Corporate Finance 1, BA studies at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, 2017

· Corporate Finance 2, MSc studies at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, 2017

· Entrepreneurial Finance, MSc studies at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, 2017

· International Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis, BA studies at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, 2017, 2020

Other activities:

· Tutor at Kapital Akademija - Skopje in the area of Financial modeling in Excel,

· Visiting lecturer at New York University Skopje (NYUS) in Corporate Finance,

· Guest speaker at Faculty of Economics in Skopje in the area of Econometrics

2015 - 2016

Central Bank of Republic of Macedonia

Financial Stability and Banking Regulation Department

Senior Adviser

2013 – 2015

Eurostandard Bank JSC, Skopje,

(acquired Postbank JSC Skopje)

Head of Non-Credit Risk

2013- 2017

Insurance Supervision Agency, Republic of Macedonia

Non-executive Member in Council of Experts

2010-2013

Security and Exchange Commission, Republic of Macedonia

Commissioner

2008-2010

Post Bank JSC, Skopje

Head of Risk Management

2007-2008

EBRD, London

Risk Management,

Market / Model Risk Intern

2002 -2006

Ministry of Finance, Republic of Macedonia

Treasury Department,

Head of Cash Management

· Experience in programming languages (Python)

· Using software for statistical and numerical computing (R, Julia, STATA, Matlab, Eviews),

· Experience in using an object-relational database management system (PostreSQL),

· Basic big data experience (JSMapreduce),

· Innovative data visualization techniques (Tableau),

· Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, Unix- and Linux-based systems.

· Macedonian (mother tongue),

· English - Fluent,

· Swedish - beginner,

· French - beginner,

· Croatian/Serbian/Bulgarian - Fluent