Curriculum vitae

Education

2008-2013 - Doctoral programme in Economics and Business Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
2007-2008 - Postgraduate study programme “Managing Financial Institutions”, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
2006 - National University of Singapore, Singapore
2006 - Bocconi Factory (summer edition in economics and finance), Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
2005 - AIPES (American Institute on Political and Economic Systems), Georgetown University, Prague, Czech Republic
2003-2007 - International undergraduate program in Business Economics - major in Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Career

15 July 2022 - Minister of Finance
2022 - visiting professor, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, postgraduate specialist study "Fiscal system and fiscal policy"
2021 - Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Croatian Radio and Television
2021 - external member of the Finance and Central Budget Committee, Croatian Parliament
2021 - associate professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Department of Finance
2020 - short term consultant, World Bank
2018 - 2020 - adviser to the President of the Republic of Croatia for the economy, Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia
2018 - 2022 - Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee, Hrvatska lutrija d.o.o.
2018 - 2019 - expenditure policy advisor, International Monetary Fund
2017 - 2018 - Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Hrvatska elektroprivreda d.d.
2016 - member of the Administrative Council, Croatian Pension Insurance Institute
2016 - 2021 – assistant professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Department of Finance
2015 – research visitor, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute), Munich, Germany
2009 - visiting scholar, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
2008 - 2018 – visiting assistant professor, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb
2007 - 2016 - assistant and senior assistant, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Department of Finance

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Miscellaneous

Member of several expert working groups and committees at the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labour and the Pension System, the Ministry of the Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, and the Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds
Associate or manager of more than 30 professional and scientific research projects in the field of public finance in Croatia and abroad
As an author and co-author, he published four university textbooks, more than 40 scientific papers and almost 40 popular (professional) articles.
Professional training at programmes organized by institutions such as the International Monetary Fund - Washington D.C., Center of Excellence in Finance - Ljubljana, Joint Vienna Institute - Vienna, Austria, The World Bank Institute (WBI) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research ( UNITAR)
For his success during his studies and subsequent scientific research work, he received a number of scholarships and awards
He is a member of the CESifo Research Network