Vesna Martin, Ph.D.

I am a banking professional with sixteen years of experience in both commercial and central banking.  So far I have been working in Treasury and Investment Banking Division, Corporate Sales Department in Raiffeisen bank ad Belgrade and I am currently employed at the National Bank of Serbia, first at Monetary Operations Division, Department for Foreign Exchange Market and at present at Division for Macroprudential Supervision, Financial Stability Department.

My professional experience is related to maintaining daily contact with existing clients to foster customer relationship by informing clients on market development and promotes bank’s products and services, monitoring of developments in the domestic foreign exchange market, cooperation in the maintenance and monitoring by domestic and international regulatory authorities a framework of financial stability and produces periodic information with proposals for harmonization with the best international practice.

Colleagues know me as a responsible and hardworking person who is not afraid of new business challenges.  I have critical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Motivated self-starter, able to work independently and as part of a team
I am sensitive to the requirements of interacting with different audiences and able to adjust communication style when dealing with Junior or Senior staff, internal vs. external and with staff from different cultures.

I have a BA, MBA, and Ph.D. at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade.  Areas of interest are financial markets, securities trading, and investment banking, foreign exchange regimes, exchange rate policy, hedging instruments and strategies, monetary policy and its instruments, micro and macroprudential policy, and financial stability.

I’m always interested in hearing from former colleagues, managers, or just interesting creative people, so feel free to contact me if you’d like to connect.