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Meliha Bašić was born in 1960 in Sarajevo. Since 1994, she has been engaged at the School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo in the Department of Accounting and Audit. She completed additional training in the field of accounting and auditing in the USA and the United Kingdom. Currently, as a full professor, she teaches various subjects in the fields of accounting and audit. Her areas of research are Costs and Managerial Accounting in Profit and Non-profit Sectors, Internal Accounting, Audit and control, Financial accounting, Accounting, and Intangible assets. She is a member of numerous professional associations in the country and abroad like AAA (American Accounting Association), Association of Accountants and Auditors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Institute of Internal Auditors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc. She is active as President of the Academic Experts Association of Internal Auditors in B&H. She is also the Founder of the Center for Forensic Accounting School of Economics and Business Sarajevo. She is the author of numerous scientific and professional articles, published in journals, collections of papers, and professional journals. She is also the author of nine books in the field of accounting and auditing. Since 2016 she worked as a vice dean for finance at the School of Economics and Business Sarajevo. In February 2024 she is appointed to the position of dean of the School of Economics and Business Sarajevo for a mandatory period of 4 years.

Elmedin Konaković was born in Sarajevo in 1974. He obtained his Master's degree in Sports Management from the University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Sport and Physical Education. As a professional basketball player, he competed both in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. He was a player and captain of the basketball club "Bosna" from Sarajevo and continued his international sports career playing for clubs in Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, and Romania. In 2002, he was appointed as the manager of the Bosnian men's national basketball team and between 2003 and 2007, he served as the manager of the basketball club "Bosna". From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Konaković was the president of the Board of Directors of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has been politically active since 2004, holding various positions such as councilor in the Municipal Council of Centar Sarajevo, deputy in the Sarajevo Canton Assembly for two terms (2010-2014 and 2018-2022), and delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2018-2022 term. In his second term as a deputy in the Sarajevo Canton Assembly (2018-2022), he was elected as the Chairman of the Assembly and also served as the Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton (2015-2018). He has been serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina since January 26, 2023.

Benjamina Karić is the youngest holder of a Doctor of Legal Sciences degree in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the first post-war female doctor of classical Roman law. Born in Sarajevo in 1991, she graduated in 2013 and obtained her master's degree in 2014 from the University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Law. Simultaneously pursuing her master's studies, she graduated in 2015 from the University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History. She is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Travnik, Department of History of State and Law, and since 2019, she has been serving as the Vice Dean for Teaching. She has received several awards for her exceptional dedication and contribution to the development of teaching and scientific activities. At the Faculty of Law of the International University of Sarajevo, she is engaged as an expert in practice. She is the author of over fifty publications, books, articles, translations and reviews.

Prof. dr. Zlatko Lagumdžija acquired his PhD diploma in Informatics and Computer Sciences at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1988 and has since then been a professor at the School of Economics and Business and Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sarajevo, and a visiting professor at universities in Europe, America and Asia, among them being Schwarzman College in Tsinguha, BRI School and EMI Beijing Normal University. He has been the founder and chief of the Department for Management and Information Technologies at the School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, since 1995. From 1992 to 1995, he was Chairman of the Council of Ministers (of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Deputy Chairman, Minister of External Affairs and a member of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than once. He is a member of Club de Madrid –World Leadership Alliance, World Academy of Sciences, Management Board of the Nizami International Centre and Library of Alexandria, and numerous international missions and institutions.
In July 2023, he was appointed as the permanent representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the UN.

Prof. dr. Jasmina Selimović acquired her academic education at the School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, where she completed her undergraduate, graduate and PhD studies, becoming an expert in the field of actuarial models and solvency measurement in life insurance. Apart from performing a job of an authorized actuary, Dr Selimović also works at the School of Economics and Business as an Associate Professor at the Department of Finance and the Department of Quantitative Economics, and has from 2012 held the position of a Vice-Dean for Teaching Affairs and Scientific-Research, and in 2018 she was elected a Dean of the School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo. The field of her professional interest is insurance, actuarial science, finance and quantitative economics. ​
In January 2024, she is appointed as Governor of the Central Bank Bosina and Herzegovina.

Ambassador Mr. Johann Sattler is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina and is the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 1 September 2019. He graduated from Innsbruck University in 1994 with a Diploma/Master in Political Science and Slavic Languages and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Vienna in 2008. Throughout his previous experience, and his most recent experience as Austrian ambassador to Albania, Ambassador Sattler has had a particular focus on the Western Balkans. In 1996 he joined the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the Human Rights Department. In 1997, he joined the European Community Monitoring Mission, where he was posted to Sarajevo and Tirana. More recently, he was the Head of the Western Balkans Unit within the Directorate for Eastern/South Eastern Europe at the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He took up ambassadorial duties in Albania in 2016.
Ambassador Johann Sattler is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina and is the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 1 September 2019.

Jasmin Mahmuzić was born in Tuzla in 1973. He obtained a Master's degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Sarajevo and an MBA at the University of Delaware (USA). Currently works on a PhD thesis at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Sarajevo.

An extensive working experience was gained in the business sector, international organizations in BiH, including OHR and OSCE, as well as on different social projects. Professional career includes significant working experience in the banking sector. He worked as Director of the Sarajevo Branch Office of Sparkasse Bank d.d. Sarajevo and in 2015 he was appointed as Management Board member/Executive Director of Union Banka, responsible for Sector for Customer Service.

He was a scholar of the Undergraduate Development Program of the State Department – University of Dayton (USA) and recognized professional in the field of banking operations, global financial market and business planning.

Also, he is the author of several scientific and professional papers, lecturer, active participant and panellist of the round tables and conferences.

Hatidža Jahić is associate professor at the Department of Economic Theory and Policy at the School of Economics and Business – Univeristy of Sarajevo, and Economic Policy Advisor to the Member of the BiH Presidency H.E. Dr. Denis Bećirović. She is the recipient of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship for research stay in the USA, where she spent the academic year 2016/2017 at the University of Arkansas, working at the Department of Education Reform and the Department of Economics. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, with her scientific interests focusing on developmental economics, education, educational policy and international economics. She is the author of numerous scientific research papers and studies, as well as the book "The Role of Education in Economic Theory and Practice." Since 2021, she has been the head of the Center for International Cooperation, and since 2022, she has been the head of accreditation processes at the EFMD accreditation agency at the School of Economics and Business – Univeristy of Sarajevo.

Mirza Kršo, PhD is an Associate professor at the Department of Finance at the School of Economics and Business – Univeristy of Sarajevo (SEBS), a consultant at the Economic Institute Sarajevo (EIS), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He obtained his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the School of Economics and Business – Univeristy of Sarajevo, focusing on financial regulation and taxation issues. His areas of scientific interest include public finance, monetary economics and monetary integration, public sector management, financial markets and institutions. He has held various entrusted positions at the School of Economics and Business – Univeristy of Sarajevo, providing support for organizational, operational, and teaching activities, and serving as a member of the ethics committee. He has been a member of several organizing committees of international conferences and editorial boards of internationally indexed journals. He has continuously developed his teaching experience and professional development at universities throughout the EU. He has also lectured at numerous professional training sessions, particularly in the field of real estate management and evaluation. He is a member of several professional associations and one of the founders of the Bosnia and Herzegovina section of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). As an author and co-author, he has published several books, textbooks, and chapters in monographs, as well as numerous scientific and professional articles published in refereed journals, proceedings, and professional journals.

Ingrid Macdonald (Australia) assumed the position of the UN Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 2020. Ms. Macdonald most recently worked at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as Deputy Director for Operations and Advocacy overseeing the Asia Pacific region. At OCHA, she was also head of the Ukraine office and a Director with the Peer-2-Peer Support Project supporting Humanitarian Coordinators and country teams strengthen their collective delivery of humanitarian response. Prior to joining the United Nations, she served in leadership positions with international non-profits, the private sector and government for 19 years. She worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council as Representative in Geneva and held positions in Afghanistan, Norway and Pakistan. She also worked with Oxfam in Australia, Sudan and throughout the Asia Pacific region; served as Deputy Director with the New Zealand Defence Force; and worked as a management consultant in Australia. Ms. Macdonald has a PhD in History from the Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, a graduate diploma in International Law from the University of Melbourne and a bachelor’s degree in Law and Geography from the University of Auckland. She recently published her book: “Humanitarian Action and Counter Terrorism in the Muslim World”.

Edin Dilberović was born in Dubrovnik in 1969. He graduated from the Faculty of Tourism and Foreign Trade, and continued his education at the Central European University in Budapest and at the State University of New York, where he completed postgraduate studies in Political Economy and Political Science. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and at the Institute for Scientific, Cultural, Sports, and Technical Cooperation with Foreign Countries, serving as the third secretary in Bosnia and Herzegovina's mission to the OSCE in Vienna. He continued his professional engagement as the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from 2002 to 2003, he was the Head of the Department for Economic Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subsequently serving as an advisor for foreign policy and economy to the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2005 to 2008, he was the Ambassador and Head of the Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN, OSCE, and other international organizations in Vienna, and later served as the Head of the Department for the Council of Europe, OSCE, and Regional Initiatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bilateral Affairs. Since 2012, he has also served as the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Sanel Buljubašić graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tuzla in 2000, where he also obtained his master's degree in 2007 and successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in 2017. His first employment was in 2000, as a professor of mechanical subjects at the Secondary Technical School in Srebrenik. He worked as an assistant director for technical affairs at the Public Utility Company for Water Supply and Sewerage Srebrenik from 2002 to 2012, and again from 2014 to 2020. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the mayor of the Municipality of Srebrenik. He also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Public Utility Company Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. – Sarajevo from 2011 to 2012. He has participated in numerous business training sessions and is the author of a large number of professional papers.

Mirza Kušljugić received BSc, MSc and PhD from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo. From 1979 he has been with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla, where currently he is professor emeritus. From 2001 until 2005 he served as ambassador and the permanent representative of Bosnia and Herze- govina to the UN in New York. From 2006 until 2014 he served as a member of several parliaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, he is president of the „ReSET Center for Sustainable Energy Transition”, a Sarajevo based think-tank. His main research interests are: - Modelling and analysis of electric power systems; - Technologies and integration of renewable energy resources; - Energy efficiency and energy management in industry; - Power systems planning and economics; - Management of sustainable energy transition. He is author of five scientific and educational books, over 50 scientific papers and more than 30 specializes technical studies and policy analyses.

Amina Mahmutović started her banking career in 2000 by working as an Investment Analyst. In 2004, she joined UniCredit Group and extended her professional experience at various management positions within Corporate Banking and Risk Management Sectors. In 2019, she was appointed as a Management Board President. Mrs. Mahmutović graduated from the School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo.