Name: Nikola Avramović
Age: 39 (21.12.1982)
Profession: Investment Banking, Financial advisory
Professional Experience: 16 Years
Managerial Experience: 12 Years
Contact Information:
avramovicn@gmail.com
AxFina Holding S.A., Vienna, Austria 2019 - present
Member of the Management Board
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Risk Officer
· AxFina is Vienna based pan-European investor and asset manager, with focus on South-East Europe
· Main focus of business is financial industry, being banks, leasing companies, portfolios, non-core assets.
· Currently AxFina has EUR 3bn assets under management and 200+ employees in 7 EU countries
· Nikola serves as COO and CRO of the company, also being responsible for AxFina’s investments.
Lombard Lizing, Hungary 2019 - present
Chief Executive Officer
· Lombard Lizing was acquired by AxFina Holding in 2019
· Lombard Lizing is a regulated leasing company in Hungary, licensed by National Bank of Hungary
· Company provides leasing products to more than 20.000 clients
PwC Europe (based in Vienna, Austria) 2015 - 2019
Director – M&A Financial Services Advisory
· Head of a 10-people strong decentralized high-performing team spread across several Balkan countries. The team is specialized in the financial services M&A, strategic acquisitions and disposals of financial institutions, loan portfolios and other non-core assets.
· Providing strategic advice to international corporates, banks, Private Equity funds, investing or divesting predominantly in the South-Eastern Europe region (Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary)
· Advising banks in Austria and Balkans on various risk management topics aiming to control, reduce and improve risk position of the banks.
· Optimisation and transformation projects for banks aiming to increase efficiency and improve bank’s financial position.
· Worldwide asset / target-related investor search and market sounding, development of deal structures, management of the sales processes and the respective financial due diligences through to contractual negotiations.
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG, Austria 2013 – 2015
Head of Group Credit Restructuring and Work-out – (Serbia, Hungary and Montenegro)
· Executive function on the EUR 470 million non-performing bank and leasing portfolio.
· Leading the negotiations with major corporate and private clients in regards to financial and debt restructuring.
· Responsible for non-performing loan recovery, budgeting and planning.
· Managing team of 49 professionals across Austria and SEE/Balkans.
· Head office governance, management and active support of bank and leasing subsidiaries in SEE
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG, Austria 2009 – 2013
Senior Risk Manager for Balkan region/Deputy Head
· Managing performing corporate loan portfolio of EUR 250 million.
· Lead, mentor and develop a team of credit analysts across Balkans.
· Reviewing credit proposals, making recommendations and approving transactions under the head office authority level.
· Operational support of subsidiaries in Balkans for minimizing the credit risk.
Deloitte, Serbia 2008 – 2009
Senior Consultant in Financial Advisory
· Member of the Financial Due Diligence team.
· Transaction Advisory Services (buy-side FDD, sell-side support, vendor due diligence, SPA assistance, independent business reviews) across all industries.
Intercity Broker JSC, Serbia 2005 – 2008
Stock Broker/Dealer
· Equity trading at Belgrade Stock Exchange and OTC market.
· Client portfolio structuring, portfolio assessment, evaluation on investments.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
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Harvard Business School, Boston, USA
Executive Education Programme - Leadership in Financial Organisations 2012
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany 2009-2011
Post-Graduate Specialisation - Finance and Risk Management
Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade 2001-2006
International Finance
Korn&Korn, Germany 2009-2010
Business Risk Analysis and Corporate Finance
Member of Harvard Club Austria and Harvard Club Serbia