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Name: Nikola Avramovic
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Age: 41
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Profession: Financial Advisory, Investment Banking
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Professional Experience: 20 Years
Managerial Experience: 15 Years
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Contact Information: avramovicn@gmail.com
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Nikola is a finance and investment professional with 20 years of rich experience in investment banking and financial advisory, underpinned by a proven and comprehensive international track record.
Advising clients from around Europe on mergers and acquisitions, investments, strategy definition and risk management. Strong leadership skills, far-reaching worldwide professional network across a wide range of industries and international institutions, entrepreneurial mindset.
In September 2023, Nikola joined a highly reputable global advisory firm Alvarez&Marsal as a Senior Director, building and leading firm’s Central-East Europe advisory practice in financial industry area.
Prior to joining Alvarez&Marsal, Nikola was a member of a 3-person management team who has built AxFina Holding, Vienna based pan-European investor and asset manager, from zero to 200+ employees, in 7 EU countries, having more than EUR 3 billion assets under management.
Before that, Nikola was Director within the Financial Industry Advisory team in PwC Europe, for 4 years, where he successfully led and executed some of the largest transactions in the CEE region. From 2009-2015, he held several head positions in Hypo Alpe Adria Bank International, Austria, being responsible for the Balkan region.
Nikola is a member of Harvard Club Serbia and Harvard Club Austria.
Nikola gained his financial degrees from the University of Economics in Belgrade, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, and the Harvard Business School.
Alvarez & Marsal, Vienna, Austria sept 2023 - present
Senior Director Austria and Central-East Europe
· Nikola has joined highly reputable global advisory firm to build and run their CEE advisory practice in financial industry area.
AxFina Holding S.A., Vienna, Austria 2019 - 2023
Chief Risk Officer / Chief Operating Officer
· Nikola was a member of a 3-person management team who has built AxFina from zero to 200+ employees, in 7 EU countries, valued at EUR 50 million, in less than 3 years.
· AxFina is Vienna based pan-European investor and asset manager, with focus on Central-East Europe
· Nikola served as CRO/COO of the company, also being responsible for all AxFina investments.
PwC Europe (based in Vienna, Austria) 2015 - 2019
Director – Advisory/FS Deals
· Nikola has built and lead a 10-people strong decentralized high-performing team spread across several C/SEE countries. The team was specialized in the financial services M&A, strategic acquisitions and disposals of financial institutions, loan portfolios (performing, sub-performing, non-performing loans) and other non-core assets.
· Financial Advisory Services in the course of strategic disposals of both operational business units and / or respective Real Estate / loan portfolios, including the respective planning and execution of financial and operational carve-outs.
· Providing strategic advice to international banks, Private Equity funds, investing or divesting predominantly in the Central-East Europe region
· Advising banks in Austria and CEE 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 (Central-East Europe)
· Executive function on the EUR 500 million non-performing bank and leasing portfolio.
· Leading the negotiations with major corporate clients in regards to financial and debt restructuring.
· Responsible for non-performing loan recovery, budgeting and planning.
· Managing team of 50 professionals across Austria and CEE.
· Head office governance, management and active support of bank and leasing subsidiaries in CEE
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG, Austria 2009 – 2013
Senior Credit Risk Manager for CEE region/Deputy Head
· Managing performing corporate portfolio of EUR 250 million.
· Lead, mentor and develop a team of credit analysts across CEE.
· Reviewing credit proposals, making recommendations and approving transactions under the head office authority level.
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, independent business reviews) across all industries.
Intercity Broker JSC, Serbia 2005 – 2008
Stock Broker
· Equity trading at Belgrade Stock Exchange and OTC market.
· Client portfolio structuring, portfolio assessment, evaluation on investments.
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
MSc in International Finance
Korn&Korn, Germany 2009-2010
Business Risk Analysis and Corporate Finance
Member of Harvard Club Austria and Harvard Club Serbia
Full PC literacy (MS Office)
Fluent in SEE languages: Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin
English – fluent
German – basic