Cira Jovanovic

Experience

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  UniCredit Bank Serbia

  Jul 2002 - Nov 2006

  Senior Trader
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  Sberbank Srbija a.d. Beograd

  Nov 2006 - Sept 2008

  Head of Treasury Division

  Managed Sales, trading, and Brokerage activities (FX, MM, and CM), set up respective desks, managed bank’s liquidity, foreign exchange, and interest risk, established fund transfer pricing through an internal reference rates system, and implemented structured products (deposits and certificates) for retail clients.

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  Bank of Moscow Belgrade

  Sept 2008 - Jan 2009

  Head of Treasury Division

  Implemented Core Banking system, established sales/trading desk, introduced Treasury Procedures and products, fund transfer pricing system, set up ALCO, and prepared Treasury Budget.

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  UniCredit Bank Serbia

  Feb 2009 - Aug 2012

  Head of Markets and Investment Banking division (MIB) (Serbia)

  Managed trading (FX, MM, CM) and sales activities, handled short-term liquidity, foreign exchange, and interest risk of the bank, established the Investment Banking department and ALCO, and prepared the budget for the MIB division.

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  UniCredit Bank Austria AG

  Aug 2012 - Oct 2015

  Managing Director Head of Corporate Treasury Sales CEE (Vienna)

  Leading a sales network of 9 banks in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Region, including Russia, Turkey, and an overflow account in Vienna. Overseeing strategic relationships and driving business growth with responsibility for the P&L of €150-170 million. Managing the NPP process, approving new products for the network, and ensuring alignment with business objectives and market demands. Commercial planning and performance monitoring, including budget preparation for CEE banks and the overflow account in Vienna. Actively contributed as a member of various committees, including Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO), Liquidity Committee (LICO), and Credit Committees, providing strategic insights and oversight. Show less

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  HypoVereinsbank - UniCredit - Deutschland

  Sept 2015 - Jul 2022

  Managing the whole Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) business unit, implementing a hub-and-spoke model to integrate trading desks from CEE network banks into Global Markets. Managing project teams across various countries, ensuring effective collaboration and execution of the integration project. Overseeing the budget for the newly established structure, ensuring financial efficiency in line with project objectives. Providing oversight for sales, trading, and wider business projects, emphasising derivatives, funding trades, private placements, and bond hedges in sales, driving a strategic shift in the business. Show less Leading the institutional sales team (12 sales professionals) across multiple locations including London, New York, Munich, and Vienna with P&L responsibility of EUR 50-70 million. Handling primary bond placements, private placements, and providing customised collateralised funding and derivative solutions. Managing global clients in emerging market fixed income products, primarily targeting EM dedicated asset managers, insurances, and pension funds, and managing CEE Institutional Clients across all markets and products. Placements of primary bond issues from CEE, including both Sovereigns and Corporates, as well as private placements (vanilla and structured). Commercial planning and performance monitoring, including the preparation of budgets, contributing to strategic decision-making. Show less

  • Managing Director - Global Head of CEE Business (London)

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Managing Director - Global Head of CEE (Emerging Markets) Institutional Sales (London)

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Managing Director - Global Head of CEE (Emerging Markets) Trading (London)

    Sept 2015 - Jan 2018