Aleksandar has over 18 years of professional experience, with the last 8 holding senior positions in delivering technical assistance as a consultant and policy advisor, and managing development activities at three consecutive USAID-funded projects.

For the last 3.5 years, he led USAID Cooperation for Growth Project efforts to improve the business environment and increase the MSMEs investment and growth, which included the flagship activity – his work in the area of e-commerce and the digital economy. Aleksandar successfully co-managed and provided senior technical assistance on the project. Due to his work and accomplishments, Aleksandar has recently been engaged as a consultant by the World Bank Group (WBG), to provide technical assistance to the Government of Albania on MSME e-commerce capacity building.

Before joining the “world of international development”, Aleksandar worked for a number of European financial institutions in the region and gained a thorough understanding of the financial and business sectors in Serbia and neighbouring countries (Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Aleksandar is a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Master in Business Administration (MBA – major in banking), with essential experience in business enabling environment and policy, MSMEs competitiveness and development, and access to finance.