Work experience

• Dates (from – to)

January 2008 -  present

• Name and address of employer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, Pisa, Italy |

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy 

• Type of business or sector

Education and Management Consulting

• Occupation or position held

Researcher

• Main activities and responsibilities

·    Ph.D. in MANAGEMENT : courses in management, organizational and econometric research during 3 semesters

·    Researcher at MAIN Laboratory (Management & Innovazione)

·    Projects financed by the European Union, Italian Government,  Region of Tuscany and the industrial partners, such as, Finlombarda Spa; Centro Ricerche FIAT; Telecom Italia Lab; Finmeccanica; Piaggio, etc.

• Dates (from – to)

2009-2010

• Name and address of employer

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, USA

• Type of business or sector

Economic Analysis and Policy Group

• Occupation or position held

VSPA - Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs 

(Mico Apostolov @ VSPA Profile - Haas School of Business) : 

• Main activities and responsibilities

·         Projects and articles on Southeast Europe's economic and business issues later presented and published at respectable conferences and peer-reviewed journals. 

• Dates (from – to)

November 2006  -  2007

• Name and address of employer

Government of the Republic of Macedonia 

Secretariat for European Affairs 

• Type of business or sector

European and International Affairs

Negotiations for Membership of Macedonia in the European Union

• Main activities and responsibilities

1.        Management, coordination and preparation of the negotiations for membership to the EU.

·        Organization and synchronization of the activities in accord with all stakeholders involved in the process i.e. the various DGs of the European Commission, the Delegation of the EC to Macedonia and the highest Government representatives.

2.        Chapter 15 Energy - acquis communautaire of the EU

·         Preparation of opinions for energy management for the Vice-President

·         Monitoring economic developments in the country, with focus on energy

·         Member of the National Coordinative Body for Energy

·         Preparation of key strategic documents for European integration

3.        Chapter 29 Customs Union - acquis communautaire of the EU

·         Preparation of analyses on customs union issues for the Vice-President

·         Supervising customs matters between Macedonia and EU

·         Member of the Executive Board of EURODOUANE Mission (CAFAO-MAK)

·         Preparation of relevant documents concerning regulation of customs activities.

• Dates (from – to)

2004 – 2005

• Name and address of employer

World Bank Institute: Corporate Governance Group 

• Type of business or sector

Corporate Governance

• Occupation or position held

Moderator (case based)

• Main activities and responsibilities

Certificates:

·         “Corporate Responsibility in Asia & the Pacific”

18.04.2005 - 01.05.2005

·         “Responsible Challenges for the Oil/ Gas Sector - CR Framework”

01.03.2005 – 16.04.2005

·         “How CR Contributes Towards the Competitiveness of Europe in a More Sustainable World”

20.09.2004-15.10.2004

·         “Defining Roles for Youth and the Next Generation of Leaders”

09.02.2004-27.02.2004

• Dates (from – to)

June / July 2000

• Name and address of employer

National Bank of The Republic of Macedonia (internship)

Professional training

·         October 2007: International Monetary Fund (IMF), Vienna, Austria (at Joint Vienna Institute in cooperation with the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe): Seminar on Macroeconomic Policy where participants were Executive Directors of the   World Bank’s Executive Board; Executive Directors of the European Department of IMF and Resident Directors of IMF to the participant countries

·         European Parliament, EPP-ED Group, 10 rue du commerce, Brussels : Seminar on European Political Economy

·         Committees and Sub-Committees: European Commission - Macedonia              

-          Co-organizer of the Subcommittee on Transport, Environment, Energy, and Regional Development

-          Co-organizer of the Subcommittee on Trade, Industry, Customs and Taxation (Participants: Heads of Units of various DGs from EC and Government of Macedonia)

·         April 2006: EMU and the new Member States - Sussex European Institute

·         March 2006: Corporate Responsibility - Baker & McKenzie

·         February 2006: The Bolkestein case – Bruegel, Brussels

·         Case Study Trips

-          Study trip to Brussels (European Commission, European Parliament, European Council and NATO headquarters) 05.03-20.03.2006

-          Study Trip to Ukraine (Specific focus on the country’s 2004 Orange Revolution) 23.10-29.10.2005

·         January 2005: Academic Training Association - Netherlands

·         May 2005: WUS Austria, Vienna & Sarajevo Graduate School of Business