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Igor Masten is a professor of economics at the University of Ljubljana and the managing partner of EconLab. He holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute and has several publications in high-ranked scientific journals in the areas of risk management, banking, econometrics, finance and macroeconomics.
Aleš Groznik is a professor of Digital Business at the University of Ljubljana and a partner at EconLab. He holds a PhD in Economics and MSc in Electrical Engineering and has several publications in high-ranked scientific journals in the areas of digitalization and strategic information system planning.
Before joining EconLab, Niko Järnberg worked as a manager at Crowe Horwath Slovenia. He has also held a senior associate position in Grant Thornton Slovenia. His main areas of expertise are enterprise risk management, risk modelling and power markets.
Before joining EconLab, Blaž held a senior associate position at Grant Thornton Advisory Slovenia. Prior to that, he worked as a quantitative analyst in two leading energy companies in the region where his main focus was model development and data management with development of data parsing software.
Before joining EconLab, Matej Kozjek worked as senior associate in Grant Thornton Slovenia where his primary focus was banking and risk management advisory. He also held an analyst position in Deloitte financial advisory services Slovenia, also focusing on financial and banking sector.
Jan Rudof joined the EconLab team in 2021. His work for EconLab includes development of stress testing and other credit risk models, and other consulting services. Prior to joining EconLab, Jan combined his studies with working in pharmaceutical and banking industries in the field of organization and analytics.
Klara Žbontar joined the EconLab team in 2019. Her work for EconLab includes development of stress testing models and other credit risk models among other provided consulting services. Before joining EconLab, Klara focused on her studies and participated in several projects. Her current GPA is 9.7.
Tijana joined EconLab in 2021. Her work includes development of IRB PD models, stress testing models, macroeconomic analysis, as well as other consulting services and projects. Before joining EconLab, Tijana worked in the field of market research and business.
Joining the EconLab team in 2019, Alen Rožac‘s work for EconLab includes development of stress testing models and other credit risk models among other provided consulting services. Before joining the EconLab team, Alen worked in the banking and consulting industries in the fields of risk, finance, and organization.
Vili joined EconLab team in 2022. He is currently working as an analyst on IRB PD models, while his work also includes credit stress testing and climate stress testing.
Miha Kern joined the EconLab team in 2023. His work for EconLab includes development of credit and market risk models. Miha is finishing his master's degree in Statistics at the University of Ljubljana and has an undergraduate degree in Money and Finance from the same institution.
Emir joined the EconLab team in 2023. His work in EconLab includes development of climate stress-testing models and other analytic services. Currently, he is a master's student, specializing in Money and Finance at Ljubljana University.
Before joining the EconLab team, Bor Krizmanič worked at Ernst & Young Slovenia, in the field of IT auditing and consulting. Bor has experience in auditing the information systems of large and medium-sized companies in Slovenia and Croatia. Bor is a teaching assistant and researcher at the University of Ljubljana.
Nejc joined EconLab in 2024. He focuses on credit risk modeling, macroeconomic analysis, and the development of stress testing frameworks. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Money and Finance at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, where he also completed his undergraduate studies.
Ian joined the EconLab team in 2022. His work focuses on projects in the field of corporate finance and the integration of financial analysis into broader business transformation initiatives.
Tadej joined EconLab team in 2024. His work for EconLab includes development of climate stress-testing models, validation of credit risk models, development of IRB PD models and other analytic services.
Mark Žan Breskvar joined the EconLab team in 2024. His work at EconLab includes stress testing and credit risk management. Mark completed a Master’s degree in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin and previously earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Ljubljana.
Aleš Pogačar is a specialist in quantitative financial risk management, especially credit risk management for banks. With strong programming skills, he excels at credit rating, PD, LGD and EAD modelling. He was frequently hired by Big 4 firms for assessing the appropriateness of such models with respect to Basel, IAS 39 and IFRS 9 standards.
Ana Grdović Gnip is assistant professor at the University of Primorska, Faculty of mathematics, natural sciences, and information technologies as well as Faculty of Management. She specializes in the assessment of macroeconomic effects of different public policies under different scenarios.
Aljoša has participated in a number of consulting and analytical projects, where he was typically in charge of developing economic models and/or software tools and interfaces in support of these models.