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Maja Gazvoda is a Senior Financial Expert and Strategic Advisor at EconLab. She holds a Master of Science in Economics (MBA) from the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, where her research on project finance and mortgage banking received prestigious accolades from the Bank of Slovenia and NKBM bank. She is the author of several professional articles and publications in the fields of project finance, capital markets, and infrastructure financing. Both academically and professionally, she specializes in operational and strategic financial management, financial and business restructuring, turnaround management, and Corporate Finance & M&A Advisory.
At EconLab, she focuses on delivering CFO on Demand and Corporate Finance Advisory services, helping owners and management teams of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) establish a professional finance function, optimize business performance, and drive strategic decision-making. Her 25+ years of experience span financial institutions, industrial corporations, energy and mining, insurance, construction, automotive, agriculture, and financial holdings.
Prior to joining EconLab, Maja held key C-level and board positions across various industries. She served as Executive Board Member at Premogovnik Velenje, CEO at Agroemona kmetijstvo, Procurator at Aha Emmi / Aluminium Kety Emmi, and Director of Finance and Accounting at construction and engineering firm SITEEP Tegrad & Pap, leading large-scale financial and operational restructurings, process optimizations, and cost management strategies aimed at boosting profitability and achieving deleveraging. She also gained extensive commercial and investment banking experience as Board Adviser & Managing Director of the Corporate Finance Department at SKB d.d. (Société Générale Group), managing high-profile M&A transactions for major domestic and international clients, including Mercator, Telekom Slovenije, Adriatic Slovenica, Droga Kolinska, and Volksbank.
Maja possesses strong corporate governance experience, having served as Non-Executive Director at Triglav Osiguruvanje Skopje and a Supervisory Board member at Vipa Holding, alongside managing voluntary liquidations, asset disinvestments, and litigation proceedings within the Vipa Group.
By combining deep expertise in accounting, controlling, finance, ERP/MIS implementations, and capital markets with hands-on corporate leadership, Maja offers a unique understanding of complex financial environments, distress management, and strategic/sustainable growth. She advises both private and public entities on business model optimization, financing, debt and equity issuances, restructurings & turnarounds, public-private partnerships, ESOP schemes, and M&A.