Mrs. Vasilika Vjero

Mrs. Vasilika Vjero was born in Tirana in 1976.
Mrs.Vjero graduated from the University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Administration in 1998. In 2003 she completed a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln USA, and University of Tirana, Faculty of Economy. She has also been trained in economic growth by Harvard Kennedy School.
Ms. Vjero has held senior management positions, such as General Director of Taxes, General Director of the National Business Center, General Director of the Albanian Road Authority. In her career she counts more than 10 years of work experience for the Municipality of Tirana in the management of the Tax Administration and the Department of Strategic Planning and local budgets, as well as a series of experiences as a financial expert with foreign donors. She has also served as an expert independent fiscal and budget for local government in Albania for a total of 24 municipalities and communes throughout the country.
Ms. Vjero speaks english and italian.

Mr. Genc Mamani

Genci Mamani is the General Director of the Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency and at the same time a member of its Steering Council.
Mr. Mamani, graduated in 1991 at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics, Department of Finance.
In 2001 he completed postgraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin – La Cross, USA, in finance – banking and in 2012 he postgraduate at master’s level in Business Administration at the International Hellenic University, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mr. Mamani started his career in 1991 as an economist at the Central Bank of Albania. He pursued his career by holding managerial positions on different commercial banks such as FEFAD Bank (actually Pro Credit Bank), the Italian-Albanian Bank and further on to be back at the Bank of Albania until late 2015. In July 2015 he took over as General Director of the Deposit Insurance Agency.
Mr. Mamani is fluent in English and Italian.

Mr. Donald Duraj

Mr. Donald Duraj was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Insurance Agency in 2015. He has a progressive career of more than 15 years in the banking system, an integral part of which have been quite active and successful achievements within various prestigious local financial institutions and those in the international network such as Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine and Belarus. Since 2015, Mr. Duraj holds the position of Chief of Staff of the Governor of the Bank of Albania with the responsibility of advising, assisting, monitoring and coordinating all issues related to the progress and proper functioning of the Governor’s Office and other departments of the Bank of Albania. From 2010 to 2015 Mr. Duraj was Head of Commercial Organization and Market Development Sector at Societe Generale Bank in Albania playing a key role in the strategic direction, short-term and long-term planning, setting key objectives, coordinating inter-divisional and inter-institutional relations, locally and internationally, with public and private companies, et cetera. During this period Mr. Duraj has successfully led at least 15 projects, among the most important ones for the Bank, and with a direct impact on the expansion of activity in the local market and with an increase in profitability. Mr. Duraj worked from 2005 to 2010 at Raiffeisen Bank Albania and Raiffeisen International Austria covering key operational and strategic positions. The most important of them were Head of Individuals Segment, Head of Consumer Credit Products, Project Manager in the “Retail Leadership” Program at Raiffeisen International Austria, etc. Mr. Duraj has graduated at the Faculty of Economics, Department of Finance, Banking Profile, at the University of Tirana.

10/01/2019

On the participation of the Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency EFDI Annual General Meeting and International Conference organized on from the 25th to 27th September, in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The European Forum of Deposit Insurance (EFDI) held its Annual General Meeting and International Conference “Deposit Insurance in Europe – Redrawing the Map”, in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. On this occasion the Deposit Insurance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency was represented in this event by a delegation chaired by Mr. Genci Mamani, General Director of the Agency.nnIn the international conference, which featured different panels, participated deposit insurance experts from different European countries, representatives of international financial institutions, authorities from central banks, academics, etc. The opening panel of the conference, which included representatives of Balkan deposit insurance authorities, related to the harmonization of each authority regulatory framework with the EU Acquis in view of their aspirations to become member of the European Union. Mr. Genci Mamani, General Director of the Agency was one of the panelists. In his presentation, Mr. Mamani, underlined that the legislation governing the deposit insurance scheme in Albania is predominantly compliant with the European Commission Directive on Deposit Guarantee Scheme. He also, listed the challenges identified by the Agency to achieve complete compliance the European financial regulatory framework, towards which the Agency is fully committed.nnDuring the proceedings of the Annual General Meeting four new Board members were elected including its Chairman.nnThe European Forum of Deposit Insurers (EFDI), created in 2002, is an international non-profit association. The purpose of the Forum is to contribute to the stability of financial systems by strengthening the role of Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGSs) and promoting European cooperation in the field of deposit insurance. The Forum shall represent the common interests of the Members, exchange information, experiences and views, provide analysis, assessment and recommendations in its field of expertise, and collaborate with EU, national and international institutions.nnEFDI includes 70 Members Institutions from 48 European countries.

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