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.

04/09/2019

The Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency hosts the 40th Meeting of the International Association of Deposit Insurers’ Europe Regional Committee and the Technical Assistance Workshop “Dealing with Contingency Planning, Crisis Management and Failure Resolution”

The Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency (ADIA) in collaboration with the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) hosted the IADI Europe Regional Committee (ERC) Meeting as well as a Technical Assistance Workshop entitled: Dealing with Contingency Planning, Crisis Management and Failure Resolution, on the 4th and 5th of April 2019 in Tirana.

The Europe Regional Committee is the largest regional committee of IADI composing by the majority of the European deposit insurance authorities. In his opening speech, the General Director of the ADIA, Mr. Genci Mamani, welcomed the participants and highlighted the importance of the ERC meetings as they provide a forum for deposit insurance agencies to share their experiences and knowledge on subjects of mutual interest in the deposit insurance field.

The topics discussed in the ERC meeting, which was organised in a non-EU member country for the first time, included the latest regional and individual jurisdictions’ developments in the deposit insurance field as well as the ERC role and activities in relation to the implementation of the IADI Strategic Goals.

The ERC meeting was greeted by the Governor of the Bank of Albania, Mr. Gent Sejko. In his speech, among-st other, Governor Sejko emphasized the collaboration between safety net members as a crucial element in efficiently managing the financial and banking systems, as well as in a successful handling of particular situations, which might require the intervention of the financial supervising authorities. In this respect, referring to the collaboration with the Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency, Governor Sejko said that “The Bank of Albania and the Albanian Deposit Insurance Agency’s relationship has constantly evolved through the years to become a strong partnership and cooperation, allowing our institutions to fulfill their respective, but complementary, missions.””.

The event hosted by the ADIA, which was attended by 70 participants from 28 jurisdictions, continued with a Technical Assistance Workshop on Contingency Planning, Crisis Management and Failure Resolution. The main focus of the workshop was a deep discussion of two of the IADI Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems, namely CP 6 and 14, exploring the processes and policies a deposit insurance system (DIS) needs to design a contingency & crisis management plan using the appropriate tools and resources, to effectively deal with crisis and resolution process. During two days the participants had the possibility, through theoretical and practical sessions, to get acquainted with and discuss presentations and case studies from a wide range of experts from Canada, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the World Bank’s Financial Sector Advisory Center (FinSAC).

The Technical Seminar was greeted also by the Ms. Natasha Ahmetaj, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Albania, who indicated that restoring and enhancing the public trust is one of the Bank’s main functions at present. In this area, the Bank’s cooperation with ADIA is crucial. The Bank of Albania has been drafting the resolution plans for systemic banks, and the ADIA has been actively involved in the drafting process. Without the deposit insurer’s view, the Deputy Governor Ahmetaj stressed, no resolution plan can be considered credible. The keynote speech was delivered by Mr Dominique Laboureix, Member of the Board – Director of Resolution Planning and Decisions, the Single Resolution Board. In his speech Mr. Laboureix focused on the latest development in the European resolution regulatory framework and the approach of SRB towards the challenges it faces.

Taking into considerations the significance of the inter-institutional collaboration in solving problematic financial situations, high-level officials from the Bank of Albania and representatives of the banking system were invited to participate in the technical assistance workshop.

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