Mr. Shulina is Finance Director of the Exclusive Group (Maxi Hypermarket, NEXT, Pharma EXCLUSIVE, EXCLUSIVE, McCroft TOBACCO), which is responsible for organizing and overseeing all financial and accounting functions in the Company

Reporting to the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the Company; and also responsible for the organization and creation of accounting policies, preparation of strategic plans, budgets and corporate financial planning, preparation of the financial statements, income statement, balance sheet, reports of corporate shareholders, tax reports

Mr. Shulina has enviable financial sector experience with the following companies: HOTEL Iliria as CFO, PHOENIX Pharma LLC as financial advisor, EUROPE LEK PHARMA and PHOENIX Pharma LLC, where he prepared the merger plan and merger agreement. Preparation of financial statements and entry into a surviving company at PHOENIX Pharma “L.L.C., then Mccroft Tobacco Kosovo L.L.C Preparation of investment plans in the production process Investment management under the privatization contract with the KPA Reporting to the Surveillance Authority of the Agency for Privatization.

Albulena Shala completed her BA and MA studies in Banking and Finance at the Faculty of Economics, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”. In 2018, she earned her PhD in the field of the banking sector from the Faculty of Economics (UP). Albulena has also completed the first year of studies in Accounting Technician at SCAAK.

She has been working as a lecturer in public and private higher education institutions for over ten years. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics at UP. She lectures BA and MA level courses in the field of banking and finance, including: Banks and Banking Business, Bank Management, Financial Technology, Digital Finance, and Derivative Instruments. Since 2021, she has been an external expert in COST ACTION 19130 (CA19130 – Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance – Towards a Transparent Financial Industry (FinAI)). As of August 2024, she has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Banka Ekonomike.

She has participated as a member of scientific and organizational committees at numerous international conferences, such as: Women in Fintech and AI 4, Women in Fintech III Conference, Women in Fintech and AI II Conference, Women in Fintech, among others. She has several scientific publications in international journals in the fields of the banking sector, financial technology, and ESG.

Previously he worked for almost seven years for Raiffeisen Kosovo, where lastly he served as Managing Director of Raiffeisen Leasing and Raiffeisen Insurance Broker Kosovo. At the beginning of his career, based in New York, Mr. Luzha spent nearly four years in the securities lending business including Merill Lynch (now part of Bank of America) and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Luzha holds a degree in BBA from Baruch College, part of CUNY, with focus in Finance and Investments.

Senida Mesi Member
Ms. Mesi has been appointed Member of the Board of Directors of Banka Ekonomike in July 2024.
With 15 years of experience in the banking system as a Senior Manager and Extended Board Member at ProCreditBank, Albania and an external lecturer for 17 years at the “Luigj Gurakuqi” University of Shkodër at the Faculty of Economics. Ms. Mesi has held the position of Deputy Prime Minister (2017-2019) and Member of Parliament in the 9th Legislature (2017-2021) of the Republic of Albania. She has been a member of the Shkodër Municipal Council, Albania (2015-2017).

She is an international consultant and speaker with a focus on Sustainability, Development Finance, Business Innovation and Digital Banking, Good Governance and Public Administration and has worked with International Institutions such as:
European Commission, member of the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Scaling Up Sustainable Finance in Low and Middle Income Countries.
Council of Europe, international consultant for the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the Centre of Expertise for Good Governance with a focus on enhancing the quality of local and regional democracy in member states and neighbouring regions, localisation of SDGs and Public Administration
OECD_ SIGMA, international consultant for the assessment and support of Public Administration Reform
She is a pro-bono member of the Steering Committee of the UN SDSN_ Western Balkans (United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network in the Western Balkans), member of the International Advisory Board of ALDA _ European Association for Local Democracy, (Strasbourg, Brussels, Vicenza) as well as of the Athena School of Management in Mumbai, India.

Ms. Mesi holds a Master in Management, Business Administration from the University of Tirana and a Diploma in Banking from “ProCredit Academy” Frankfurt am Main Germany. Ms. Mesi is a Chartered Accountant and holds a postgraduate degree in “Political Studies and Leadership” from the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France and George Washington University, USA, Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, as well as a diploma from the SDG Academy in “Macroeconomics for Sustainable Plans”.