ALPHA CREDO - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Credit Risk Management
- Professor of Finance at the Dublin City University Business School
In addition to his Credit Risk Management role with ALPHA CREDO, Mark is Professor of Finance at the Dublin City University Business School. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Finance, with specialism in derivatives valuation and risk management.
Mark has research interests in an array of areas, including risk management (credit, model, operational); computational finance; energy and commodity finance. He is published in numerous highly ranked international journals.
Mark has previous industry experience working as a Quantitative Analyst within the Global Risk Function for BP Oil International Ltd. As part of the Risk Quantitative Analysis team, his primary responsibilities included derivatives and price curve model validation and development. Mark is involved in various industry consulting and training activities across a number of sectors. Mark has previously delivered preparation courses for the GARP Energy Risk Professional (ERP®) certification.
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Director of the Business Consultancy Krog International Based Out of Ljubljana
- Insurance Broker & Partner
Janez is an experienced manager and entrepreneur and has rich experience in local and international environments across finance, marketing and IT. His strengths lie in strategic thinking and solution setting. Janez was and still is a member of boards and consultative teams with a track record within various industries, from insurance, financial services, business consulting, information technologies and communications, to real estate.
In 2000, Janez became director of the business consultancy Krog International based out of Ljubljana. In 2003 he joined the financial group of MedvešekPušnik as a cofounder and later on served on the board of management of MP Asset Management Company d.d.. Between 2007 and 2011 he took over the directorship of ALTA consulting, a company within ALTA group. From 2009 to 2011, he held the position of President of the Management Board of MP Invest Asset Management Company d.d. in Zagreb. He is the President of the Supervisory Board of KDD - Central Securities Clearing Corporation d.d.. Janez has been working for ALPHA CREDO as (co) founder and insurance broker from the very beginning.
In his professional career, Leon has provided excellent support to numerous credit insurers and Export Credit Agencies (members of the Berne Union and Prague Club) from all over the world, focusing on South-East European markets.
Leon has been involved in the credit insurance business since 2000. He supported Coface Intercredit, insured clients with debt collection and focused on qualitative credit risk assessment information.
Since 2004 he has been active in establishing and managing a specialized debt collection and credit rating services agency Pro Kolekt, building its extensive subsidiary network throughout South-Eastern Europe, and designing and implementing IT support. From 2012 to 2016 he served as the company's CEO, responsible for the Pro Kolekt group. He joined the ALPHA CREDO team in December 2016 and obtained license for insurance broker in 2017.