MEMBERS OF THE CNB MANAGEMENT

Zeljko Rohatinski, PhD, Governor

Zeljko Rohatinski, PhD, was born in Zagreb on August 3, 1951. He graduated in 1974, and received his doctor’s degree in 1988, both from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics. He started his professional career in 1974 as a trainee in the Republic Bureau of Planning. He was elected general manager of the Bureau in 1989. A year later, in 1990, he was appointed Head of the Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Division, Institute of Economics in Zagreb, which he managed till 1998. After that he became Chief Economist in the Privredna banka Zagreb, which duty he performed till April 2000, when he took up the post of Director for Macroeconomic Analyses at “Agrokor”. Mr. Rohatinski has been awarded several international scholarships (among others the Fulbright grant); he has written a number of scholarly papers on economic issues, the book “ Vremenska dimenzija ekonomske aktivnosti društva” and “A Road to Low Inflation” (as a co-author).
Zeljko Rohatinski was appointed Governor of the Croatian National Bank on July 12, 2000 pursuant to the decision of the Croatian Parliament. On July 7, 2006 the Croatian Parliament  reappointed dr. Rohatinski for a second six-year term of office.

 

Boris Vujcic, PhD, Deputy Governor

Boris Vujcic, PhD, was born in Zagreb on June 2, 1964. He graduated in 1988 and received his doctor's degree in 1996, both from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics. He worked as assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb from 1989 to 1997 when he was appointed assistant professor. As a Fulbright fellow he attended doctoral study at the Department of Economics, Michigan State University, USA, in the period between 1994 to 1995. From December 1996 till his appointment as Deputy Governor of the CNB he worked as Director of the CNB Research Department. Mr. Vujcic lectures in macroeconomics, international finance and labor economics at the Zagreb Faculty of Economics. He is the author of numerous scholarly
papers on economic issues.
Deputy Governor Vujčić is responsible for the co-ordination and management of affairs in the field of the Office of the Governor, the Internal Audit Office, the Public Relations Office, and the Security Office.
Boris Vujčić was appointed Deputy Governor of the Croatian National Bank on July 15, 2000 pursuant to the decision of the Croatian Parliament. On July 13, 2006 the Croatian Parliament reappointed Deputy Governor Vujčić for a second six-year term of office. Since 2005. Mr Vujčić is also a Deputy Chief Negotiator in Republic of Croatia’s negotiations with the European Union.


 

Relja Martic, Vicegovernor


Relja Martic was born in Zagreb on November 24, 1954. He graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1978, and in the same year he got employed as a trainee with the Croatian National Bank. In 1987 he was appointed Head of the Credit and Monetary Research and Analysis Division in the Analysis Department, and in 1991 he became Director of that Department. In 1992 the Croatian Parliament appointed him CNB Vicegovernor, and in March 1998 he was reappointed to the same office.
Vicegovernor Martić is responsible for the co-ordination and management of affairs in the field of Research and Statistics Area and Central Banking Operations Area.
Relja Martić was appointed Vicegovernor of the Croatian National Bank on July 15, 2000 pursuant to the decision of the Croatian Parliament. On July 13, 2006 the Croatian Parliament reappointed Vicegovernor Relja Martić for a second six-year term of office.


Davor Holjevac, Vicegovernor



Davor Holjevac was born on 22 December 1957 in Zagreb. Upon graduation from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1981, he started his business career as a trainee in Privredna banka Zagreb, transferring in 1984 to Ljubljanska banka Zagreb as a Branch Assistant Manager and subsequently as an Advisor in the Assets and Liquidity Department. In 1987, he left Ljubljanska banka to take up the post of Head of Planning and Analysis Department with Jugobanka where he soon became the Head of Finance Division. In 1991, Mr Holjevac joined Zagrebačka banka as Head of Finance Division and was later appointed to that bank's Management Board as a member in charge of financial matters. In 1998, Mr Holjevac took up the post of a Management Board Member of Privredna banka Zagreb in charge of accounting and financial control where he stayed until February 2006 when he moved to Zagrebgradnja as a Management Board Member in charge of financial and strategic matters.
Davor Holjevac was appointed Vicegovernor of the Croatian National Bank on 13 July 2006, pursuant to a decision of the Croatian Parliament. Vicegovernor Holjevac is responsible for the co-ordination and management of affairs in the field of Prudential Regulation and Bank Supervision Area.

Tomislav Presecan, MSc, Vicegovernor

Tomislav Presecan, MSc was born in Vinkovci on June 3, 1963. He graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1987 and received his MSc in economics in 1992. He became Research Assistant at the same Faculty in 1988. He started his professional career in the Croatian National Bank in 1994 as a senior associate, to be appointed Manager of the Governor’s Office and acting Executive Director of the Legal, Personnel and General Services Area in 1999. In the period from 1996 to 1999 he was Assistant to the Executive Director of the IMF Dutch Constituency.
Vicegovernor Presečan is responsible for the co-ordination and management of affairs in the field of Planning, Analysis and Accounting Area, Information Technology Area, and Legal, Human Resources, Technical and General Services Area.
Tomislav Presečan was appointed Vicegovernor of the Croatian National Bank on July 15, 2000 pursuant to the decision of the Croatian Parliament. On July 13, 2006 the Croatian Parliament reappointed Vicegovernor Tomislav Presečan for a second six-year term of office.


 

Adolf Matejka, MSc, Vicegovernor


Adolf Matejka was born in Daruvar (Doljani) on December 6, 1950. He graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics in June 1973, and received his Master’s degree in 1984. From August 1973 to August 1974 he worked as a trainee at what was then the National Bank of Croatia and at the Zagrebačka banka. Following his traineeship he was inspector at the National Bank of Croatia from August 1975 till February 1981, exercising control over commercial banks, especially their credit activities. In the period from August 1981 to February 1985 he was Head of the Primary Issue Operations Division. From June 1985 to June 1989 he worked as a senior adviser, i.e. Deputy Director of the Credit Operations Department, responsible for proposing monetary policy measures. During that period he was responsible for the statistics and supervision over credit operations of banks. In June 1989 he was appointed Director of the Credit Operations Department. In October 1994 he was appointed Executive Director of the Central Banking Operations Area.
A very important year in his professional career was 1996, when he was appointed as chairman of the Working Group for the Introduction of kuna into the Croatian Danube Region. That important mission was successfully completed in 1997. As a result, the kuna was introduced into the payment system of that region as the only legal tender.
In February 1999 the CNB Council appointed Mr. Matejka as temporary administrator in the Croatia banka Zagreb. In August 2000 he resumed the position of Executive Director of the Central Banking Operations Area.
Vicegovernor Matejka is responsible for the co-ordination and management of affairs in the field of Foreign Exchange Operations Area, International Relations Area and Payment Operations Area.
Mr. Matejka was appointed Vicegovernor of the Croatian National Bank on 17 October 2001, pursuant to the Decision of the Croatian Parliament. On October 5, 2007 the Croatian Parliament reappointed Mr. Matejka for a second six-year term of office.


 

 

REFERENCES:
Former Governors of the CNB
Annual Report

Long time serie:
Monetary Authoriries Accounts
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Methodology
Financial Statements of the CNB
The Law on the CNB