Vilimir has a background in Economics and Mathematics and has followed the financial markets on a daily basis since 2000 through professional roles, academic and industry research, and managing trading accounts. After his tenure as a portfolio manager for large institutional investors, he chose to pursue postgraduate studies in Finance and Financial Mathematics to deepen his expertise, believing that advanced training is essential given the increasing complexity of modern financial markets. Having spent a full business cycle—marked by years of turmoil and several crises—in academia, he had the opportunity to conduct critical research on topics of both academic and practical relevance. Throughout this time, he remained closely connected to the industry through a variety of innovative projects and real-economy consulting.

Vilimir’s professional and academic interests lie in Financial Engineering (including Fixed Income, Credit, FX, Equity, and AI), Asset Management, Macro Strategy, and Stochastic Analysis. He seeks to bridge quantitative rigor with economic intuition to develop “full-stack” applications for portfolio management, quantitative research, macro/markets strategy, and trading.