Mr. Lluka was appointed Chairman of the Board at Banka Ekonomike in June 2021.
Valon Lluka is also the Executive Director of Mabetex Holding SHA, responsible for overseeing the operations of the company and all entities under Mabetex Holding SHA. He has held this position since 2012.

Throughout his professional career, Lluka has demonstrated the ability to lead projects in various fields both within and outside the country, including in Albania, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Ghana, and Nigeria.

With 13 years of banking experience, starting from various supervisory positions at ProCredit Bank, Kosovo, followed by ProCredit Bank, Albania, and continuing as the Chief Executive Officer of Banka Ekonomike in Kosovo for five years, Lluka has contributed to the development of the banking sector as a post-war emerging industry in Kosovo.

In 2015, Lluka was appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Ghana in the Republic of Kosovo. During his tenure in this role, Lluka has worked closely with businesses in Kosovo and Albania, providing various opportunities for doing business in the Republic of Ghana.

He has also been involved as a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce, the Banking Association in Kosovo, Swiss Diamond Hotel, and Hirano Mushroom LLC.

Lluka is the co-author of the professional book “Money, Banks, and Financial Markets.”

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.

Ms. Hoxha was appointed to the Board of Economic Bank (Banka Ekonomike) in May 2018. Her successful career began in the exam department at Deloitte in Pristina, where she reached a senior position

As part of this engagement, she has audited financial institutions, including banks, financial institutions and microfinance institutions, insurance companies, central and local government institutions, non-governmental organizations, large private companies, etc. Then she continues her career advising as Senior Project Manager and Senior Analyst by implementing projects that affect the economic development of the country

Since 2015, she has been involved as a specialist and financial advisor in various projects funded by various donors, such as the World Bank and USAID, and run by public institutions at a central level. Ms. Hoxha is also a real estate appraiser with a degree of 1A, this profession she practices at “ProCredit Bank” Sh.a.where she works closely with the court, and legal entities.

Ms. Hoxha holds a Masters degree in Banking, Finance and Accounting from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Prishtina.

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.

Ms. Mesi has been appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors, of the Economic Bank in July 2024.
With an experience of 15 years in the banking system as a senior manager and extended board member at ProCreditBank, Albania and as adjunct- professor for 17 years at the University “Luigj Gurakuqi” Shkodër in the Faculty of Economics. Ms. Mesi held the position of Deputy Prime Minister (2017-2019) and Member of Parliament in the IX Legislature (2017-2021) of the Republic of Albania. She was a member of the municipal council of Shkodër, Albania (2015-2017).

She is an international consultant and speaker focusing on Sustainability, Development Finance, Business Innovation and Digital Banking, Good Governance and Public Administration and has worked with International Institutions such as:
The European Commission, a member of the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) for 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 Expertise Center for Good Governance with a focus on increasing the quality of local and regional democracy in member states and neighboring regions, SDG localization and Public Administration.
OECD_ SIGMA, international consultant for evaluation and support of Public Administration Reform in the region
She is a pro-bono member of the Governing Council of the UN SDSN_ Western Balkans organization (United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network), member of the International Advisory Board of ALDA _ European Association for Local Democracy, (Strasbourg, Brussels, Vicenza) and 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 Public Accountant and has a postgraduate diploma 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 SDG Academy in “Macroeconomics for Sustainable Planet”.