Biography
August Cesarec graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb in July 2012, earning a graduate degree in Finance. In January 2017 he completed a postgraduate programme Leadership and Management of Health Services at the University of Zagreb’s School of Medicine. From January 2017 he has been employed at the Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb. From February 2023 he works as a Higher Teaching and Research Assistant (Postdoctoral Researcher). He successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled “Determinants of non-performing exposures and economic impact on the financial stability in the European Union” in October 2022. He was awarded the “Dr. Pero Jurković” award for his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb. His research interests include non-performing loans, bank profitability, bank loans and the regulation and supervision of the financial system.