Božidar Đelić, Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of European Integration

Born in Belgrade in 1965. He graduated from HEC business studies and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris. He got his MBA (Master of Business Administration) at Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA, in 1991. From 1993 to 2000 he was partner with McKinsey&Company, the strategic management consultancy, in Paris and Silicon Valley Offices, where he specialised in financial institutions and media. From 2001 to 2004 he was Serbian Minister of Finance and Economy. During his mandate, he was Serbia-Montenegrin Governor at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Vice Governor at the World Bank. He was privatisation and banking sector advisor to the Russian, Romanian and Polish governments. He was engaged as Credit Agricole SA Group Director for Eastern Europe. In parliamentary elections on January 21, 2007, he was voted MP in Serbian parliament. Speaks French, English, Russian, Polish and German. Father of two daughters.